This is a wonderful article. Thank you for putting it together. Consciousness surely is poorly defined, yet we all vaguely know what it is referring to. That being said, not having a clear definition can make our discussions challenging. In my book, The Ancient Way of the Mind, I choose to define consciousness as the "experience of life". In tandem with exploring the neuroscience of how the brain generates the sense of the self, I use this definition of consciousness to try and distinguish between the experienced self from, what I call, the true Self.