Most of our current dogma says consciousness is borne outside us. But what if my construction is closer to the reality of it, and human awareness is only a product of our mind? At least then living things could potentially control its own destiny within the realm of the physical universe, and our descendants might find a way to transfer their consciousness from one entity to another using future methods that mimic our biology. Living beings might have the capability to preserve the mind so it survives indefinitely, or at least long enough to compound sufficient knowledge to overcome known physical limitations, including at the galactic or even dimensional levels.

But, no matter how advanced we become, as organisms our hazards are numerous. If we don’t destroy our planet, one day the Sun will end it, and if we do manage to find another home and survive over the eons, the universe itself will finally contract into its periodic recombination of all matter; all things will inevitably die. Or, so we think.