Staying in the Bardo requires telling one’s story over and over again, dwelling on why one wants to remain. This inevitably leads to an individualistic way of thinking, a mindset that doesn’t take other people into consideration. By inhabiting Lincoln and each other, then, these souls suddenly remember what it’s like to empathize with other people. In turn, they find themselves “expanded” by the experience, a fact that frames the act of coming together as fundamentally enriching.