This may well be a function of the fact that most if not all people reputedly go into an out-of-body state during REM sleep.
And, the eternal thought or concept of self which results from this self-consciousness serves the Absolute as the model around which the evolution of time-space revolves to ultimately attain a reflection of and union with Him.
This is so because in order to attain self-consciousness, the consciousness of the Absolute must project a hologram of itself and then perceive it.