Are rocks conscious?

[Stick]

[I don't have any experience of full awakening so keep that in mind.]

When we say that consciousness doesn't arrive from the brain and that it was already here; does that mean everything is conscious?

of course I understand when people here say that everything is consciousness but is everything conscious? Are rocks conscious?

What is the difference between conscious and consciousness?

 

[Breakingthewall]

Just my perspective: The idea that everything is consciousness and reality is an illusion comes from Advaita Vedanta philosophy. It's a mistake, a subtle need for control, since from the perspective of a conscious being, unconsciousness is unimaginable, not an option.

Consciousness is the fact of reality looking at itself, not reality itself. So no, stones are not conscious

[Jirh]

1 hour ago, Stick said:

What is the difference between conscious and consciousness?

Conscious is an adjective.

Consciousness is a noun.

Some people believe that the substance of everything is consciousness.

But the question is what is the substance of consciousness?

[Someone here]

2 hours ago, Jirh said:

Some people believe that the substance of everything is consciousness.

But the question is what is the substance of consciousness?

Good question. 
the substance of consciousness is itself . Reality is made out of itself . Could it be otherwise? 

Edited 12 minutes ago by Someone here

[Stick]

I think you guys are on the same boat of oblivion as me 

@Leo Gura  Are stones conscious? 
 

[Someone here]

@Stick a rock isn’t conscious ..neither human beings . Rocks and humans are forms apearing within consciousness. Consciousness isn’t the ability to perceive. Consciousness is the substratum of all existence.

 

[Elliott]

Rock is a concept, there's actually no literal separate thing called a rock, even from a physical-science perspective, it's just a distinction around a dense clump of silica that is still ultimately directly physically as connected to you as your hand.

 

 

Edited 1 minute ago by Elliott