The ego is the manifestation of consciousness and a bridge between it and the world. Neither consciousness nor the atoms feel hunger, but I do, because I exist between the two. Consciousness and the atoms do not speak, only I do. The world that we perceive with the help of the sense organs stands on the borderline between the world of consciousness and the atoms. Pleasure and pain are experienced only on this borderline.
Pure consciousness feels neither.
On the plane of pure consciousness we experience nothing but our existence. We may call this a state of bliss if we like. In a state of pure consciousness there is neither bondage nor freedom. Here we feel nothing else except our existence. We may call it a state of liberation if we like.