'Awake' most simply put, would be a term which describes a unit of consciousness in the act of observing what actually is at any given moment, as opposed to dwelling in thoughts of the past or dreaming of a potential future.

Past and future are both imaginary, and to entertain those concepts is to dream, while being aware of what actually is, right now, might best define someone who is 'awake'.

Example: someone who is 'aware' of a potential dystopian future where they are forced into a government internment camp, they might spend their hours plotting their escape from the barbed-wire compound that they have envisioned, while someone who is 'awake' will note what actually is: that they are sitting at home drinking tea, watching scary Utube videos.