Mar 20, 2026
Grief is a powerful
teacher. It doesn’t ask for permission before it arrives—it simply
comes, dismantling everything we thought we knew about love, faith,
and permanence. It turns the familiar inside out, leaving us raw
and exposed to the mystery of loss.
In this heartfelt
episode, Kino MacGregor, Tim Feldmann, Joseph Armstrong, Edgar
Navarro, Frances Cole Jones, Heather Serna, and many others come
together to share stories, memories, and reflections about
SharathJi; their teacher, guide, and spiritual anchor. Together,
they explore how grief becomes part of the path, how lineage
continues through love and practice, and how the teachings live on
even when the teacher is gone.
As Elizabeth
Kübler-Ross and David Kessler remind us, “The reality is that you
will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved
one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will
rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be
whole again, but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the
same, nor would you want to.”
SharathJi’s sudden
departure left a void that words can’t fill. When we lost our
teacher, we also lost the reflection of who we were in his eyes.
There was a certain refuge in being a student, the comfort of
knowing that someone stood before us as a mirror, a guide, a
guardian of our path. Now, that mirror asks us to see ourselves.
The guidance turns inward.
“SharathJi, there’s so
much left undone, so much left unfinished,” Kino reflects. “So many
questions we still wanted to ask, so many mornings we thought we’d
share in the quiet rhythm of practice. We will have to walk on,
sometimes and often along a lonely path, without you standing
before us, but always with you in our hearts.”
Through shared stories
and moments of remembrance, this episode is both a eulogy and an
offering, a testament to the lasting presence of a teacher whose
spirit continues to live through every breath, every bow, every act
of devotion.