09-22-2010, 04:06 AM
The problem is that we as humans have very little experience with well, being other things.
There's a difference between the iam presence of a rock, the inner infinite awareness and sentience. Sentience includes a component of outer awareness and responsiveness to the outside... This is obviously not the case for a rock.
A rock has no thoughts, no emotions, it has no opinions or agenda. It does not have a sense of self, it does not feel pain or pleasure. It is a rock. It has the consciousness of minerals. Which is IAM, the beingness.. Even though it's not aware of having beingness.
It's really quite simple, no nervous system, no functions associated with a nervous system. It makes absolutely no sense to personify rocks. They are not like us.
There's a difference between the iam presence of a rock, the inner infinite awareness and sentience. Sentience includes a component of outer awareness and responsiveness to the outside... This is obviously not the case for a rock.
A rock has no thoughts, no emotions, it has no opinions or agenda. It does not have a sense of self, it does not feel pain or pleasure. It is a rock. It has the consciousness of minerals. Which is IAM, the beingness.. Even though it's not aware of having beingness.
It's really quite simple, no nervous system, no functions associated with a nervous system. It makes absolutely no sense to personify rocks. They are not like us.