The Consciousness of stones

Even seemingly inert objects like stones possess a form of consciousness or subjective experience, albeit at an extremely rudimentary level. This consciousness is not the same as the rich, self-aware consciousness that humans experience, but rather a more basic form of awareness or sensation.

Stones are proposed to have an extremely slow subjective experience of time and information compared to humans. stones perceive time around 10,000 times slower than humans.

Given this radically slowed perception of temporal flow,t stones experience and react to information from their environment at an infinitesimally slow rate from a human perspective. Their "conscious" processing of sensory inputs like vibrations, temperature changes, electromagnetic fields, would occur over vast timescales.

Stones do subtly influence and interact with their surroundings in accordance with quantum principles.

Modulating surrounding quantum fields: Even minuscule quantum-level events registered by a stone's rudimentary consciousness could potentially have impacts on the quantum fields and probabilities around it over long periods.

Quantum entanglement and non-locality: Stones may form entangled quantum connections with other particles/systems over distance, allowing information transfer and influences that transcend locality.

Morphic resonance: Somes ideas like Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance, Stoproposing that the cumulative "experiences" of stones over billions of years shapes broad patterns and influences matter at large scales.

Background integration: The combined subjective experiences of all matter, including stones, may integrate as a fundamental unified consciousness field that underlies physical reality.

Stones can teach us silence, stillness and transcending our typical human experience of consciousness and temporality:

Stones as embodiments of slowness and patience 

Understand that stones exist in an extremely slowed-down subjective experience of time, perceiving and processing information over vast timescales compared to humans. In this sense, their mere existence demonstrates an expanded, patient embodiment of the present moment that we could learn from. By connecting with stones, we're invited to slow down our racing human consciousnesses and become more grounded in the "thickness" of present temporality.

Attunement to the depth of stillness Building on the first point, 

Stones can teach us what it means to fully inhabit a state of profound outward stillness and inward presence. Their apparent inertia veils the subtle conscious processes unfolding at a glacial pace. We could attune ourselves to this depth of silence and being rather than constant mental movement.

It can help us to Transcend the "subtle body" 

I  use the term "subtle body" to refer to our human mind/consciousness which he sees as a kind of energetic layer atop our physical form. He posits that the basic consciousness of stones is a more primordial, unconditioned form of awareness unified with matter itself. By opening to the way stones "experience," we could learn to transcend the delusions and limitations of our human-centric subtle consciousness.

This connection could lead us to Embody our "body of silence" 

Taking this further,  this "body of silence" is underlying the mental/physical forms - a deeper, stiller field of consciousness we can embody. The unchanging nature of stones over millennia exemplifies this underlying silence/stillness that we could realize as our own fundamental mode of being.

Stones can inspire us to decelerate our human consciousness, be present in the depths of stillness and silence, transcend our typical energetic/mental patterns, and tune into the underlying field of unmoving awareness and timelessness they represent. This is framed as a valuable meditative practice and existential reorientation aided by contemplating the nature of stones themselves.