Matter & Energy

Rule of thumb: matter and energy are interchangeable. Are matter and energy the basis for reality? Thought experiment: how could God create all things, including energy, without first having energy? Thinking, which would be the first step in creating, requires energy. At the very least, energy has always existed.

God is an idea - an idea that animates matter and energy.

Without matter or energy, there is nothing. If you say spirit remains, than that's tantamount to saying spirit has substance.

Matter/Energy is the basis of Reality and without Reality there is no Existence. Existence within Reality occurred when Mind formed out of a chance Matter/Energy combination. For the first time there was something superior to Matter/Energy.

Though Matter/Energy can be considered permanent, it can also be considered temporary. This is due to its interchangeability, a constant mixing and re-mixing of possibilities. But when Mind formed, Matter/Energy took a back seat to Mind, which was permanent from its beginning. Thus Mind assumed control over Matter/Energy and was then able to contemplate the creation of the physical universe, our current Reality.