Hi Lal,
It appears that the asañña beings are like living things, since they only have a physical form and do not have mentalities and the accompanying mental factors. Which means they only have jivitindriya rūpa and maybe temperature-born materiality and fire element to sustain their physical form longevity. Whereas in the case of plants, they do react to external stimuli such as sunlight and movements of insects in a robotic-like manner. Not too sure whether quasi-consciousness is a good term to describe this kind of behaviour but it is very predictable. And if sentient beings behave like plants, then they are in deep trouble. Because they will always be bent towards their natural tendency to acquire ‘san’. Understand from your posts that there are some beings in certain realms who behave in this manner and it is very difficult for them to change their gathi and attain liberation. Unlike humans who can train the cittaja kaya to purify the mind and attain magga phala.
