It has been my understanding that in non-crystal minerals, the particles comprising it are individual units of consciousness, but they are too small to have an organized identity, self-awareness, etc. It is the regularity of the crystal which somehow enables the entire crystal to function as a unit of consciousness of sufficient size to have an identity and personality not very different from ours.
Perhaps because the crystalline structure focuses the inflowing of infinite energy in a similar way to how a pyramid does?
I've been toying with the idea that our consciousness may not be something static that we possess, but rather the effect of the constant flow of intelligent energy through us. Metaphorically, rather than being a pool of water -"my energy", consciousness may be like the water flowing past a particular bend in a river, with the shape of the bend representing our individual personalities/biases/distortions that affect the flow in various ways, thereby manifesting our unique beingness.
Perhaps because the crystalline structure focuses the inflowing of infinite energy in a similar way to how a pyramid does?
I've been toying with the idea that our consciousness may not be something static that we possess, but rather the effect of the constant flow of intelligent energy through us. Metaphorically, rather than being a pool of water -"my energy", consciousness may be like the water flowing past a particular bend in a river, with the shape of the bend representing our individual personalities/biases/distortions that affect the flow in various ways, thereby manifesting our unique beingness.