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[Avatar TLA/LOK] When an Avatar's past lives advise them, is it a projection of their memories or are they doing it in person?

I guess what I'm asking is, do Avatars maintain a consciousness when their spirit is reincarnated into a new body?

Do they still have individuality while inhabiting the body of their future life or have they completely merged into an 'Avatar Spirit' with the collective consciousness and memories of every Avatar in existence (excluding the current Avatar)?
gpt
A little from column A a little from column B.  Aang wouldn't need to actually talk to the other Avatars if it was the same as just remembering what they would do.  They aren't there as separate people, watching.  The memories are all there, merged into a sort of collective consciousness (not including the current Avatar) but can be "separated out".