Thus after reading this statement I have to ask myself, and any others who would like to follow my inquisition; Is this logic sound? The idea that just because we exist, other things within the world must also exist? I will return to the ever-popular dream argument to properly formulate my question. I do not claim that this is the truth or even that Descartes is false in his assumption, rather I am merely placing forth a suggestion, which I see as a possible counter to his assumption.
Through Descartes' reasoning we have found that it is impossible to question whether or not the "thought" [us existing through our doubt] exists. Yet our thoughts exist in our dreams as well. My idea is such that I believe that it is just as likely that we, as systems of thoughts, exist independent of the world of which we experience, instead we [as thoughts] exist on a higher plane of existence (as it couldn't be lower, which I will explain- again using Descartes own reason). When addressing the expressive world in which we "live," I would offer that it is the product of a massive corresponding dream of which we all [as thoughts in another plane of existence] take part in. In this way we all act as 'one' by giving up our isolated systems of thought and uniting under this one system of thought [the dream] and allowing ourselves to exist temporarily within its laws and rules.
This also would explain the existence of 'God' not as some almighty being, but rather the power of thoughts combining and working together in order to create a 'dreamscape' for our thoughts to interact within. Thus we are all actually [as thoughts] acting jointly as 'God'. Yet for any of this to happen, we would have to exist on a higher plane than the one in which we currently allow ourselves to reside, because nothing of lesser quality can create something of higher quality.
This idea also gives way to the possibility that there are infinite possibilities of alternate realities created by the adjoining of other thoughts in a higher plane under a different thought system. This would account for the seemingly unending creativity locked within the 'human' imagination. The imagination being a key into the vast memories of our immortal thought [or soul, if that seems like a better word for our higher existing selves].
