So if there's a potential for consciousness/unconsciousness to exist outside of the physical constraints of the workings of the brain, could we hypothesise that we could in some way construct elements of our afterlife through diligent dream work? In addition to the waking consciousness we weave everyday? Of course in the latter we are influenced by other people's consciousness, and the inescapable realities of waking life, but perhaps in dreams we are more autonomous to potentially create our own after-lives when our consciousness is liberated from the physical?