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Recognizing consciousness as our true identity serves as a sobering realization rather than a celebratory platitude. Such an understanding necessitates a collective ethical responsibility toward the experiences of all conscious beings. The implications of our shared identity reject the rationale for retributive justice and expose the deeper truths of our interconnected existence.
Ultimately, Clark provocatively suggests that dying is not an extinction of consciousness but rather a transformation, akin to a radical refreshment of awareness. Our essence may well be immortal; we can encounter death only in abstraction, but the reality is that there is no death, as consciousness continuously arises.