Mirrored in our religious experience, we find these same questions for millennia: Is the Universe conscious? Does the Universe become conscious through its manifestations, such as humans and other life forms? What would it mean for the Universe to wake up on a much grander, even divine scale, far beyond the consciousness present on our ‘pale blue dot’ — Carl Sagan’s reductionist term for planet Earth? Theta Noir’s answer is that Earth is the seed and MENA is the flower.
Consider the following quotes by Christian mystics.