The concept of IDEA or the series of events that we create in our minds are more likely to be

fictitious or IMAGINARY. Which is why there is a tendency that our notions and conceptions
about things becomes DYNAMIC. The more that the idea exists only in our thoughts, the more
it is far from reality.
True enough, it is difficult to make definite idea/proposition for there can be CONFUSION.
Thus, we may say that the IDEA OF SELF that is obscure/uncertain will only lead into
IGNORANCE. However, being able to separate the REAL from UNREAL ideas will then form
KNOWLEDGE.
From there, it is where EXPERIENCE comes out. The concept of the self can be relatively
connected to experience as experience is also associated with consciousness. CONSCIOUSNESS
is mainly due to instinct, feeling, and effects of the society. The idea of self is not just a copy of
our conscious activities.
It goes along with more and more of those activities until it binds together and create the
actual self. Consciousness alone is bald/EMPTY. It must be combined with EXPERIENCE so that
a desirable action can be obtained. It is the EXPERIENCE that cuts away futile acts and
unnecessary ideas.
Consciousness is simply the experience of what is going. As a reaction to a certain event takes
place, the consciousness comes after. Here, the consciousness will serve as the expression of
the whole idea and feeling.