This was a really beautiful and touching post, thank you for sharing @kafkanarchy I've deeply and profoundly pondered this subject since childhood. I've tried to detach myself from belief and simply feel the moment, the communion with creation. I can honestly say that life experience has made me believe that there is indeed an afterlife and that we are part ofsomething far greater than our minds can comprehend. My best friend died a few years back and like Sam he was aware and acknowledging his moment had come, something left the room when he passed, it's difficult to verbalise and indeed I've come to believe the truth is found in the feeling and not the explanation. For me, to feel is to know and I will never let it go. Thanks again.