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Or what we think we are? Or is perception itself all there is?
We humans are physically constructed objects in that we are constructed of, what we define as being, cells which are constructed of large complex molecules which are constructed of smaller simple molecules which are constructed of atoms which are constructed of subatomic particles which, if I'm not mistaken, are caused by energy. At the same time though you cannot have cells without first having large complex molecules but you can have large complex molecules without first having cells. Just like you cannot have atoms without first having subatomic particles but you can have subatomic particles without first having atoms. In turn you should think of what must come first before what can come next as being the hierarchy of the layers of construction.* The thing you've got to understand here is that our ability to perceive reality comes from our bodies. In fact if we didn't have a brain or information processing system & a nervous system or biochemical streaming information io subsystem we wouldn't be able to perceive the reality around us. Which means that before there can be consciousness INSIDE OF our universe there must first be matter inside of that universe. So perception itself cannot be all that there is.
(* This is beautiful when you include the hierarchy of possibilities as put forth by each & every single layer of construction.)