What gives the sense of

“What gives the sense of ‘I’ its subjective quality of reality is the radiance of the true Self, which is the source of the Reality that emanates as the Presence. To clarify the pursuit, it is helpful to search for the innate quality that accords the subjective experiential sense of identity itself. It may be more fruitful to search for the source of the quality of subjectivity, which is not a ‘who’ but an innate quality of sentient life (a ‘what’).” – David Hawkins