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So what happens when you come across a passage that wasn't meant to be taken literally, as verse 60 and on indicates? You fake the funk? Moreover, what are we taking from John 6, that man only needs to eat and drink the Eucharist and he is saved?

How many times before grace is imparted? What about when it is not accessible?

What about taking ALL OF SCRIPTURE, what would it say? John 1 says Christ is the Word. Doesn't it seem reasonable Christ is speaking of spiritual food, as the remainder of the passage clearly indicates?

I wouldn't be comfortable concluding salvation is done by a mere physical act of eating and drinking. The seems so superficial and at odds with the rest of the Bible. Scripture points to a heart conversion. Repentance and turning to Jesus for forgiveness.

If that is misguided, the the Lord has a lot of explaining to do for inconsistency.

You should look to scripture for the answer. Verse 60 IS meant to be taken literally!!! The concept is too difficult for them to accept, and they lack faith, so they leave. Which is exactly why Christ continues to explain in the rest of the chapter. Elsewhere, scripture makes clear that to receive the Eucharist unworthily is to drink damnation to himself. 1 Corinthians 11: 26‑30- For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

This is also intended quite literally. For how can one be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord by engaging in merely a symbolic act.

This makes clear the need for confession for grave sin (i.e. violation of 10 commandments), true sorrow for our sins, penance, and forgiveness.

Thus, all of your other concerns regarding faith and conditions to be saved, are addressed.

The rest of your questions are simply the same as those expressed in verse 60, and you are unwilling to accept the words of Christ.