The experiencer is not experienced, is not a thing. Reflections on and theories of experience are a part of experience. All experience passes through the experiencer and so the being of the experiencer is of a higher order than that of the experience, in other words, the experiencer is more real than the experience. Theories and reflections on experience insist on exactly the opposite, for them being is the same as being experienced. This is an illusion upon which all experience seems to depend, but which in fact serves no purpose other than to limit experience.