Peace is a feeling, not consciousness itself. It's possible to be conscious and not feel peaceful.
Each of our conscious experiences are finite and temporary, so the idea of infitite consciousness is meaningless as a concept.
Yes, I am familiar with Rupert Spira. I have read his book Being Aware of Being Aware and watched several of his videos. But these days, I tend to approach such things with a touch of skepticism, as I spent years swallowing Eckhart Tolle's nonsense wholesale before I eventually started to question it.
I am familiar with the feeling of being aware of being aware. I'm just quesioning whether awareness would be possible if nothing else existed.