Thompson, Evan. creator text New York Columbia University Press 2015 monographic ENG xl, 453 pages ; The Dalai Lama's conjecture -- Seeing: what is consciousness? -- Waking: how do we perceive? -- Being: what is pure awareness? -- Dreaming: who am I? -- Witnessing: is this a dream? -- Imagining: are we real? -- Floating: where am I? -- Sleeping: are we conscious in deep sleep? -- Dying: what happens when we die? -- Knowing: is the self an illusion?. Consciousness Self 128.2 THO 9780231137096 (cloth : alk. paper)