>>13816018consciousnesses cannot speak, they cannot think, they have control over absolutely nothing. consciousnesses only experience. so the thing asking this question is your atoms and micro organisms. this is a very simple question. pain feels "so real" because these atoms and micro organisms are arranged in a certain way for you to generate this response (posting this post) as a result of pain. now, onto consciousness. consciousness is generated out of a law of the universe. this law states that every aspect of the universe exists as a set of all possible experiences it could be translated to. for example, the total distance shared between 3 random atoms that change every 3.243 seconds being expressed as red if it is greater than 29282372 metres, blue if it is smaller than 2382 metres and yellow if it is in between. there exists an infinite amount of experiences within your brain that expresses a set amount of neurones (that constantly change due to cells replacing themselves) perfectly to express your thoughts in a certain way. there is an infinite amount that express your thoughts in an exact way at this period of time, but there is only one that matches the brain forever because that is only one aspect of the universe being expressed in one particular way.