I’ve watched a few Tyler Henry shows. This was interesting and insightful. When it comes to mediums and near-death experiences, I tend to lean towards caution and skepticism. Yet regardless of what one’s beliefs are, his overall message is a wonderful one. I especially love his humility, kindness, and courtesy.
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
Actions and Intentions
“The insight we gain upon death—how our actions affect others—is something we can and should strive to understand while we’re still here. The saying ‘We judge others by their actions, and ourselves by our intentions’ comes to mind. We don’t have to wait for a life review to judge others by their intentions, and perhaps even ourselves by our actions.”
Don’t React
“We can learn not to take things personally, to understand that behaviors are the results of conditioning, and to make conscious efforts to understand others instead of automatically reacting to them. As a result, our lives will change drastically for the better.”
Ego
“Once the ego is taken out of consciousness, we start seeing how many times in life we hindered our own learning process. Feelings of victimization, defeat, and apathy aren’t conducive to growth, and yet on earth, people often find themselves in ruts they find difficult to escape. Not so on the other side.”
Forgiveness
“Deciding to forgive is the single most liberating choice a soul can make. Even (and especially) those who were extremely stubborn in life come through and acknowledge that whatever it was that they used to be angry about now seems silly and pointless. They frequently describe how after they transitioned, they learned to let go of the unhappiness that came with focusing on the upsetting situations they faced during their lifetime. In the same way that a well-adjusted adult might no longer resent a childhood conflict, or even someone who bullied them, individuals on the other side grow and evolve in their understanding of themselves and others. Death is the next stage, and our spiritual adolescence during life evolves to adult maturity, upon our passing. People on the other side often communicate that once the lesson has been learned, there isn’t any point to holding on to conflict. Because our existence continues on after death, it would be a tremendous burden to hold on to one issue or another for all eternity. When a perspective is broadened enough, anger and resentment simply can’t survive the process.”
Gratitude
“For me, one of the most appealing perks of the afterlife is the heightened sense of thanks. Souls describe this feeling again and again, and I assume that this new gratitude comes along with their expanded perception. Souls say they appreciate the meanings and correlations between events and people that they didn’t perceive during their physical lifetimes. Even the most jaded of people in life express immense gratitude from the other side. With ego stripped out of the way, it’s much easier for souls to understand the role that challenges had in their learning process, without getting caught up in the negative emotions we experience in this realm. If the living were able to appreciate our lives as much as those on the other side, we’d be dramatically happier. We’d live every day as though it was our first and last. In fact, people on the other side often encourage us to focus on living in the present moment. It allows us to feel gratitude more fully, without hang-ups over the past, or fear about the future, clouding our minds. Reminding yourself of what you do have takes up headspace that might otherwise be focusing on what you don’t have. We can never have too much gratitude—it’s grounding, and it gives us clarity over what really matters in the present (and every) moment.”
Kindness, Compassion, Communicative Love
“I strive to encourage people to live their lives in such a way that they’ll never need help from someone like me. When we live each day with kindness, compassion, and communicative love, there is no business left unfinished. There are no regrets or words we should have said, but didn’t. There is no need for closure or forgiveness or apology of any kind. A life well lived is not harmed by death.”
Life Support
“… being on life support is like wearing locked handcuffs.”
Love
“Whether in Hanford or Hollywood, my intention will always be the same: to show as many people as I can that love lasts forever. The bonds we forge in this world never break.”
The Present
“If there’s one overall theme I could take away, it’s to appreciate life in every moment and respond to challenges in a way that’s true to who you are, even if it’s the more difficult path. With the past stirring regrets, and the future provoking anxieties, it’s important that we live in the present moment. It is, after all, all there ever really is.
If we can seek to be more present, we will be inclined to be truer to who we are and what we’re feeling. When we can authentically be who we truly are, and be honest with ourselves and our feelings—not making decisions out of past hurt and future fears—then we are free.”
Pride
“On countless occasions, people who have come through tell me that putting their pride aside would have made their life substantially easier and less painful.”
Self-Awareness
“One of the most fascinating parts of the transitioning process is the life review, because it allows us to see how our conditioning affected others and ourselves. When describing their life reviews, many souls acknowledge that they could have learned so much more had they applied more self-awareness and not allowed their conditioning to dictate their quality of life. For this reason, we can feel encouraged to seek more self-awareness and apply it wherever possible to our thoughts, choices, and circumstances. Challenging ourselves to find and retain lessons from the obstacles we face can help us go from a mentality of victimhood to one of progress.”