Intrinsic Awareness, the Fundamental State of Consciousness

In an effort to simplify the complexity in the studies of consciousness, the author suggests to describe the conscious experiences as a fundamental state, the intrinsic awareness (I.A.), and functions of this fundamental state. I.A. does not depend on external environment, our sense organs, and our cognitions. This ground state of consciousness is timeless and irreducible to sub-constituents; therefore reductionism can apply neither to the analysis nor to the new theory of I.A. The methodology for investigating I.A. is proposed and the relation between I.A. and the hard problem in consciousness proposed by Chalmers is discussed.