[simonster]

If you Google "taking consciousness seriously," the first link is to an excerpt from David Chalmers' book. That book as a whole is essentially a long argument that understanding consciousness requires a dualist position (although not a substance or interactionist form). I don't agree with it, but it's compelling. If you believe the position that "rejecting dualism is 'not taking the consciousness problem seriously'" is an ignorant one, you should read it.

[samatman]

Ok, but first you should read some Samkya and Kashmir Shaivite non-dualism. Since the texts are about 1500 years older, you go first.