I have a friend you might enjoy talking to. He just joined Steemit and hasn't been approved yet, though. He did his Bachelor's thesis combining Whitehead and Parmenides, and he wanted to touch on panpsychism (a big part of his personal philosophy) and Taoism, but he was already 8 pages over the 30 page limit lol.
I think the only way to really come to a comprehensive and solid philosophy of reality is to incorporate a lot of these more mystical traditions that have gone beyond the limitations of what can be put into words. That's one reason I also like Parmenides, because he's basically like the Lao Tzu of ancient Greece. Eastern and Western philosophy aren't at odds; they're two sides of the same coin. The trouble is when we get caught in the literalist surface layers.
By chance, have you read "A Brief History of Everything" by Ken Wilber?
RE: Is there more to consciousnesses than just physics?