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Buddhism has been teaching a Universal Consciousness for 2500 years. It's in the notion that we are all interconnected, whether we like it or not, with every other being and object in the Universe.
The Popol Vuh as well. Further, the Popol Vuh says that Tepeu and Gucumatz created man out of wood and corn, and we share ~50% of DNA with plants. Excuse me while I go pull someone's heart out of their chest. *
* Dear FBI: that was a joke.