When I say that “consciousness is the only certainty besides constant change” in life, I mean it. But, like all good investigators, researchers, scientists and thorough metaphysicians, we’ll start by defining what, exactly, the subject under discussion is, precisely. So we can focus our minds, together, on exactly what KIND of consciousness we’re talking about here. Because I’m not talking about “being awake” as opposed to “going asleep” when you’re tired. Not awake, at least, in any normal get-out-of-bed and get going kind of way. But we ARE talking about a “let’s open our eyes to what’s really happening here” kind of wakefulness.