Are Plants and Animals Atheist?

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Originally Posted by Greenslade

But what if animals, plants and insects are all in a state of natural Nirvana? If someone is an a state of Nirvana does dies that make them atheist too? In Nirvana, aren't they beyond a belief of God or anything else? We don't know what flora and fauna are actually conscious of and really there's no way of finding out, so what is any discussion of what they're conscious of based on?

If the flora and fauna are in a state of natural Nirvana, wouldn't that be a kick up the pants for Spirituality who puts them at the bottom of the consciousness league?

Depends what we mean by the word Nirvana. Some schools of esoteric thinking would say that the animal and plant kingdoms lack the faculties to enter higher states of consciousness. Hence the importance of human birth, and hence the rankings in the consciousness league.

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