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@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 16, 2026, 1:38 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 30

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I. BEING SHIVA — DESTROYING AND CREATING WORLDS Page 30 On the other hand, regarding the Experience, or Divinity, that physical reality is removed from ... and while this is not crucial to the argument being presented here, but as a look ahead ... I would say that levels of higher awareness (rather, experience), not physical or energetic complexity, create perceptible and/or conceivable levels of complexity of Experience. That is, that integration of greater and greater complexities of subjective Experience equate to greater levels of consciousness, but that levels of complexity of Experience are an inverse to levels of complexity of matter. But again, that is jumping ahead. Yes, we’ll get to that, as well. Still, I would join with deChardin in saying that, for all we know, every integrated whole is possibly some form of perceptor, some form of consciousness which is receiving information — “sensory” and otherwise — and combining and integrating it in their unique way. For example, it is not that strange to believe that each planet is a form of consciousness ... just ask astrologers ... and that they interact with each other in their own ways.
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 2:30 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 29

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Infinite Worlds Infinite Organizations of Experience Equals Infinite Beings Then there is Teilhard deChardin — someone whom Grof cites as presenting a way of conceptualizing the beings and consciousnesses he has come across in his modalities — who advanced the notion that every integrated whole is in fact a form of beingness and that the degree of consciousness inherent in each is relative to the level of complexity of that integrated whole. For reasons that will become clearer as we proceed, I would say there is indeed reason to assert that levels of complexity relate to levels of awareness. However as for the “higher level” of consciousness being related to the level of complexity — with more complexity being of a higher consciousness than lower complexity — I would say there is evidence indicating the opposite is true. From the perspective of brain-as- reducing-valve, which I will elaborate on shortly, and the viewpoint brought forth in my books, Falls from Grace (2014a) and Experience Is Divinity (2013c), the simplest organizations, the least complex entities, are the highest orders of awareness, in that each reduction into form and the elaboration of that form is one step further removed from the consciousness of stone, the consciousness of space, of the Void ... ultimately, of Divinity. So physical reality with its myriad and ever increasing complexities and organizations of complications are steps in removal from unity with Divinity. 3. INFINITE WORLDS Page 29
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:36 PM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 29

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3. INFINITE WORLDS Page 29 …(the secret life of stones, you see?) and even identify with conscious- nesses on the atomic and subatomic levels ... which is something coming up. Hold on. Putting this rather bluntly, Stanislav Grof concurs, Authentic and convincing experiences of conscious identification with animals, plants, and even inorganic materials and processes make it easy to understand the beliefs of animistic cultures that see the entire universe as being ensouled. From their perspective, not only all the animals, but also the trees, the rivers, the mountains, the sun, the moon and the stars appear to be sentient beings. 1 Infinite Worlds Infinite Organizations of Experience Equals Infinite Beings Then there is Teilhard deChardin — someone whom Grof cites as presenting a way of conceptualizing the beings and consciousnesses he has come across in his modalities — who advanced the notion that every integrated whole is in fact a form of beingness and that the degree of consciousness inherent in each is relative to the level of complexity of that integrated whole. For reasons that will become clearer as we proceed, I would say there is indeed reason to assert that levels of complexity relate to levels of awareness.
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 12:40 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 28

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Remember, also, that the majority of humans that have ever lived, which includes many living now, think of, nay they even have direct experience of, Nature and its aspects as being living and to constitute a living, perceiving being. And they deem that Nature to be even higher, far higher in fact, in its apprehension and consciousness than us. I want to point out that as odd or fantastical as this sounds, this is exactly the notion coming out of some of the consciousness research of the last fifty years. Stanislav Grof, for one, has found that in his modes of LSD psychotherapy, as well as his non-drug modality, holotropic breathwork, people are able to identify with and experience the consciousnesses not only of other planetmates — that is, other species on Earth — but also are able to merge with and experience the consciousnesses of higher orders of beings: the Earth, individual planets, the galaxy, particular collections of people — such as the women of all time (note here that the entities do not even have to be alive in this time and place for them to be part of a collective consciousness ... the relativity of space and time, remember?); and even collectives of supranormal beings and realities — archetypal consciousness and its reality, for example. And it is possible to experience consciousness of supposedly inanimate, non-living forms… I. BEING SHIVA — DESTROYING AND CREATING WORLDS Page 28
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 2:38 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 28

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I. BEING SHIVA — DESTROYING AND CREATING WORLDS Page 28 ... and here we get into realities we are not capable of knowing exist. You say they are not perceivers, however, so they cannot create their own realities out of their perceptions. Good one, on that. But how do you know that is true? As one example, is there not serious consideration to the idea that the Earth itself is a seeing, feeling, perceiving being? A Gaia? How can you say it is not? Would it not fit into the category of possible beings that we are not capable of seeing with our percepters? Like I said, earthworms might perceive humans as an obstacle or hot and coldness. So might we not be in the same position relative to these greater beings (or at least, different beings)? So that we as humans are perceiving a planet which is in actuality a form of consciousness (an experiential vantage point, a perceiver), but we mistakenly and “brutely” conceive of it as being lifeless ... an Earth that is mere matter and stuff, not conscious or perceiving? Remember, also, that the majority of humans that have ever lived, which includes many living now, think of, nay they even have direct experience of, Nature and its aspects as being living and to constitute a living, perceiving being. And they deem that Nature to be even higher, far higher in fact, in its apprehension and consciousness than us. I want to point out that as odd or fantastical as this sounds, this is exactly the notion coming out of some of the consciousness research…
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:49 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 27

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There are realities constituted by the fact that the perceiver is from the vegetable kingdom — you might call them vegetablely-constituted realities, or from the animal kingdom, planetmatedy-constituted realities, or by virtue of being mammalian (you’ve got it from here), or out of the fact of belonging to one of the many taxonomies or other biological categories of species, or from the fact that all exist on something that they perceive to be Earth ... and so on. For all I know there are realities that are shared by all “elements” or “members” (whatever they might be) in our solar system, but none other (heliocentrically-constituted realities?), or by “members” (whatever they might be) of our galaxy of the Milky Way, but are not seen at all or are able to be perceived in other galaxies, other dimensions, or other.... 3. INFINITE WORLDS Page 27
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 4:29 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 27

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3. INFINITE WORLDS Page 27 …and ask you, simply, what do we call individuals who we can see are “living in their own world. Yes, you are correct. The term for that is psychotic. No, don’t go. We’re not done yet. Suprahumanly Constituted Realities Okay, then, let us look at the antipode of that end point, newly seen to be individually constituted realities. On the other end of the continuum, the one we were indicating as biologically constituted realities, we can see that it extends beyond where we thought it ended as well. How, you say? Well, as I said, biologically constituted realities are those realities shared by a species, some of which are shared only by that species and some are shared to varying degrees, but not to every other species. Well, the category, species, also, is not absolute. (I see, a couple of you already were thinking this. Good for you!) There are certainly realities that are unique to entire groups of species that have important qualities in common. We see that the categorization of species itself is not absolute. For we can easily draw a line around groups of species and create other entities, which for all we know create their own “constituted” realities.
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:04 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 26

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Culture is collective psychology, in a sense. It is the obverse of Jung’s collective unconscious, for it is what is known in a culture, not unknown or unconscious. It could be said that culture is the collective consciousness, viewed in its widest possible way and including all possible elements of a culture, of a group. Following that? Okay, then, we can see that this end of the continuum, which we were calling culturally constituted realities, really goes further out from its supposed end point to individually constituted realities. These are realities that are unique to an individual and can only be understood within the context of that individual, and when encountered outside of that individual they are likely to be either misunderstood or not seen at all. For those of you following this, we can see that such personal “cultures,” if you will, comprised of individually constructed realities, are different, individual to individual, and that some of those cultural elements are shared widely, while some of those individuals have personal cultures with elements that are so unique and unshared that we have a special term for those individuals. Of course you know this one. For what if I were to put it another way… I. BEING SHIVA — DESTROYING AND CREATING WORLDS Page 26
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:57 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 26

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I. BEING SHIVA — DESTROYING AND CREATING WORLDS Page 26 So who is still with me? Well, if you followed all that, you would see that such groups can be continually broken down ... can be infinitely broken down, you will soon see ... into even smaller subgroups. Neighborhoods can be broken down into separate family cultures, for example. And where from there? Well, we see that, yes, it is true, each and every individual can her- or himself be considered a culture, in that there are understandings, procedures, ways of thinking, and all the rest that are not held in common with anyone else at all but are unique to each individual. That is often referred to as personality, a person’s unique personality, but it goes beyond that to unique facts of each individual that are not even, by other individuals, observable! The difference between individual culture and personality is a matter of emphasis in that individual culture pertains to patterns, realities, facts, and ways of looking at or construing the world primarily from the perspective of the individual, whereas personality usually applies to those things as observed, to the extent they are observed, and referred to by others. Nevertheless, one might say culture, as it pertains to groups and societies, reduced to its foundation, is simply another way of referring to individual psychologies, or personalities, but doing it cumulatively. Culture is collective psychology, in a sense.
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:03 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* by M. Adzema

Ch 3, p. 25

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Individually Constituted Realities If not, follow this: Do you see that even the term culture is not a category with clear boundaries and that it might pertain to a huge group of individuals, whereas subgroups of that would constitute separate cultures, each slightly different from the rest, so they are themselves considered cultures. These subgroups are sometimes called subcultures. But even they have subgroups and subcultures within them. For a culture is a particular set of understandings or ways of seeing that is held in common by a group. And every group, in that sense, can be considered a culture for, indeed, that is how we define a group: It is a number of people that share a common understanding or way of seeing things, and that might simply be in its intent. But also it usually includes its goals, procedures, and more: special language, sometimes called jargon; group constructions — physical and organizational ones as well as temporal ones, i.e., events; as well as ways of behavior, manners of speaking, rules of courtesy, and the like. 3. INFINITE WORLDS Page 25
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 2:56 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 25

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3. INFINITE WORLDS Page 25 …biological realities that arise from these different cultures are, therefore, biocultural facts or realities. They are bioculturally determined facts. I will deal with them in more detail in the next three chapters. So there are biologically constituted facts, bioculturally constituted facts, and culturally constituted facts all existing on a continuum. That continuum measures the degree to which those facts are “real” ... or let us say the degree to which those realities are shared. That continuum tells you the number of “individuals” who share those “facts” ... who perceive, hold, and/or engage with those facts, while others do not. Individuals is in quotes in keeping with our analysis that our conceptualization of other members of other species — known and unknown — is based on one of our biologically constituted realities. Separate beings, or “individuals,” itself is a species-relative fact. Getting back to the spectrum, the more astute of you, I know, have already realized that biologically constituted facts and culturally constituted facts are not even absolute ends of that continuum. That continuum extends out at each of its ends beyond those categories. Do you see that? Do you see how that follows from what I was saying in the beginning about many worlds and infinite numbers of perceivers?
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 7:44 AM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 24

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Bioculturally Constituted Realities How are bioculturally constituted realities defined? Well, they are cultural facts that exist because of the common biology we as a species share, each and every one of us. These are facts that are relative to the pain and pleasure humans experience and the way and degrees in which we experience them. These are facts relative to the birth and death humans experience and the ways we experience and construe them. These are facts relative to the life cycle and stages of life that are uniquely human and the ways we experience and understand and configure them. Thus, these common biological things and events are facts for the species we call human — they are biologically constituted realities for humans — for they are shared by all humans. Yet they are perceived, construed, interpreted, configured, manifested, acted out, dealt with, responded to, and created around differently by each and every culture, at least slightly differently. These bioculturally constituted realities are cultural constructions built on and around our biological facts (constructions). The constructions, or “facts,” about or related to our common… I. BEING SHIVA — DESTROYING AND CREATING WORLDS Page 24
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 9:52 PM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 24

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I. BEING SHIVA — DESTROYING AND CREATING WORLDS Page 24 “...space, including size, is relative to the perceiver.... At the ultimate tiniest [atomic, subatomic], consciousness might come around ... and present itself as the hugest consciousness, the Cosmos.... So, literally anything can be.” “Ultimately our physics ... is going to demonstrate that essentially there is no such thing as matter. All there is, is mind and motion.” — Armand Labbe The Spectrum of Realities Furthermore, we can see that these realities exist on a continuum with culturally constituted realities on one end and biologically constituted realities on the other, for there are many in-between facts, which would have to be called bioculturally determined facts or bioculturally constituted realities.
@sillymickel.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 9:04 PM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 23

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“Authentic and convincing experiences of conscious identification with animals, plants, and even inorganic materials and processes make it easy to understand the beliefs of animistic cultures that see the entire universe as being ensouled.” — Stanislav Grof “...such transpersonal experiences dramatically change our understanding of the nature of everyday material reality ... others reveal dimensions of existence that are ordinarily completely hidden to our perception. This ... includes discarnate entities, various deities and demons, mythological realms, suprahuman beings, and the divine creative principle itself.” — Stanislav Grof 3. INFINITE WORLDS Page 23
@sillymickel.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 10:13 PM

*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* by Michael Adzema

Ch 3, p. 23

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*THE SECRET LIFE OF STONES: Matter, Divinity, & the Path of Ecstasy* (2016) by Michael Adzema Ch 3, p. 23 🧵Click this panel for Thread, complete book or, for free pdf copy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17MvgfWlle00TeQSM06Ok2izD-MVSRl6y/view?usp=sharing 1/ 🧵👇 💡📚💙 #SLOS ✨☯️💡🪽 #SLOSCH3 📖 #TruthWarriors ❕ #psychology ☮️ #consciousness 💡 #metaphysics ☯️ #transpersonal 🪽 #primal ☮️ #experiential 🐉 #rebirth 🦋 #RainbowWarriors 🦋 3. INFINITE WORLDS Page 23 Chapter 3 Infinite Worlds: The Spectrum of Realities ... Individually, Bioculturally, and Suprahumanly Constituted Realities, and Ultimate Relativity “Authentic and convincing experiences of conscious identification with animals, plants, and even inorganic materials and processes make it easy to understand the beliefs of animistic cultures that see the entire universe as being ensouled.” — Stanislav Grof