What We Truly Miss When We Lose Someone

When someone passes away, we don't hold onto the body. We bury it or cremate it. If we truly loved the physical form, would we do this? This reveals a profound truth: what we actually love is the divinity within a person, not their outer appearance.

Connection Beyond the Physical

When you meet someone new and feel an instant connection, what draws you in? It's not just their appearance. You're recognizing their divine essence shining through—something that becomes visible when ego steps aside. The less egoistic a person is, the more clearly their true nature radiates.

Conversely, when we don't connect with someone, it's often because we sense ego blocking that divine light. Whether our perception is accurate or not, the feeling is the same: we can't reach their authentic essence. Those of us who've moved beyond ego naturally seek that authenticity in others—we're drawn to what's real and eternal, not to pretense or performance.

What We Actually Grieve

When someone dies, what are we really missing? Not the body—we release that without hesitation. We're grieving the absence of their divine presence, the way their essence illuminated our lives.

But here's the truth that can ease our grief: divinity never dies.

The divine spark you loved in that person doesn't cease when the body fails. It cannot be destroyed. Bodies come and go—this is the nature of physical existence. But the eternal essence, the consciousness and love you truly connected with, transcends death.

Remembering What's Eternal

You're not mourning a physical form that naturally fades. You're feeling the absence of a divine presence. While the unique way that person expressed their divinity—their personality, their laugh, their specific way of loving—may no longer be physically present, the essence itself remains eternal.

What we loved most deeply was never merely physical to begin with. The body comes and goes, but the divine presence is eternal and forever part of existence. When we remember this, we honor both the person we lost and the eternal truth of what we loved in them all along.