Can pure consciousness be thought of as an objective reality?
As far as I know, consciousness can only be experienced/produced by entities with a "body", and in most cases (if not all) with a nervous system.
The term "pure consciousness" sound like the term "pure software".
"Pure software" cannot exist without the basic hardware first.
Do you know a computer that is made of pure software? Do you know a factory that creates hardware using
only software?
Matter and Energy are everywhere. And Consciousness seems to be present only in living beings.
Consciousness seems to be a very elegant and complex phenomena... dont get me wrong, Matter and Energy are complex too, but
it seems that matter and energy dont need consciousness to exist. Consciousness on the other hand...
Remember that when you ingest DMT/Salvia and then enter the cosmic hole that feels like a place of pure divinity, light, love and consciousness... you first ingested a substance that is interacting with the substances of your brain. I guess I dont even really need to tell you that, but I just want to make my point clear as well.
I'm not saying that there isn't a way to experience "pure consciousness". I'm saying that it seems that matter and energy are necessary for that place to exists and also to be experienced (sensed/perceived).
To me, consciousness is a "higher" phenomena than matter and energy. And maybe... what you experience when smoking DMT/Salvia is something even more complex than consciousness. Hell, maybe it needs a new word of its own. (I'm talking about the phenomena, not the "place" which is "hyperspace".)
Matter/Energy (Universe) ► Consciousness (Brain) ► ??????? (Hyperspace)
I look forward to the day where someone can develop some sort of technological progress in hyperspace and brings back evidence to this Universe.