of course animals are conscious. it would be more accurate to say that consciousness appears in animals, since consciousness is a priori to the body. but consci

of course animals are conscious. it would be more accurate to say that consciousness appears in animals, since consciousness is a priori to the body. but consciousness is not an observable; only its symptoms are observed, except by the conscious being itself. consciousness is “unseen by any sense organ, not related to anything, incomprehensible by the mind, uninferable, unthinkable, indescribable” (Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 7) because it is completely subjective and Absolute.