In the Star Trek franchise, the planet Vulcan orbits 40 Eridani A. Vulcan has been referenced in relation to the real-life search for exoplanets in this system.
Our consciousness, therefore, is that differentiated aspect of the universal consciousness which resides within the Absolute.
When energy returns to a state of total rest within the Absolute, it returns to the continuum of consciousness in the pool of limitless, timeless perception that resides there.