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Short Communication 

Experiential Evolution from both Awakening and Dreaming 

Waseem Hassan 

Preston Institute of Management Science and Technology 

Corresponding Author: Abadallah.wh@gmail.com 

 

Since the beginning of human time in this world, the 

only thing which is found constant is the change in 

human behavior throughout ages. The gradual change, 

or in more liberal senses, advancement in human form 

of both physiological and psychological is called 

evolution of human race. As humans evolved 

throughout millions of years uptil now, the behavior, 

ethics, lifestyle and thought processing have found 

being enhanced and a wide range of capabilities have 

been developed in human. In material sciences, there 

are two aspects of grasping the concept of evolution. 

One being the Darwinian Theory of Evolution in 

which he mentioned that all species biologically 

evolved throughout time from one single gene and 

from natural inheritance, the form changed gradually 

to different species and as he says, the purpose of “war 

of nature” is the production of higher animals (C. 

Darwin, 1872). The other which supports this theory 

and the rest states that evolution is a process in which 

the species gained intelligence throughout experiences 

to shape itself in the most saturated and balanced form, 

and thus human. Both of the definitions covers one 

aspect of reality which endorses that evolution is a 

continuous process which does not stop at any given 

point of time. Let us review the evolution of human 

species in general. A human mind is a combination of 

conscious, unconscious, subconscious, and super 

conscious in some cases. In general, a person is 

observed to evolve in one aspect, i.e. while he/she is 

awake and experiencing everything that happens 

around him/her, while the aspect of sleep is 

undervalued or in other words, neglected. When a 

person is asleep, he/she is more closely linked to 

his/her subconscious which plays the most important 

part in evolution. When a person observes something 

in consciousness, it is firstly related to the relevant 

observation predisposed in his/her subconscious, if it 

is found in favor, the observation is strengthened, if 

not, it is yet saved in subconscious to reappear in 

conscious as another observation for confirmation. For 

example, when a child learns 2+2=4 for the first time, 

the observation of this calculation is saved in the 

subconscious as a raw form which later on is 

strengthened and confirmed when the child relearns it 

at home and thus it becomes a fact for the child which 

in future expands the child's learning process for 

advanced mathematics based on these predisposed 

facts of early age.  

How does this mechanism work in dreams? In order to 

understand this, one must be clear to the point that 

dreaming is a process in which the physiological 

aspects of the body and its psychological responses by 

the brain are stored in a part of the brain called 

subconscious(W. Hassan 2014). A dream is a tool of 

mind through which the experiential learning 

throughout time is racked in its place in one's 

subconscious, in other words, a dream is a way of 

assuring the experiences subconsciously to maintain a 

state of conscious when the person wakes up. Now as 

the subconscious of a person is maintained, evolved 

and expanded by dreams, the consciousness of a 

person is also evolved by enhancing the ability to 

attain more experiences and to think from a broader 

point of view. And if by looking closely, it will appear 

to be true that the ability to perceive and application of 

broader thought processing have helped human race 

from dying of fever to surviving of heart transplant.  

How do thoughts and perceptions help in 

physiological manner? 

 

"When we imagine something, we actually cause it 

to become reality". 

                   

Since thoughts and perceptions are purely 

psychological aspects of human being, it is both linked 

and disconnected from the physical changes occurring 

in a person, subject to the transformation of thought 

requirement in materialism. For example, the thought 

of human race to fly in the skies was generated in 

400BC in China (K.Dalamagkidis et al, 2012) by the 

discovery of kite which could fly in the air and that 

made humans think about flying in the skies while it 

was made possible for the first time perfectly in 1905 

AD by Wright Brothers in Ohio, USA. In this manner, 

the evolutionary process of aero planes started from a 

thought in 400BC and had put its first foot of success 

in physical reality after 2341 years in 1905 AD. One 

question which arises in this evolution is the process 

of forgetting dreams frequently and is thought to be 

useless. It is to be noted that the difference between 

dreaming and waking up is the access of the 

information in subconscious. When a person is 

awakened, he/she is able to access only such parts of 

his/her subconscious which is required by the 

consciousness at a given point of situation. Similarly, 

when a person is asleep and dreaming, he/she accesses 

the subconscious at a wider angle than being in 

conscious. By this manner, the importance of 

accessing subconscious thoroughly while being in 

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conscious is a bigger step in order to evolve the 

physical changes of a human.  

 

Recent researches about human evolution through 

thoughts include an important work by Cecelia Heyes 

in her research " New Thinking: The evolution of 

human cognition" in which she mentions the 

importance of thought generation processes which 

triggered human mind to develop the abilities to invent 

languages, culture, technology and other aspects. In 

her research, she mentions that humans are species that 

specialize in thinking and knowing and the 

extraordinary cognitive powers as compared to the rest 

of the species have enabled humans to evolve in every 

manner, from eating habits to building houses, 

transportation of bodies in various locations in short 

interval of time, and transferring of mind in remote 

places by telescope ad electron microscopes (C. 

Heyes, 2012). Another study by Erin Weyman suggest 

that humans, when not been able to invent languages, 

used drawings to convey their messages between 

people, as drawings are a way to interpret messages 

which one is unable to explain in vocabulary, if there 

is any.  

 

Conclusion 

Evolution is a continuous process. One can neither 

confine it in a specific direction, nor it is desirable to 

put an end to it since it is the quality of a human mind 

to explore endlessly and to gain intelligence at it's 

finest. Dreaming itself is a part of human evolution 

which helps one to attain a stress free life as most of 

the exertions of one's emotions are carried in dreams 

subconsciously in order to soothe the state of mind 

where required. Food for thought, the evolutionary 

process does not end with human beings only, it is 

working from cell to universal level if observed 

correctly.  

 

References 

•Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2012 Aug 5; 

367(1599): 2091–2096. 

•Charles Darwin. 1872 Origin of Species; 390. 

•W.Hassan (2014). Understanding Dreams. Annals of 

Psychophysology (1) 14-15. 

•K. Dalamagkidis et al. 2012, On Integrating 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National 

Airspace System; 13. 

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