It's really great that you tackled this subject, and nailed a bunch of really key points in such a short space! It seems like the right path, as you take, is to start by understanding consciousness scientifically first before jumping to the mystical stuff, which is indeed important and profound -- "the biggest mysteries" as you say. To the extent that we create these mysteries ourselves, it's good to watch out for reading too much into them. Thanks for writing this!