“Now, what you want to do is this: talk to the dead. It’s actually just that simple. Don’t get all delusional and make up stories, including whether it is really happening or not. In this case, that doesn’t matter in the same way it might in other situations. Just talk to the dead. Ask them questions you want to understand. Listen to see if there’s a reply. Be open to the idea that it might not take the form you expect. It doesn’t have anything to do with stories or ideas about anything. The thing is this: we’ve been doing that for billions of lifetimes, and we are adapted to be able to use the associated senses as a source of incredible intelligence. It has nothing to do with being psychic, or quantum physics. It has to do with love, with mutual awareness, and with the unimaginably astonishing nature of beings, time, and relation. So talk to the dead. You were basically meant to. No, it doesn’t make you a medium or a talk show guest. It makes you human. And while you’re at it, you might want to learn to talk to the living in new ways, because the ones you favor don’t function the way you suppose, at all.”

— an anonymous informant