Not consciousness in the Jungian sense, no, though I suppose that could end up being a byproduct of what I wish were true. My definition is likely closer to your second choice, but without any particular premium on humanity (any kind of life/animation to me would be a fragment of consciousness to me). I guess the closest to it would be a comparison with the Upanishadic conception of consciousness, little souls which merge on death with the great soul. But the great soul wouldn't be a centralized point of focus for me, rather a pool of universal consciousness, I guess. I like the idea of atoms of consciousness.
It's impossible to say though. Given the fact that the physical universe is probably headed towards death by entropy, I don't know what life's fate would be. Nothing long lasting, I'm sure. Consciousness, like order, is probably of severely limited duration in our chaotic world.
Traditional religion has rarely, if ever, been satisfying to me because I have never believed that there will be a god to embrace me when I die. The power of human faith does move me and awe me sometimes, but quite often, I just find it annoying and disruptive.