Ponder your comments for just a moment. I think the actual energy transferred is considered to be carried in the photon itself. Otherwise the photon would be more like a wire that was in contact at both ends.
Consciousness works the same as the electron orbitals around the nucleus, Just as Neils Bohr described the photon or light is given off when the electron moves inward.
The higher level of consciousness is always seen as Light when viewed from a lower level.