In Buddhism there is a word called Kyo Chi Myogo or fusion of subject and object that James Cameron achieved in his work and this is why we say he reached enlightenment in the world of Filmmaking. The Gosho reads; "The true entity of all phenomena can only be understood and shared between Buddhas. This reality consists of the appearance, nature... and their consistency from beginning to end." It means that all beings and their environments in any of the Ten Worlds, from Hell at the lowest to Buddhahood at the highest, are, without exception, the manifestations of Myoho-renge-kyo. Where there is an environment, there is life within it.
While to the dualists, Buddhists or Scholastics these arguments may seem logical, to the materialists and existentialists, the argument may possess several inconsistencies. One question, asked from the materialist point of view, could be, Why, if a higher conscious created everything with a universally participating conscious, do rocks exist, as they are inanimate objects without purpose or the ability of metaphysical existence.” The answer to this would be that since all creation, including plants, people and animals derived from the same source, then the reason that rocks exist is because these objects hold with themselves an essence of the greater being. Without this essence, they would not exist. Another question might be, “If we all derive from the same source, then why we aren’t all the same?” The answer to this question would be through the environments which each individual is raised in. The same argument could be used for identical twins. Just because the two look the same does not mean that they will react the same to all experiences. The reason for this is because, despite the same DNA and physical attributes, and despite however minor their environments may differ from one another, that minor difference will act upon them to shape their own specific personalities. The soul clearly is, as demonstrated through the counters and examples given, an independent, yet metaphysically bound entity, it is evident that while humans may exist within the same reality, their differences are vast, physical attributes unique to themselves and personalities independent of all others.