 Śaṅkara identifies the reflective medium specifically as the buddhi (BṛUBh 4.3.7). Just as light is pervasive but only becomes visible through a reflective medium (because space does not reveal light), so too is consciousness expressed experientially only in the reflective medium of the intellect. The intellect takes on the semblance of consciousness. Consciousness thus appears to be located in one’s mind even though all-pervasive. The mind depends on reflected consciousness for its experience of itself, like we use a mirror reflection to see ourselves. The mind also depends on consciousness to cognize objects, like using the mirror reflection of light to illumine things in darkness. The reflection enables intentionality even though the prototype witnessing consciousness is non-intentional and remains untouched in the appearance of causation.