From: nothingcan Date: August 6th, 2010 08:52 pm (UTC) (Link) Maybe. I guess there would be a couple questions for me - like, Are you a specific part of the plant, or what? and, Is there any chance that you just feel a very strong draw towards the plant species, like a protectorate?



I'm a mean cynic, though, 'cause I don't really trust people on what they self-identify as.



I'm on the side of skeptical, though, because of two beliefs of mine: that there's a difference between soul-energy and a soul; and that there's a definite, intentional process between gathering the former and shaping it into the latter, i.e. soul-energy changing into an actual soul doesn't happen on accident. Usually.



A lot of things have energy, sentience, etc., - like the ocean, but I've talked to the ocean and have never found it to have consciousness rather than awareness, with that awareness (insofar as it forms into a personality for my consumption) being distilled into the shape I perceive from something inside of me, rather than inside of it. My bean plants, no matter how much I love them, are somewhat more transient than mice, who have souls: their essence is more like the essence of a musical instrument, which I have also felt.



Obviously, this is just my point of view, and you needn't get upset at it if you dislike what I'm saying.