I trust that we will one day find precise physical correlates of, and conditions for (i.e., "causes of"), consciousness. But the burning question I have (roughl

I trust that we will one day find precise physical correlates of, and conditions for (i.e., "causes of"), consciousness. But the burning question I have (roughly: "what IS this thing?!) will not have even been partially satisfied, any more than if the same happened in a dream. I think guys like the Buddha were right: for that, I have to sit down for a good long while and allow consciousness to become more fully aware of itself. And if it cannot be communicated to others, that's perhaps just how it goes.