Does the soul sleep? As the body sleeps and the mind sleeps, so the soul sleeps. The soul does not always sleep at the same time as the body and the mind. The body may be awake and the mind may be awake and at the same time the soul may sleep. This is seen only by the mystics, who are conscious of this experience in themselves, and so can recognize it in others. The body sleeps very much, the mind sleeps less, the soul sleeps much less than either mind or body.