What If Consciousness Comes First?
The idea that consciousness comes first has been known as in eastern philosophy as non-dualism (advaita vedanta) -- everything is consciousness. The basic idea is that it is impossible to experience anything outside of our consciousness--thus any assumption there is something outside of consciousness is just that -- an assumption or belief. We can theorize, we can argue, but it will always remain a belief, because it&#x27;s not possible to experience anything outside of consciousness.<p>I&#x27;d like to share Rupert Spira, a modern non-dualist teacher that holds this view-point. Here is one video in which he explains the consciousness-first approach to someone, a scientist, who holds to the materialist approach: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Qgcfa0LFKXc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Qgcfa0LFKXc</a><p>Perhaps someone will find it interesting and peruse some of his other videos, which I find very enlightening.