There are certain people that have actually helped instigate our spiritual search in this incarnation.
For me, Chris is one of those. When I think of Divine Mother, I recall the sweetness that she brought to my life, in essence a distillation of the supreme sweetness of God-contact. Though we talked of much else, our conversations were satsang, in essence. So, I give thanks for her life, and for revealing that Mother aspect of God to me. I have been around others who appear to be pure channels, but Chris was the first. I wholeheartedly agree with seeking the fellowship of the spiritually inclined whilst they are still in physical bodies.