rom: Anyway I would go further and suggest that matter and energy are two sides of the same coin.-No, energy is everything and matter is a form of energy. Sides of coins are almost equals. The basis of everything is energy. The Big Bang was pure plasma energy. > > rom:I still do not see how this is coherent with a personal nevermind universal consciousness.-Following Bohm, Rupert Sheldrake, and others who research NDE's I think there is species consciousness, a universal consciousness, all interconected thoughout the universe by quantum entanglement. Bohm is all theory, but Sheldrake's actual studies are suggestive.