I think the answer to this Jeri, is like the origin of the universe....we do not NEED to know.....and never will know.

Raggytash many have a valid opinion about his burnt hand based on the crumpled skin, blisters etc, that he will have seen in photos :0(, but he has no valid opinion on something which he has never experienced or recognised. My most vivid experience left me shaken and changed my life forever.....though I still do not have the courage to commit to belief in God.
It involved someone very close to me emotionally,and an horrific accident under extremely stressful circumstances.

I told my wife what I had felt, in detail and within hours the circumstances of the accident were verified by the police and everything which I had told her proved correct.
I think the horrific stress involved had something to do with the telepathy as an action of mine had unwittingly contributed to the accident. I don't think there will ever be any way of testing for these phenomena.....we have lost too many of our senses. Animals have retained senses which we humans are completely ignorant of.