From Ālayavijñāna (base consciousness) to the 5 senses, how?

Just [was walking through](https://cluesurf.substack.com/p/base-consciousness) how to go from a base flow of pure, undivided, ego-less, consciousness, to a sense of self, after falling onto the [Eight Consciousnesses page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Consciousnesses) (most insight from [Vasubandhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasubandhu) ~500 CE 🤯). It makes total sense in this brief moment how to go from one to many basically 😍💥. But though I haven't read the original works, and have many decades worth of thinking/research/learning/engaging/experiencing to go through to perhaps get a deeper glimpse, I am not satisfied with my interpretation of how the "5 senses" emerged from the base consciousness. I'm not talking about literal eyes and ears, and human-level sense organs. I am talking about the **potential** for the experience of sight/sound/taste/touch/smell. If that potential is baked into the base consciousness, then I have some base questions: 1. What is the experience of base consciousness like (is it _more than_ all 5 senses, since it is not the absence of them)? 2. How _exactly_ do the 5 normal senses get created out of the base consciousness? I don't quite follow. If nothing else, where can I read to learn more (ideally in English, but even mentioning original sources might help)? But if you can offer a basic summary, that would be good too.