What happens to consciousness after death?

The ebb and flow of consciousness, once we are all dead; but where does it all end up? It seems as though consciousness is like genetics; it exists after death, but we aren't there anymore to experience it. It transforms in ways that are so complex, that we cannot understand them, at least not as long as we are alive. After we die, our atoms and molecules are basically rearranged into other lifeforms, as plants and/or animals become us because we then form a part of them. It's basically a "hodge podge" or sloppily put together mess in which some of our atoms go to some plant, for example, while other atoms go to other plants and/or animals. I think that something like this also happens to consciousness; I think that it gets fragmented and reestablished, or perhaps just redistributed, among nature, and it might eventually become consciousness again. But, most likely, this new consciousness is a collection of various particles from various sources. And therefore, the new consciousness is essentially totally different than it was before. For example, part of your consciousness might eventually end up in the form of another animals consciousness some time down the path, albeit that animal will definitely have no awareness of the fact. To me, imagining being dead is somewhat simple, albeit to some extent. For instance, I can think, or I can compare, the experience of death as being simply without awareness. At this moment, I could essentially be something that is no longer alive; for instance, I could be a dead tree at the moment; after all, I'm not aware of the existence and human consciousness is simply something that is essentially just imagination, to fill in the blank void that could be consciousness; or in the case of an animal, one that was consciousness. As much sense as this might not make, try to think about it deeply and perhaps you might come to the same conclusion. It makes me think of the holographic principle for some reason.