The simple solution is to demystify qualia: I don't understand the manner in which ionic transfer within my brain appears to create sensation, but I don't have to make the jump from that to 'sensation and experience are different from brain state'. All of my sense data comes through channels- typically as an ion discharge through a nerve or a chemical in my blood. Those ion discharges and chemicals interact with brain cells in a complicated manner, and "I" "experience" "sensation". The experience and sensation are no more mysterious than the identity.