Philosophy

So, there's this song called Casker by Humming Urban Stereo; one of my favourite artists. And in that song, there's this amazing philosophical conversation between a man and a woman about brain activity after death (like dreams) and reincarnation. As I carefully listened to what they were saying, it tripped me the fuck out. I was compelled like no other and had to find the source to this.

Google, being the god of the internet, answered my prayers and came across this blog talking about a movie called "Waking Life". Apparently, the conversation was an extracted fragment from that movie. I don't quite know what this movie is about, but hearing that conversation and reading other scene descriptions really makes me want to watch this movie (it's entirely done in a rotoscope animation).

This conversation alone reawakened my interests for philosophy, dreams, and reincarnation. I was always fascinated by them, but felt like I lacked knowledge to really get involved with it actively. I've had numerous dreams that felt like it held some kind of significance to me, no matter how random it seemed.
I recall having a dream a year or so ago about my bestfriend, Jason, who passed away when I was 11. I was in a small, isolated white room that had a large sliding glass door. The room itself was tinted cerulean, so it seemed like it was early in the morning. Jason then appeared out of nowhere in front of me, saying hello and asking how I was; telling me how much he's missed me. I was overwhelmed with happiness and chatted with him. The dream itself felt so realistic and his body and face changed as if he were the age he'd be now. He would then disappear momentarily and come back with gifts (I remember one of them was an Asian-styled clothes hanger drying thing with pandas on it). And then finally he told me that he had to go. I was sad that he had to go, but then he said that he was able to revisit every 25 minutes. He then gave me a warm hug, and departed.

I then woke up, realizing the fact that it was impossible for him to visit ever again.

It was an emotional dream, and I think about it often. It makes me wonder why I didn't forget that dream right when I woke up (common thing that happens to everyone), but I assumed because it was such a powerful dream. I'm not religious, so I'm not going to babble how God created that for me or something, but I do believe in souls. It's really hard to think of the purpose of the dreams you recieve every night (most of which you forget without knowing it).

As for reincarnation, I'm really uncertain of it. All I know is it's basic definition and that it came from Buddhism and Hinduism. I personally think it depends from the person's perspective since some people believe that if you had good karma in your life, you will be reincarnated into something good. I heard about how you can be reincarnated into either an animal or person; some people throw in bullshit like being reincarnated into 'objects', but I wouldn't know.

Anyways, that's it for today. I think I might want to read a couple of books on these types of things.
Any recommendations?