Not everything in the universe is conscious. Only those alive are conscious.
Those not alive are potential conscious. A potential conscious has the potential to be guider
conscious, giving the guider gift of the conscious element (ojas) to the inanimate like them,
seeking reciprocation with the divine gift of the fire element after the inanimate becomes the
animate.
A guider conscious has the potential to be divine conscious, receiving the divine gift of the fire
element to become animate and conscious.