Dreams

update- the thoughts below, although make wonderful food for thought- have (in my mind) been slightly overshadowed by some information I have recently become aware of that suggests that dreams are far more likely to be primarily caused by stress. In some of the examples below, you may find that stress would make even more sense in those circumstances. Furthermore I myself have admitted to living a worry-free lifestyle (although in contrast to the life as should living in relation to my "illnesses" and medical history)- and consequently, I have had almost no dreams overall. This further evidences stress as the predominant factor.

This post is complimentary to the post "My Beliefs About Reincarnation/Evolution", and specifically about the soul. Part is copied from an email.

Most, if not nearly all people take reality for granted- assuming things are as they seem. I believe that souls work together to invent our realities- in order to manipulate our lives. In this way, they improve upon themselves using life as the basis. It could be they do this because they are not able to do so independently- or it could be that they'll taking the easy way out- evolving themselves without having to face the suffering of life head-on.

Update- After thinking about it- it's more likely that both souls and everything else resulted from the "Big Bang", but souls did not actually create the matter. Although it's possible that souls can manipulate and create matter at will, that would give way to far much speculation as to why they did not exert more influence, or why they need us when they could just create their own bodies. For this reason, I believe that souls are what we call "life", and that life is only born once souls decide to possess that matter. Both matter and souls were byproducts were probably products of "The Big Bang", and souls seeking to evolve used matter as a basis, seeing that a physical body made the process far more feasible. However, assuming that this is the case, that would further complicate the question of where to draw the line between the subconscious and soul, as well as the relationship between the two. I may have a better understanding one I have a better understanding of the subconscious and dream-state, for this reason.

In order to experience these benefits, souls must sync regularly with their hosts. Although this is primarily for their benefit- information is passed on that is required for us to continue functioning properly. This is why we need sleep- people familiar with hypnosis, meditation, and similar processes can go a long time without sleep because they are able to complete the sync on their own terms; consequently they also have a better awareness of their relationship to the soul- sometimes referred to as enlightenment.

Dreams are the method used for this transfer, and accordingly it is also the point at which the subconscious mind is closest to the soul. A person has a dream every time they enter a sleep-state to ensure the sync, but they usually only remember the dream if the sync is relatively large. The clarity and vividness of the dream, as well as your own self-awareness during it is directly proportional to the amount of information between you and the soul being synced.

Although people attempt to explain it away with other reasons, I believe that the reason why the amount of dreams women have while pregnant dramatically increases during pregnancy is one that substantiates my theory: It's because a large amount of information is being passed to them during that time, to ensure a healthy baby. From that perspective, it would also mean that a miscarriage occurs either when not enough information was passed, or the information that was did not sync properly. Reasons for miscarriage according to sources usually involve age, illness, foreign drugs (i.e. alcohol, etc.) and defective body parts. This would suggest that the majority of miscarriages occur due to a failed sync. However, if a person does not have dreams during pregnancy, it would mean that relatively little information is being passed, which could indicate a miscarriage.

Further information about the soul can be found in the fantasy novel I'm writing, "Essence Of The Soul"

update- this novel is discontinued due to personal dissatisfaction.