I always found fascinating how, given enough time, organic matter evolved to the point where it became aware of itself, created mental forms to communicate with

I always found fascinating how, given enough time, organic matter evolved to the point where it became aware of itself, created mental forms to communicate with itself (language), named and categorized itself (human beings, plants, animals, rocks, etc) to try to understand itself. The water that I drink has been inside countless beings for eons. My body is composed of elements that have been on this planet for eons. I think I'm separate from the rest of the planet, of the system, but am I, really? I am like a VM inside an hypervisor. I think I'm separate from the whole, but that's only an illusion. Our senses are powerful and allow us to navigate the world, but if we train ourselves to go beyond them, beyond the language we collectively created, beyond even our memories and thoughts/feelings associated with them, what will we find? Perhaps consciousness is something that should be studied individually?