Inert and insensible matter is the seat of the living principle which is active in itself and induces activity in others. That by which the seven worlds are incited to action is called the most high by men of high spiritual insight.
अचेतनं जीवगुणं वदन्ति स चेष्टते चेष्टयते च सर्वम्। ततः परं क्षेत्रविदो वदन्ति प्राक्लपयद् यो भुवनानि सप्त॥