This book invites you to embark on a spiritual awakening - one that dispels the grand illusion that in death we are made separate. When we lose a loved one, we're told to think of them as ""the dearly departed"" as they are away and at a distance. United dismantles this belief, revealing an extraordinary yet comforting new perspective on love, loss, and ultimately life itself. As you read, you'll travel along an illuminated path through the darkness of grief and into the light of healing and growth. Through personal and heartfelt companionship, you'll be guided to: - see that your loved one is, indeed, still close by; - believe that death is not an ending but actually a continuation of energy in a new form; - trust that you are not alone and that your loved one is waiting in a place of incredible serenity; - embrace the ways your loved one continues to communicate, including through dreams. The author also explores how to release hard feelings that are holding you back from healing, how to honor your lost loved one, and how to rise and be strengthened by the steadfast legacy of love that endures into the afterlife.