Even the deepest contemplation only recalls us to our unreality. Seeing that the self we take ourselves to be is illusory does not mean seeing through it to something else. It is more like surrendering to a dream. To see ourselves as figments is to awake, not to reality, but to a lucid dream, a false awakening that has no end.

The Deception: The Ultimate Dream (p. 79) - Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (2002)