"I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales and hills" - William Wordsworth

"The Master's name, Xu Yun, is translated into English as "Empty Cloud", a translation which often confuses people. We all know what a cloud is, but what, we wonder, is meant by "empty"? [...]
A person can reach out and try to grab the mist, but no matter how hard he tries to snatch it, his hand always remains empty. Yet, no matter how desiccated his spirit is, the Empty Cloud will envelop it with life-giving moisture; or no matter how his spirit burns with anger or disappointment, a soothing coolness will settle over him, like gentle dew." Empty Cloud: The Teachings of Xu Yun - A Remembrance of the Great Chinese Zen Master

These kinds of descriptions of a human's existence are often...

It seems our thoughts and the physical universe can be seamlessly linked by the following 'building blocks':

Energy>Elementary Particles>Atoms>Organic Molecules>Amino Acids>Neurotrasnmitters>Thoughts

Energy - The most fundamental 'substance' constituting all physical things. It flows and is present in the space all around us.

Elementary Particles - A position in space where energy has 'condensed' to such a degree that it is considered a discrete entity from any surrounding energy.

Atom - A nucleus containing composite particles consisting of elementary particles, which is surrounded by electrically charged elementary particles.

Organic Molecule - A combination of different compounded atoms which incorporates carbon-hydrogen bonds.

Amino Acid...