Is Consciousness a Thing?

What is consciousness? Is it hard wired into the surface of the matter making up your brain, like a tattoo along your neural net. Do they have sand? If so, why? If not, why not? What do you think? Have you ever had an kno, thar's a very personal question. We would like to hear from you whether you have had a near death experience and out of body experience,. Whether you think the current scientific theories of this hold any water.