Consciousness as The Foundation of Reality
Our fundamental understanding of reality starts with "I":
- "I believe"
- "I am doing"
- "I am feeling"
What we consider to be reality is nothing but an appearance in our consciousness. We can even say that consciousness is more fundamental than space-time.
Thus the discovery of what we call "I", the one who knows, is of fundamental importance.
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