How can unconditioned consciousness be self-aware?

The difficulty in grasping unconditioned self-awareness stems from equating awareness with cognition. A localized mind requires a structural split to operate: a subject perceiving an object through the sequence of thought. If this cognitive process is projected onto the absolute, the fundamental reality is reduced to a universal mind thinking about its own existence.

The unconditioned does not think, nor does it reflect. Self-awareness is not an action but an inherent property of the fundamental reality. This reality is self-evident presence. The absolute does not rely on perception to confirm the fact of being, because being and knowing are not two separate functions. The sheer actuality of existence is awareness itself. The absolute is not aware of itself as an observed object; the absolute is aware as itself. ●