The words self-consciousness which we all seem to take for granted appears to mean that we are actually conscious of our-self, this to me is utter nonsense and does not resonate with reality as i percieve it to be, what we really mean is that we are actually personality conscious, or ego conscious, it is utter folly to imagine that you could actually be self conscious, there are only a handful of humans upon this planet called Earth that have that level of consciousness perception that they fully know and realize their true identity, that being the SELF, and that there is only one SELF within this universe. ninty nine point nine nine nine per cent of humanity does not know what the SELF actually is, the words self consciosness being applied to mankind in general in a total misnomer, in my perception, that is, i feel the correct term or terms that are much more appropriate are, ego conscious, or personality conscious.
Warmest regards Michael.