This reminds of of a very cool concept that Orson Scott Card made up in his "Ender's Game" series: philotic physics – "A philote is the basic building block of

This reminds of of a very cool concept that Orson Scott Card made up in his "Ender's Game" series: philotic physics – "A philote is the basic building block of matter, the true indivisible particle that is not made up of smaller ones. Philotes take up no space and are essential to the theory of philotic energy. Each atom has a philote of its own, each molecule likewise, and ultimately each human has an aiùa, an intelligent philote." Philotes have the desire/will to connect and join in an organized pattern and form matter. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts_in_the_Enders_Game_series#Outside http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts_in_the_Enders_Game_ser...)