We have all experienced that specific, disorienting thud of the heart when we wake up from a dream that felt too real. For a split second, you’re still mourning a loss that didn't happen or celebrating a win you haven't earned. Then, you blink, the room comes into focus, and you realize: Oh, it was just a dream. What if our entire "linear" life is just that? A long-form, high-definition dream that the soul is currently having. In a dream, you don't question how you got to a location; you just accept you are there. In life, we obsess over the "how" and the "when," but if time is a circle, those points are irrelevant. We are simply experiencing a sequence of vivid moments. When we reach the end of this cycle—what we call death—the transition might be as effortless as opening our eyes on a Sunday morning. The Weight Vanishes: The heavy burdens of "career," "mortgages," and "reputation" will suddenly feel as flimsy a...