"I think skillful grief can bring us more into touch with our faculty of seeing the world plainly as we already know it to be."
Perhaps. But I think grieving need not do so, grieving can be destructive. I also think "skilled grieving" can often mean let it go, move on. I think "skilled grieving" is another aspect of thinking clearly. It seems we agree, so far.
But then "skilled grieving" is a positive aspect of grieving. I think it possible to argue that avoiding grief is another way of saying "skillful grieving". Embracing grief, wallowing in grief, those a...
This may be usually true, but that's all.