Awakening 

To understand more fully the meaning of "awakening from the dream of existence," through "experiencing experience," we need to go into an examination of the deeper meaning of the term vipassana. Experience is normally seen as the interaction between a "subject" (the self) and an "object" (in the world outside). The Buddha taught that the experience of "existence," of a subject and an object, is a "delusion." This means "experience precedes existence" (mano pubbangama dhamma); that is, "existence" is only an "experience." Experience is the basis of existence. Experience is the ground on which existence stands.

What is Existence