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 * Chapter 3:Matter From Energy|

Part 7-The Origin of Matter

As any physicist would know, it is possible to transform matter into energy, and energy into matter. This is because matter is, in essence, simply a form of energy-This is why we measure an electron's mass in megajoules, rather than, say, attograms.

What you might now know is that particles exist as waves on a quantum field.

...Okay, most of you don't understand quantum field theory, so I'll try to keep things simple.

The world that you see, where matter interacts with other matter.. Can better be described as a set of many fields, interacting with each other.

When a part of a field is excited with energy, a particle forms in that field. Which particle depends on which field currently has energy.

...Okay, you probably don't know what any of that means. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcrrzJFtBY

Really, though, all you need to know right now is that particles come from energy. Specifically, oscillations inside of the field.

We also need to take into consideration what happened because of the Fall. Recall the properties of energy. It often gets transformed from one form into another. And with Darkness constantly colliding with Light, it'll often destabilize us. Matter happens to be the most stable form of energy there is (which you'll learn more about why later on), so with the threat of Darkness upon us, those made of matter would survive longer. Only the celestials that lived in the now quite small realm of Light could continue to survive in the pure energy form.

So, then, why does matter act differently than energy? And how does being matter-based prevent us from seeing something truly energy-based?

Each field works differently from the others, though what happens in one field can change the information within another.

And since we already know matter comes from energy, the question to ask might not be "Why does matter work differently than energy", but rather, "why can't matter-based life interact just fine with energy in its purest form?"

...When you look at it like that, the answer makes a lot more sense. When we evolved our mediums to specifically be within matter, what had become the most stable form of energy, while we gained the ability to not constantly be annihilated by Darkness.. We lost our connection to many of the other kinds of energy.

This is quite evident in the universe you live in, as it is why we can't see dark matter.