Have you had the opportunity to be at someone's side at their passing? Both my mother and father for me, as well as some pets. All powerfully moving, although my father's was extraordinary. A presence came in when I was meditating with him in the middle of the night. I got up and went to his head. And the smile on his face was amazing to see, especially since the only time he smiled was sardonically. This was bliss. And then he was gone.

It is all mysterious, life and death, with no answers, only questions, unless one imbiles the silence of being.