Robert’s presence on Earth was the greatest gift of Existence. He was Silence. He was Love. He was Existence. His simplicity and sweetness were his teaching. His broad understanding encompassed everything, giving him a wonderful humor, sincerity, and compassion. Robert was the best friend of everyone. In his presence, everyone became a child—such a child they weren’t even as children. Innocent, with an open heart, natural and simple. He told the story of our suffering—and he showed how to get out of it. There was nothing he didn’t understand. If we remember his words, his life, his manners, his walk, his conversations, his tender hands, his humor, his wide eyes… if we remember him in our lives, we are free—and with him in freedom.