The Coin Analogy

Human beings are made with two sides, like a coin, the physical matter which makes up our bodies and the energy which provides for our essence, our mobility, our being alive, versus being dead. The main problem with our time is that we are focused on our material selves and the material universe, and our reductionist science, and our culture of dominance do everything they can to deny the nature and abilities of our energy nature. You can call this energy nature our soul, spirit, but it is really both and neither, it is the energy pattern which represents our selves. Physical bodies, the matter which makes up our limbs, organs and such, have a very important role in our existence, but the energy patterns which germinate and develop within these bodies to create self aware beings, are equally important.
Due to the nature of the laws of physics within our universe the energy patterns which we are must have physical form in which to experience time, the reason for this is simple, energy not slowed by the physical form travels at the speed of light, and as Mr. Einstein properly surmised, things which move at the speed of light do not experience time, at least not sequentially as we do in physical form. An energy pattern moving at the speed of light experiences all it ever experiences at the same time, like a photon, to them they are in the eternal now, and as such they are unchanging; for without time, how can one grow? All religions recognize this, in some form or another, yes we exist without our bodies, but the experience is so alien from our temporally bound physical existence that it is essentially unknowable (this is also one of the reasons dreams are the way they are, but this is neither the time nor place to get into that discussion).
In order for energy patterns, which is all we are, as matter is nothing more than energy traveling at speeds below c (ask a physicist, they’ll agree), to experience time it must either become matter by slowing, losing energy and physically becoming matter, a process which is rare at best, or by forming a hybrid matter energy being such as you or I. By tying the electrons and photons to a physical form they are slowed, and being slowed they can experience time, and more importantly, change, growth, and development.
As for the coin of our existence, our existence is currently out of balance due to our over emphasis on the physical, materialism, I am not saying that this is wrong, it is a necessary step in our evolution, but it is none the less, out of balance and does not pay proper heed or respect to our energy selves, and like a coin, while most assume that there are only two options, heads or tails, in truth there is a third, balance, a coin on its edge with both sides showing, the state towards which we as beings strive, if only subconsciously. This same metaphor also applies to the other dualities existence, light and dark, good and evil, life and death, all of one or the other is an aberration, perhaps necessary, but one which must be remedied if we are to develop our true potential.
As for why we are in our current unbalanced state, focused on the physical, the reason is simple, and obvious; we are babies at the beginning of our journey, and as such we are going through phases of growth and development, and the focus on our physical selves and the physical world is a side effect of our physical, temporal, growth. I suspect even more that this developmental stage is associated with a specific development, one that will allow us to bridge the timeless and the time bound, the material and the energy based. This is the purpose of history, the purpose of life, to develop new means of existence that overcome the boundaries of our more primitive states, energy needs matter to change, and matter needs energy to live.