10. Knowing: Is the Self an Illusion?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Prologue: The Dalai Lama’s Conjecture xvii
5. Acknowledgments xxvii
6. Introduction xxxi
7. 1. Seeing: What Is Consciousness? 1
8. 2. Waking: How Do We Perceive? 21
9. 3. Being: What Is Pure Awareness? 67
10. 4. Dreaming: Who Am I? 107
11. 5. Witnessing: Is This a Dream? 139
12. 6. Imagining: Are We Real? 167
13. 7. Floating: Where Am I? 203
14. 8. Sleeping: Are We Conscious in Deep Sleep? 231
15. 9. Dying: What Happens When We Die? 273
16. 10. Knowing: Is the Self an Illusion? 319
17. Notes 367
18. Bibliography 409
19. Index 433