"On the other hand, you might come to a place where there is some sort of consciousness or intelligence playing something out..and we are just the manifestation."

Well, 'Video Boy' any "blathering fool" can come up with limitless amounts of 'airy-fairy' speculation. No-one is required to take such bullshit seriously though. It may surprise you to know that what goes on in the vast,empty, windy space inside your head is not necessarily of much interest to anyone else - unless, that is, it's backed up by something more substantial than your ego!