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Names: Jackson, Laura Lynne, author.
Title: Signs: the secret language of the universe / Laura Lynne Jackson.
Description: First edition. | New York: Spiegel & Grau, [2019]
Identifiers: LCCN 2019007306 | ISBN 9780399591594 (hardback) | ISBN 9780399591600 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Spiritualism. | Omens.
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who dont believe in magic will never find it.
INTRODUCTION
Marie sat in the hospital waiting room. She found it hard to breathe. She tried not to look at the clock on the wall, but she couldnt help it. She looked up and five minutes had passed. She looked again and another five minutes were gone. It felt like two hours, not ten minutes. Time was crawling. Nothing felt real. The waiting, the not knowing, were almost unbearable.
Just a bit earlier, Maries husband of thirty-five years, Pete, had been wheeled into the OR for emergency heart surgery. The surgeons told her they were hopeful, but Marie knew there were no guarantees. She felt scared and lost, and most of all she felt alone.
God, if youre there, she thought, please watch over Pete. Please send a legion of angels to watch over him.
And then she thought of the son she and Pete had lost in infancy years ago. The boys name was Kerry. It had been nearly three decades since Kerry had crossed, but Marie still felt a deep connection to him. She liked to talk to him in her mind.
Kerry, Marie thought, if you are there, please send me a sign. Send me a sign that your father is going to be okay. Please, Kerry, I am so scared. It would help me so much to know that you are around, and that you are watching over your father.
Thirty minutes later, a nurse stepped into the waiting room. She saw Marie sitting nervously in her chair and approached her. The nurse asked if she could get anything for Marie. Maybe something from the cafeteria?
I would love a coffee, Marie said. A little milk, no sugar, but I insist on paying. She took a five-dollar bill from her wallet, handed it to the nurse, and said, Thank you so much.
A few minutes later, the nurse was back with the coffee. She gave Marie the cup and the change from the five-dollar bill. Then she touched her lightly on the shoulder.
Hang in there, she told Marie. I know the wait can be so hard. God has a plan. None of us are ever alone.
Marie looked down at her hands, moved by the nurses compassion.
There, in the top-left-hand corner of one of the dollar bills the nurse had given her, was a name, written in capital letters in black marker.
KERRY
Marie stared at it, blinking back tears. She felt a great wave of relief wash over her. Relief and love. She knew at that moment that Kerry was there with her, telling her his father would be okay.
Suddenly Marie felt like she could breathe again. She thanked Kerry for sending her such a powerful message, and she tucked the dollar bill in a safe and special place in her wallet.
Two hours later, the surgeons came into the waiting room and told Marie the operation had been a success. Marie smiled.
She knew. She had already gotten the message.
My name is Laura Lynne Jackson and I am a psychic medium. I help connect people to the Other Side. And the first thing I want to tell you is this:
You dont need a psychic medium to connect with the Other Side.
Dont get me wrongI know the things I do can be enormously helpful to anyone who is open to them. The messages Im able to convey from the Other Side can bring us the deepest happiness and invest our lives with a heightened purpose and clarity. They can set us on our highest life paths, the ones we were destined for.
I can connect people to loved ones whove passed and to a common wellspring of energya great big tapestry of love and lightthat fuels our lives in a way nothing else can.
All of these things are beautiful blessings, and when Im able to share them with someone, it brings me incomparable joy.
But the truth is, you dont need me to share in these blessings. You dont need me to tap into this incredible power. You dont need a psychic medium to recognize and access the signs that I think of as the secret language of the universea form of communication that is all around us every day, available to us all.
Its my hope that this book will teach you to how to tune in to this language and help you see light where before there was darkness, and meaning in places where before there was confusion. This knowledge can lead you to shift paths, push you toward love, help you find joy, and maybe even save your life.
I want you to understand that this book has found its way into your hands for a reason. That you are reading these words right now is not an accident. It is an invitation from the universe. In whatever way this book and these words have found their way to you, please know it wasnt a random event.
You are meant to be reading these words.
The central principle of this book is that the universe brings the people, information, and events we most need into our paths. Powerful guiding forces exist that steer us toward happier and more authentic lives.
Another truth that I have come to know: Each of us has a Team of Lighta group of unseen helpers who work together to guide us to our highest path. This team is made up of our loved ones who have crossed, our spirit guides (also commonly known as guardian angels), a higher angelic realm, and God energy, which is based in the strongest force there is or ever will be: love.
If you open your mind and heart to the secret language your Team of Light uses, the very way you live your life will change. Your relationship with the world and with the universe will be different: better, brighter, more powerful.
When we learn to recognize and trust the many ways in which the universe communicates with us, we experience what I call a Great Shift. This change in perspective leads us to heightened engagement, connectivity, vibrancy, and passion. It makes it easier for us to grasp the true meaning of our existence. And it makes the journey so much more beautiful and meaningful.