Are we with a character? From my perception, we are a whole lot more than that. Each of us has a greater element. This higher aspect has been called the clairvoyant reading Higher Self. Many others daily tarot have called it like keen psychic overself or the oversoul, if I'm not wrong.
Who and what's your Self? In my practical experience, the Higher Self is our own self's intellect and intellect part. Paradoxically, the Higher Self is impersonal and does not need a'feeling of self' such as the way our persona is. It functions as a guiding aspect for ego or the personality.
Can this self be contacted? On average and Sure it is done by way of some other altered states of consciousness or even meditation.
Just a bit about me. Back at the late 1990s, I found that if I am thinking hard I will sometimes receive. Mostly the visions are emblematic. Larger self can communicate with impulsing symbols and visions that shape messages.
An example of those transmissions:
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