We all are souls.
We chose the body we inhabit.
There was a reason for making that choice.
The ego is what the soul has to work with to navigate this life, a partnership that continues until the soul separates from the body.
The soul is observing.
The body is the instrument of observation.
The body learns to observe by it's parents, family and the accumulation of experiences. The soul observes and experiences with an instrument programed to observe at a superfical level. Moments are stored in the mind as templates to be called upon later as patterns of comparision for new moments. As the process of patterning developes the body loses contact with Source Consciousness. The waves seen are masking the reality to be known at the basic level.