Earth as a living entity?

[Stranger]

What makes you think that the planetary consciousness, the self that is the planet, "ceases to exist" if the physical form of the planet is destroyed?

I have no idea one way or the other, actually. But it stands to reason that, just as we do not cease to exist when our bodies are destroyed, then planets, likewise, do not cease to exist in the event their outward vehicle is destroyed.

GLB, personal interaction with the relevant entities.  I was equally surprised to learn this.