*hits blunt*

can you imagine a universe that is aware of itself?

yes, because you are aware of yourself and "yourself" is part of the universe

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That situation would still be determinism. You are saying every next state in the universe is in fact predictable while appearing unpredictable. In that case, the appearance is irrelevant and only strengthens the case for determinism.

to be the product of a set of processes that produce the sensation of choice.

This describes any manifestation of a sensation of choice. You could have an ephemeral soul or spirit that produces your choices, and that spirit would qualify as a process producing the sensation of choice, but it would not have deterministic qualities in any sense other than a semantic one.