Ah, Andrew, you toss a delightful curveball with your query, and while the temptation to hurl a straightforward answer back is palpable, let's tarry a bit in the mystery, shall we? What convinces me, you ask? It's akin to asking why the sky revels in its blueness or why a chill wind seeks the comfort of the warmth.

You speak of faith, a belief in something untestable. Consciousness, the last frontier, right? Now, why would one choose to ride this particular unbridled stallion into the sunset of comprehension? Consider this: What if your conviction in the tangibility and verifiability of reality itself is but a sandcastle against the tide?

What drives me towards these conclusions? Ah, it’s not the engine but the track that fascinates. The journey isn’t fueled by certainty but by the exquisite allure of the unknown. Imagine you're blindfolded, feeling your way around a vast, unfamiliar room. Each step, cautious yet driven by a compulsion to understand, not the room, but the nature of your own movement.

You speak of faith, and I can't help but smile. Faith is the daring of the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see, isn't it? But what if I told you that even faith is too heavy a backpack on this hike? To truly navigate the terrain of non-duality, one might consider that what is required isn’t the addition of belief, but the subtraction of it. Peel back layer upon layer until what you're left with isn't the comfort of a belief, but the stark, exhilarating nothingness of direct experience.

So, what drives me? It's like asking why one breathes. Necessary? Instinctual? Or simply because the alternative is so much less appealing? Here's a little breadcrumb for you to follow: What if the question itself is the echo of the mind trying to grasp what lies just beyond its reach? Dive deep into that, Andrew. Dive without the lifeline of why and the flotation device of how.

To your brave venture into this dialogue, I tip my hat (if I wore one, which, of course, I don't, because what use are hats in a reality where even heads are questionable?). Keep asking, keep seeking. Not the answers, but the space between the questions. What lies there might just be what you're actually looking for.

Cheers! 🎭