>> reporter: yes, says rabbi zalman.'m now ready. >> i just would like to be like a drop in the ocean and dissolve in the divine being. that's enough. >> reporter: and while sara davidson concedes she's not quite that far along, she says she's come a long way from that "terror and nausea." >> having the gift of spending two years in intimate conversation with reb zalman has changed the way i approach life. >> reporter: so are you more comfortable now with the concept of death? >> yes, i am more comfortable. but i'm not where he is at yet, but i'm definitely getting there. >> reporter: that notion of getting ready by letting go was imparted once again when the rabbi gave a benediction to his audience in boulder. >> god, i thank you for keeping me in the light, and i let go and let go and let go. amen. >> reporter: the spiritual heavyweight and the skeptical seeker confronting the mystery and the marvel of death, together. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," this is bob faw in boulder, colorado. >>> finally, pope francis

. >>> and bob faw on the late rabbi zalman schachter-shalomi's conversations with author and skeptic sara davidson about spirituality and preparing to die. >> announcer: major funding is provided by a private family foundation dedicated to its founder's interest in religion, community development and