The Mystery of Consciousness

The way people have approached the problem of consciousness, they've taken for granted that consciousness is something inside of us. The job that the brain is being picked out to do is the job that if you like an older spiritualistic dualistic tradition has established for it. But the mystery is, if it's not my brain that's doing it, what is doing it? It's some special chemical ingredient in the metal that makes it worth 25 cents. That's a very interesting metaphor. Is it really relevant though? I'm trying to get my arms around.