God is in the ground at our feet, if we have the sense to perceive It there. My background in science, philosophy and the spiritual traditions tempts me to deeper speculations. Matter is simply the highly condensed, stepped down into the physical plane, consciousness of Spirit. Only the consciousness of Spirit, exploding into form in a blaze of light. All of physical Reality comes to be out of the consciousness of God.
All matter is mind.
The Western world is ready for metaphysics again. And the Earth is ready to reveal to us all the secrets of a conscious being, of a multitude of conscious beings. The animals and plants have received much bad press from scientific and religious traditions. In truth, the plants and animals of the planet are not inferior, more primitive life forms than ourselves. They are older than we are.