SSW, if I understand you correctly your view of life, the universe, and everything is a like a theory I like to play with. It's called the Astral Slide Theory (c)(TM). It goes like this:

We are all just energy beings that became bored and invented this "reality" to experience (like a game). In order for it to work to the fullest extent, we must forget our actual existence and concentrate on this "existence". Like children waiting for a playground slide, we wait our turn, slide through lives in this reality and then run around to get back in line for another ride.

It pleases me to think that if this is true, ZZ Top wrote the background music for it all.