Consciousness is the core of who we are. Without it, we're an empty shell. Yet, Psychologist Stuart Sutherland (1989) declares consciousness "a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it has evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it." Philosopher David Chalmers (1996) proclaims it "the hard problem." In this book, I assemble some of the best ideas about consciousness, and add a few of my own. I lay out arguments from leading thinkers; picking and choosing from their ideas, keeping the good and discarding the bad. Then, I introduce an entirely new explanation, building on, and adding to, insights from the past. I think the hard problem can be solved.