>>>...a consummation devoutly to be wished. I've seen what this world can offer. I'm not all that impressed. Though it is quite interesting here, and sometimes very pleasurable...if I thought that this physical life here was all there is, I'd probably pull the plug right now without further hesitation. (knowing that I wouldn't be around afterward to deal with any possible repercussions...)<<<<

Right. Even then, the idea that death extinguishes consciousness basically turns consciousness into a kind of illusion. And there are schools of thought that hold that consciousness is an illusion but the problem is, an illusion to WHOM? If consciousness is an illusion, then how would I know when I die? Conceivably, my consciousness would have no reason but to continue deluding me as it always has. In fact, I could be dead already, we all could. In fact, the universe could have already ended. Then again, none of these things really existed anyway since consciousness is an illusion.

But when you get right down to it, the same is true of consciousness being eternal. Odd, isn't it? Whether consciousness is extinguished by death or eternal, there is no difference between them.