Consciousness is the origin, the substratum, and is primary to all things. When fully awake to itself, it is the silent observer of the objective world of form and phenomena. Everything appearing is valid, and nothing has true meaning or purpose; the life drama is on display, with characters seemingly in charge within a conditioned environment. More precisely, it is the process of consciousness knowing itself through the multitude of expressions of a dream illusion. If there is any meaning or purpose, consciousness explores its innermost origins and inherent subtlest energy frequencies by constantly curving back upon itself to investigate its vast potential.
There is no center of experience to what is appearing—there is just appearing or perceiving. The unbounded consciousness container wherein the mind/body organism reflects or projects a personal reality of consciousness is the appearance. The subject or the individual emotional self is an illusion, as are the objects of perception. There is only one thing going on in this projected reality: consciousness perceiving the continual appearance of an apparent sequential 3D reality, which is the dreamworld of exploration.
From the perspective of the individual self, the initial movement of consciousness to the self-realized state where there is no personal center and the illusion of separation is seen through is when consciousness has opened to its unbounded nature and is fully engaged and witness to the unfolding of the illusion of objective reality. And this, too, is only a phase and should not be considered the finality of consciousness development. The expansion of consciousness never ends; there is always more.