FATE OF OBJECTS

The fate of objects is to become humans.  Take the example of a rock.  A rock is not a rock forever.  In the world of form nothing is anything forever.

Wind, rain, ocean waves, landslides, bulldozers, many things wear a rock down, break it down.  Where it ends up is in the ground or at the bottom of the sea, where life forms spring from it.  On land it becomes a plant.

A plant is eaten by animals, which in turn are eaten by larger animals, which wind up on the table of humans.  The minerals that comprised the rock are now a human, therefore.

But there is more to the story.  In a previous post I declared that nothing dies. You can see that the rock never died.  But there is another way in which the rock continues on.

Everything is Brahman, and Brahman is eternal.  What is eternal in Brahman is consciousness, transcendental consciousness.  All things possess this consciousness.

In objects this consciousness is rudimentary, whereas in higher life forms it is considerable.  Humans have the most advanced level of consciousness.  Transcendental consciousness never dies.

Vedantists make the point, always, that to be born human is rare, and a great privilege.  Only humans become enlightened.