There is this belief that upon our death that we suddenly becoming all-knowing and all-wise. While it is true that our perspective does indeed change, because we are no longer a material incarnation as we no longer identify with our physical body, for it has no life in it – what has to be also acknowledged though is that those that have spent their entire lives doing all sorts of stupid and self-serving things aren’t going to have that “aha” moment when they suddenly transform thereby into an enlightened soul. Rather, those that were blind in this world to the reality of their true essence and therefore have ignored such, will essentially be blind in the next dimension, because of their having willfully failed to develop the characteristics of love, compassion, empathy, and giving.
In other words, consider this possibility, that someone very close to us, has departed from this world, of which, because we miss them so much, we then desire to be able to contact them in some way or manner. Should, for whatever reason, we be successful in doing so, such as through a legitimate séance or similar, it has to be taken into fair consideration, that the soul that we would be communicating with, would still be limited to who and what they so actually represented in the world that they had so recently departed from. In other words, if our good friend that has died, was someone that didn’t have all that many positive or wise characteristics, the wisdom that they would subsequently then try to impart to us, would in all probability, be not only of minimal value, but might even be detrimental to us.
Indeed, there isn’t any real valid reason to believe that people that were incorrigible in this world, are somehow going to magically transform themselves into angels, when they so depart us. Rather, they are who they really are, perhaps now comprehending their errors, perhaps not – for consider this, just about everyone knows what is right as compared to what is wrong, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they will consistently and always do the right thing, for people have their own selfish motives and desires that can trump not only common sense, but are often done knowingly because that is what they so wish to do.
All those that have departed us, that lacked the discipline and strength of character to do the right thing in this world, are for a certainty, going to have to work on those very same things in order to grow their soul to where it really ought to be. So, in this world or in the next, if we wish to ask for meaningful advice, if we are smart, we should consider the source; for that which is God, is God, and has no error -- and that which is flawed, will not be flawless. In truth, then, there isn’t any real good reason to seek advice from a source, that we cannot fully trust the value of, no matter our affection for them – for everything that we really need to know, we intuitively know, and for all those that need a reminder of such, then they should listen to that still, sensible, small voice, within.