THE LIMINAL FIELD: Sleep, Awareness and the Afterlife

ABSTRACT (EN) Concise, phenomenological, Zenodo‑ready This work explores the relationship between sleep, awareness and the afterlife, proposing that the state experienced during sleep may be structurally identical to the condition after physical death. The absence of memory prevents the waking mind from distinguishing dream‑reality from post‑mortem reality. The text argues that sleep functions as an energetic dimension without physicality, where consciousness operates through non‑linear, vertical time. This dimension may serve as a bridge between incarnated existence and the afterlife, suggesting a simultaneity between life, death and potential reincarnation. EXTENDED DESCRIPTION (EN) Full-length, structured, aligned with The Liminal Field This contribution develops a phenomenological and ontological model of sleep as an energetic dimension that mirrors the afterlife. The author argues that the lack of memory of dreams prevents the waking state from recognizing the structural continuity between dream‑experience and post‑mortem experience. Sleep is described as a state in which the individual operates through an energetic body capable of movement without physical constraints, similar to the condition after biological death. The text proposes that awareness functions as an informational vector that shapes the reality experienced during sleep and potentially in the afterlife. The absence of linear time in the energetic dimension allows for a concentrated temporality, where a single “flash” of vertical time may correspond to an entire earthly life. This leads to the hypothesis that life, sleep, death and reincarnation may coexist simultaneously rather than sequentially. The state of sleep is presented as the connecting link between the incarnated self and the energetic self, enabling a form of co‑presence across dimensions. The work concludes that simultaneity between life and afterlife arises not from linear time but from vertical time, which supports the continuity of consciousness across states of being. OpenAIRE DESCRIPTION (EN) Semantic, indexable, research‑graph friendly This work examines sleep as an energetic dimension structurally analogous to the afterlife. The author proposes that dream‑experience and post‑mortem experience share the same non‑physical, timeless condition, mediated by vertical time. Awareness functions as an informational agent shaping both states, while the absence of memory obscures their continuity. The text contributes to research on consciousness studies, liminality, energetic ontology, temporality and models of post‑mortem experience. KEYWORDS (EN) OpenAIRE‑compatible Sleep and afterlife Energetic body Vertical time Consciousness and awareness Dream phenomenology Liminal states Post‑mortem continuity Energetic ontology Simultaneity of states The Liminal Field