OK, not too central to the plot is also the idea that
we're involved in building bridges to the future and other worlds.
How does that fit in with your experiences/knowledge?

It seems to me that goes along with the experience of being OB or phazing, because apparently we leave a track or trail to every contact we make then, be it with a person living now or a spirit in the afterlife. Repeated contact becomes easier and easier since we don't have to 'find our way' each time. 

Apparently the results are shared and those trails are useful for further spiritual contact for anyone who wants to use them.  Each step beyond builds the 'bridge' further out.

(As you can tell I take Bruce Joel Rubin's ideas very seriously 

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