So say the wise ones who came before us. It's like this life on earth is a dream, we are the actors in the dream who have forgotten who or what we really are.
This podcast (and transcription) by Robert Adams explains it better: https://robert-adams.de/podcast/1990-08-30/
Wow thank you so much I really have to go watch the podcast and learn a lot .... I'm not too old in my middle 20s so there's quite a lot to learn here