I was shocked to hear this, when I thought I could meet him when I go to Singapore. I will miss his presence here. I wonder if he will still take birth.
Sam was one of the earliest people to join our earlier incarnation on Yahoo Groups, which was called the
Jhana Support Group.
From many discussions with Sam on-list, and in private it seemed to me that when he died he would go to high realms, and chose when to be reborn, if he so wished.
It was my great aspiration to see him in this incarnation before either of us died. Unfortunately that will not happen. Perhaps I will see him in his next incarnation.
This is indeed very sad news. I will miss Sam. He was helpful and kind to me. But he was tired of Samsara and wanted death to come soon so he could “go home,” as he would say. So in this sense I am happy for him.
The genuine mystics have no craving for this world, and find material existence tedious.
I am both saddened by the loss of our dear friend Sam, and at the same time in joy to become a grandfather. As my daughter just gave birth to a daughter.
