A Consciousness-Based Ontology Derived from Solipsistic Paradox

Another Perspective on Solipsism, Part 2/2

📝 Disclaimer:
The proposed model in this blog is not a reflection of my definitive worldview, but rather a speculative extension derived from the previous solipsistic paradox.
It is a philosophical exploration — a mental exercise, not a manifesto.

📍 Introduction:

From “Am I the Only One?” to “I Am Existence Itself”

A brief recap of the paradox introduced in the previous blog post, leading to this chapter’s core idea:

In Part 1, I challenged the proposition of solipsism by raising a paradox:
If the world is merely my illusion, then who is maintaining this illusion?
If it is maintained by an “other,” the premise of being the only consciousness collapses.

To resolve this dilemma, I began to consider whether we could discard the concept of an external generator altogether—and instead embrace a far more radical proposition:
Consciousness itself is the origin of all things.

Importantly, this view is not merely another version of solipsism or idealism where the world is projected by my mind.
Rather, it asserts something more radical: there is no distinction between the “self” and the “world.”
The so-called “external” does not exist apart from me. I am the world—not a perceiver of it, not a projector of it, but its very being.

🧠 Part 1: Revisiting the Logical Derivation

• Core solipsistic proposition: Only I possess true consciousness.
• Emergent paradox: Does the illusion-maintenance system imply another conscious being?
• The dilemma unfolds:
  • External simulator = another consciousness → contradicts solipsism;
  • Non-conscious illusion system → lacks motivation and mechanism to maintain realism → remains unexplained.

🧩 Hence, I propose a limit-case assumption—

✨ Part 2: Introducing the “I Am the World” Model

“The world is not simulated for me.
It is the unfolding of my consciousness itself.
I am not the observer of the world—
I am its ontology.”

• Consciousness is no longer a passive perceptual system—it is the active force of construction.
• This is not a dualistic model where consciousness creates or projects the world from within;
  rather, there is no separation at all—I am the very world itself.
• The “I” is not a human ego, nor a central narrator—it is the only flow of awareness, shaping itself as the world.

📚 Reference analogies:

• A metaphysical expansion of Descartes’ “Cogito, ergo sum”
• Non-dualistic idealism with ontological monism

🔁 Part 3: The Irreducibility of Consciousness = The Axiom of Reality

“My consciousness cannot be further explained.
It is the prerequisite of logic, and the seed of existence.”

• Just as the origin of the world cannot be explained,
  so too the origin of consciousness is irreducible.
• Consciousness is not accidental, not constructed, not bestowed—
  it is an axiom without proof, the foundation itself.
• Thus, “I am the world” is not merely a solution to a paradox—
  it is a final declaration of being.

Note: This model may superficially resemble solipsism or idealist projectionism,
but it diverges sharply in its non-dualistic nature:
There is no “I” generating the world from within—I am not separate from the world at all.
There is no mirror, no projector, no audience.
There is only Being, and I am its unfolding.

🧩 Postscript

To be honest, if I shouted this theory in the middle of the street,
chances are someone would turn it into a meme and call me the founder of a consciousness cult. (lol)

But that’s philosophy, isn’t it?
Asking the simplest questions with the seemlingly outrageous assumptions.

“I don’t know why the world exists, but if I’m the one asking this question — maybe I’m part of the answer.”