Perhaps we start with a rock.Believe it or not a rock is alive & hopefully well & ready to serve humanity - perhaps sacrifice itself to be crushed & added to road base.Some humans as it happens end up as road base for various reasons.Unintentional in most cases.
Our consciousness, or the human consciousness has been through the mineral & vegetable kingdom & to where it is now.
Paradoxically to remain 'alive' we mow consume all that we have been - minerals, vegetables. Animals are an optional extra & are said to have a group soul compared to the human.
