I've thought the exact same thing!!! Consciousness is just the trapping of a pocket of some otherworldly field by certain configurations of matter and energy (

I've thought the exact same thing!!! Consciousness is just the trapping of a pocket of some otherworldly field by certain configurations of matter and energy (i.e. a living human brain). Dying liberates our pocket of consciousness, allowing it to recombine with the free floating consciousness in the universe.