What is a Planet?

[Siren]

the planet seems to be an incubation chamber for mind/body/spirit complexes.

Precisely. However, where I am getting at is this:

What is the relationship between the planet and the entities inhabiting it (if any at all)? To put it more bluntly: Is the planet one thing and the people (or inhabitants; animals and plants included) another? Or are these seemingly separate "components" the same thing actually?

Or... Is the planet simply part of the Logos that serves as matrix/incubator/school/plagyground for mind/body/spirit complexes? (I do remember Ra mentioning something along the lines that those planetary spheres that are uninhabited were simply "part of the Logos.")

So again, what is a planet exactly?

I am asking this in the context of awareness or self-sentience, because people think the planet is "alive" and somehow has a life of its own different than, or separate from, that of humans (or the human collective). Most people would agree that what humanity does (deforestation, pollution, nuclear radiation, etc, etc) is destroying the planet; as if the planet was "other than," or a distinct entity unto itself.

My question is: who or what is the consciousness of the planet? I mean, let's do this in reverse: remove humans altogether, what do you have as a planet? Remove 2nd density entities (plants/animals). Remove 1st density entities (primary elements/materials of fire, air, earth, water): Where is the planet? Was there a planet before 1st density?

Maybe this is irrelevant, but it is something that has become relatively important to me lately, and I must admit I am still having somewhat of a difficulty understanding what a planet is exactly.