"Nature taken in its abstract sense, cannot be ‘unconscious’, as it is the emanation from, and thus an aspect (on the manifested plane) of the Absolute consciousness. Where is that daring man who would presume to deny to vegetation and even to minerals a consciousness of their own? All he can say is, [...]

I mean, what makes an ASC different from the normal waking consciousness?
I think it is all in the "users" perception.
They know what they normally experience and anything different is "altered".
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Whether taken as an abstract concept or as a fact, if life after death exists you are conscious and aware, but what else is there to your "soul" besides consciousness?
The Trinity?
Look in the real world.
Decode this lyrics " You’ll see "
Can living human kind survive in the real world without guidance of God with the [...]