Descartes believed souls to be our mind where thoughts took place and were stored. Since we are our thoughts a recording of said thoughts, such as in a journal, is a record of ourselves. Meditations on First Philosophy is a journal of his thoughts on how we as humans know more about our own minds more than the physical world we live in (Kaye and Thompson 5). So our dreams are a window to our souls.
"But what then am I? A thinking thing. And what is that?
Something that doubts, understands, affirms, denies, wills, refuses -
and also imagines and senses...
Even if I am always dreaming...
isn't it just as true that I do all these things as that I exist?
Are any of these things distinct from my thought?
Can any be said to be separate from me?
It's so obvious that it is me who doubts, understands, and wills that I don't see how I could make it more evident" (Descartes 6).
Albert: So what is the "me"?
Chris Nielsen: My brain I suppose.
Albert: Your brain ? Your brain is a body part. Like your fingernail or your heart. Why is that the part that's you?
Chris Nielsen: Because I have sort of a voice in my head, the part of me that thinks, that feels, that is aware that I exist at all.
Albert: So if you're aware you exist, then you do. That's why you're still here.
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