Very interesting topic! In my opinion, consciousness is the key to everything.
It is so strange how I perceived reality a couple years ago compared to now.
Everything starts in the mind and the consciousness. I guess the more we find out about this, the more our lives will change. It is kinda creepy if you imagine all the possibilities this knowledge might give us. I'm just thinking about "saving" and "uploading" consciousness for example.
This seems to be far away to imagine right now, but if we dive deeper, then what is time?
Time is only an illusion ;)