Eventually the need for the body will not be essential.

The life of spirit is a life of growth, and that growth takes place as the human evolves. Eventually the need for the physical body is no longer essential. It is the spirit that matters. When you experience losses of those you love, encountering your own grief is essential to your expanding ability to be loving, for loving is not just being compassionate. It is not just in feeling supportive of another. Loving also requires a willingness to let go, to allow the spirit of another to move forward unburdened by issues of the body.

Experiencing grief is, of course, a recognition of loss, but from that recognition ultimately comes a conviction that there is something that connects you to the one who has been transformed from human life to spirit life. That sense of connection is essential in the growth of your soul, for you continue to be aware of a reality that extends beyond what you see, feel, touch, or hear that there is life beyond human life. If there is such life, then you are recognizing what that band that connects you really is, the strength of spirit energy interacting with the spirit energy of others. That interaction helps to affirm the sacredness of the lives of everyone.