Is the Primal Reality Self ?

According to Idealism, (the formal philosophy), the primal reality is consciousness.  A good case can be made for this, but perhaps a better case can be made for an alternative primal reality—the reality of self.

Consciousness requires a conscious entity.  In order for you to be conscious, there must be a you, a self.

You can be conscious only because you exist.

Even if one argues for a universal, or disembodied consciousness, that universal consciousness must be an entity.  To deny that would be like saying that hardness is a primal reality, without anything being hard (or soft).  Or like saying swiftness can be a primal reality without anything being swift.  It’s a cart before the horse situation.

And what is a self?  It is a triad of life, consciousness and free will.  Without all three of those, there is no self, and no reality.

(Is there a supreme self?  Is God the ultimate reality?  I say, no.  God is more than that—immeasurably more—and even that falls short—infinitely short.)

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