The 1999 International Conference on Science and Consciousness, organized by the Message Company in Albuquerque, New Mexico brought 52 scientists and practitioners together, with about 600 participants, to review the state of research on consciousness and its implications for humanity. By being honest about what they truly know, in contrast to what they believe, these serious scientists and metaphysicians entertained new hypotheses. Taking that approach, the physicists at the conference incorporated the possibility of consciousness into models of the universe. These are subject to third party validation. Conscious intent, on the higher end of this universal spectrum, comes first.
Subtle energies fall somewhere in between.
The schema is not unlike that of wave patterns collapsing into particles first, then forming gas that turns into liquids before they can freeze solid. They start from the other end of the spectrum, assuming that an act of creative consciousness resulted in our physical universe and that among several forces intent is the most powerful. True ground breakers in the convergence movement, however, are practitioners whose work with humans involve both the material body and immaterial mind and feelings. Presenters like them monitor the interaction of conscious intent with specific conditions and chronicle its influence on physical behaviors from the cellular to the organismic. They accumulate evidence of the power of consciousness and suggest practical ways to test new hypotheses.