This is an unusual view, albeit, a correct one. I would be interested in how you came to hold it.
I would express it somewhat differently (as you probably would under other circumstances). Consciousness is not an emergent quality, as is popularly believed, because, as you correctly pointed out, it is distinct from that material (physical) existense it is conscious of. However, I would not say it is "somewhere" else, because, not being material in nature, would not have spatial or temporal qualities.
I have a very rigorous ontology that accounts thoroughly for the relationship between the natural (material/physical) world, and the supernatural existense of which the natural world is a subset. The rational/volitional mind (of man) as well as all consciousness (sentient life) and life itself actually belong to the supernatural realm, (but differentiated from it, just as matter is, but at a higher level of differentiation). Organisms, conscious life, and human brains are operative interfaces between the two realms.
I would be very interested in your views on this subject.
Hank
Along those lines, I understand Merck & Co., Inc. is developing a 3-alpha-spiritine receptor agonist to help treat those afflicted with critical thinking.