Silly boy, doesn't realize that consciousness comes from the soul which came into existence 6000 years ago by a Gd who chose a wandering tribe of semites to use as an example to show the rest of the tribes that it really is real:D
Hey, ya know, they've done studies where long term meditators were in deep sleep and answered questions accurately by moving their eyes with a prearranged signal. So one can be fully conscious during deep sleep; and in fact, so the lore goes, is a prerequisite to getting the hell out of this shitshow; at least that is what the Tibetan Book of The Dead says.............
Anyway, resident panpsychist here: consciousness goes all the way up and all the way down but needs a fully functioning brain to operate properly in; as least as far as getting all the funky side-effects of human cognition like being able to muse on philosophy.
Does this mean that consciousness precedes matter? Probably, but we are no where near figuring that one out! Aurobindo's involution offers hints at it though, but true that those are murky shores, but perhaps illuminated by the thinking of those like David Bohm.

Anyway, where there is will there is representation:)