Interaction with the world will vary, may be minimized or even cease. It is not a prerequisite for consciousness, but it is for Inquiry. Ie. a light in a box,

Interaction with the world will vary, may be minimized or even cease. It is not a prerequisite for consciousness, but it is for Inquiry. Ie. a light in a box, is it not light even if we can't always measure it? Do nothing exist unless we can touch it always, like photons? Mind may humble and liberate us, or limit and confuse. Start of Inquiry is like light discovering shadows in the cave wall, mistaking them for light. But shadows depend on light, and not vica versa, even if cold to the touch.