Interesting what 19th century SCRIPTURE and 21st century SCIENCE have to say about consciousness.
In the 21st century, many brilliant physicists like Leonard Susskind teach, “information is never lost”. In fact, there is a 2011 no-hiding theorem that proves this is true, information is never lost.
This proves our existence has everlasting purpose. The universe did seem to be too big a deal to not have purpose. If information is everlasting so is consciousness because information requires consciousness. This in turn means we will always exist, continuing in some dimension or another, perhaps until we know all truth and are able to help create more universes with more conscious beings to learn all truth.
Much earlier in the 19th century, scripture first taught us this principle about the intelligent consciousness of everlasting information. “Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life; it will rise with us in the resurrection.” D&C 130:18.
M. Kasey 