Nothing exist outside of consciousness. The physical universe is merely a manipulation of sound and light! Sound and light are always subjective experience! There is no objectivity about sound and light. A bright lightening appears in the sky, the moment later sound is heard. Both sound and light travels through space and enter our respective senses and consciousness reads it as sound and light. No consciousness, no reality! In fact, there is no objectivity in the so called material universe. Dream is real to the dreamer for the time being. In both dream state and waking state, there is the quality of wakefulness; therefore, both are dreams happening within consciousness. When we dream we see things which means there is light within. We also hear, taste, smell, feel many emotions during our dream. These things are ever present within consciousness all the time. A diamond doesn't shine because it wants to shine but shining is an inherent property within diamond. The so called material universe do not have any independent existence devoid of consciousness. It is consciousness that makes things as if they are real through the manipulation of sound and light. This power in Sanskrit is called "maya."
Welcome to the dream world and I hope you all wake up from this long dream. This samsara is a dense forest where divine Atmas are lost for no apparent reason! When you cut a piece of paper, both paper are still the same paper. Similarly, in this samsara, there is nothing to gain and nothing to loose. Consciousness was whole, is whole, and will be whole. The apparent diversity that appears within the universe is merely a vibration which is non-different from consciousness. For example, the waves and ocean are non-different from water. Similarly, whatever you are seeing is non other than consciousness itself.
Namaste: I honor the place within you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place within you which is of love, of truth, of light, and of peace. When you are in that place within you and when I am in that place within me, We are one.