Alan Watts (alanwatts.org) explains the world as it seems from the subjective experience of "self," which is ultimately unreal. This is all an illusion, and it is as if a dream is transpiring, and all are asleep. But what can that mean if everything is impersonal? Caught in the illusion, there is no making sense of it until the mind is purified and sees things just as they are. Then there is an awakening, a bodhi, or enlightenment to the way things really are. This is the purpose of Buddhism, which may be translated as "Awakenism."
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