i have been contemplating this topic a lot recently and i believe i have reached solid conclusions.   these conclusions are unquestionable because they are self-evident..undeniably true and infallible which is what you need to qualify a truth as an "absolute truth".     so what is reality ?  reality is whatever appears to be appearing at the moment you think you are not asleep. period. that is it. there is nothing else. there is no need for any materialistic beliefs or spiritual beliefs. it is so  obvious that is totally overlooked and filtered out . kinda reminds me when you are looking for your glasses when you are actually wearing them  lol.   so basically there is no need to search for anything. there is no need to label it as anything or to have any kind of metaphysical worldviews  whether it is material..spiritual ..nondual etc.  reality is not consciousness. it is not matter. it is not dual .it is not nondual. it is not god, it is not a dream .it is not imagination. it is not a simulation. it is not a matrix. it is not your creation or my creation or gods creation . it is not any word or concept. but if i have to use a concept im gonna choose "actuality".  reality is actuality.  but then again i gone too far because actuality as actuality is not even "actuality" .it simply has no fucking name lol other than what you want to call it.  this video of Alan watts helped me with this  insight along with leos video 'what is Truth" and "what is actuality".  so basically you want to know what is reality and what is the absolute truth about existence and your role in it?   well that is exactly what you are seeing right now .this is it. so what the fuck are you asking about  ?lol