Christianity is heading for a full allegorization

[The Grand Nudger]

In the case of consciousness, because we're talking about a switch from the physical to something that seems to be not physical (it may still be physical but it nevertheless "feels" bizarre and funny), there is more demand for an explanation of how that switch works. In other words, there is concern that phenomenological consciousness may not be in line with strict physicalism/materialism.

IDK if consciousness seems nonphysical - but it's no surprise when a control model gives a description of itself that isn't entirely or strictly accurate.  

If you gave it much thought, you might report that you are not your  body, but some small thing in your body, behind the eyes and slightly above the level of the nose.  In contrast, a boundary box or body model reports being much larger than the apparatus which produces the report actually is.  The system assumes that it occupies it's maximum extent on all axes.  This is what some researchers call attending to attention, or attending to self - respectively.  In both cases it's being done for effect, not accuracy of contents.  

You feel like a tiny ghost even though you're a rather hefty ball of meat.... and a roomba's miniscule processor thinks it's as massive as the box it came in.