A New Earth
enlightenment of plants.
Any life-form in any realm – mineral, vegetable, animal, or human –
can be said to undergo “enlightenment.” It is, however, an extremely rare
occurrence since it is more than an evolutionary progression: It also implies
a discontinuity in its development, a leap to an entirely different level of
Being and, most important, a lessening of materiality.
What could be heavier and more impenetrable than a rock, the densest
of all forms? And yet some rocks undergo a change in their molecular
structure, turn into crystals, and so become transparent to the light. Some
carbons, under inconceivable heat and pressure, turn into diamonds, and
some heavy minerals into other precious stones.
Most crawling reptilians, the most earthbound of all creatures, have
remained unchanged for millions of years. Some, however, grew feathers and
wings and turned into birds, thus defying the force of gravity that had held
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