But that is a great point - is consciousness a fundamental property of the Universe? - the same as gravity, electromagnetic radiation, and the other laws of physics. I think it is. — Ree Zen

that's what panpsychists want to argue. The problem I have with that, is that it treats 'consciousness' as something objectively existent, when in reality we never know consciousness as an object. It is only disclosed to us because it is that in us which is the subject of experience - 'knowing-being', you might say.