Let me begin with a simple question:
What if consciousness is not the foundation of reality?
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Many philosophical and spiritual traditions assume exactly that.
They claim that consciousness is universal.
That, in some sense, everything is conscious.
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But there is a problem with this idea.
If everything is conscious,
then the concept of consciousness loses its meaning.
It no longer distinguishes anything.
And more importantly,
it does not explain
how consciousness is structured,