"Friends of other lives immediately recognise one another in the astral world. Rejoicing at the immortality of friendship, they realise the indestructibility of love, so often doubted at the time of sad, delusive parting from this earth."
I later read the Gita, and that transformed my thinking on grief even further.
Jai Sri Krsna, jai paramaguruji!
"There never was a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor any of these kings. Nor will there be any future where we cease to be." (Bhagavad Gita, 2:18- my favourite verse.)
Nomaste Live to Learn: i think the interesting thing about being on the spiritual path is that we slowly bring the astral world into our own lives and we indeed can start experiencing this friendship of distant kindred spirits here and now.
Jai Guru
Jitendra