This talk will give an introduction into a new approach to consciousness, trying out a “minimal model explanation”. Can the experience of “pure awareness” in meditation serve as a new empirical entry point? Phenomenological and psychometric data show that consciousness can exist without time-representation, without spatial self-location, without a weak first-person perspective, and without any form of egoic self-awareness. One important advantage of the minimal model approach is that it prevents unnecessary details from detracting us from a deeper understanding of our phenomenon of interest.  I claim that what we call the “first-person perspective” is precisely one such detail: Consciousness is not a subjective phenomenon.