Panpsychism, A Belief in Universal Consciousness

Pansychism is the idea that all elements of matter possess a form of consciousness that distinguishes it from others.  Common sense tells us that inanimate objects like rocks and mountains are not alive, because they cannot do things like move or reproduce.  Yet they are made up of a constituent amount of similarly arranged atoms, like we are.  They may not have the same kind of metabolism as us, and therefore would live much longer, but they are entities in themselves with a grand molecular design, full of the same particles in our minds that make us consciously aware.  Just because they're inanimate doesn’t mean they don’t possess some form of consciousness. 

The proof for a panpsychic universe lies in our very own brains.  How could the matter in our brains manifest as consciousness if the very atoms and particles inside us are not aware of each other?  A second proof appears in quantum theory, where particles seem to have a free will of their own, and can only have determinant positions when directly measured.  Some have memories of past events, becoming ‘entangled’ with all the others they have interacted with.  Indeed, every particle in the universe has its own memory, an energy of its own, and laws that govern its movement, just like us. 

Universal consciousness takes this idea and runs away with it.  From the ground up, we encounter particles and possibly their constituents; atoms governed by the energies their particles allow; molecules directed by the energy of atoms; cells orchestrated by collections of molecules; organs possessed by the orientations of cells; organisms embodying a network of organs; landforms devoid of cells and organs, yet composed of their own conscious molecules; planetary objects built of landforms; interstellar objects balanced by their gravitational fields; the universe a final compendium of everything inside it, of everything aware of itself, forming an infinite integration of matter with consciousness.  It explains everything that mystifies us: the spirit, free will, the meaning of life, and everything in between. 

Einstein would have been reluctant about the idea of particles having life, yet it would have explained all the obstacles presented by his confrontation with quantum mechanics.  God does play with dice, it seems.  The forces of the universe cannot be unified by field theories, only by theories of life.