Note: A neighbor passed to the the other side yesterday, and this was very much on my mind all night. I thought I had pushed it to the background while meditating, but Sanaya addressed it quite well …
One you know has passed from the physical body. She no longer breathes the same air as you, but are you not aware of her in your thoughts? “Yes, but this is just a memory,” you say, “—a figment of the imagination.” And while this is true, do you not in this way keep her alive in your consciousness? We wish you to understand that all you see and experience is naught but consciousness. Do you know that you cannot trust the physical senses? These do mislead you. That which you create with consciousness is as real as that which you see.
There will come a time when you, too, pass from the physical body. Then you will see again those who have passed before you. But you will not see them through physical eyes. You will see and know them through consciousness, which is all that exists. Keep them alive for now in your thoughts, knowing that they live still, but in another form of consciousness. Your body prevents you from sensing them unless trained to transcend the body. For now, use the power of consciousness to bring them alive in your mind, and do know that in their current state of consciousness they are quite aware of you.
The physical body does die, but consciousness is eternal. You are that, and all that you see is that. Hold onto that when you grieve, then grieve no more.