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This paper demonstrates that ontology and the study of consciousness, long thought by physicists to be unapproachable metaphysical subjects, can indeed be studied as physics, leading to testable predictions about the physical universe. The paper presents a model of the physical universe that is based on a nonphysical independent reality: consciousness. The model is unique in that it not only provides a precise model of consciousness, but also connects consciousness with the rest of reality. The universe is shown to be a natural consequence of consciousness, beginning with a "big bang. " Consciousness is identified with existence, and the relation between existence and the self is explored using concepts of quantum mechanics. Where did the universe come from? Why does it seem so regular, so intelligently designed? Is there an independent reality or a God that is responsible for the regularities observable in the universe? If there is such an independent reality, what is its nature, and how did it create the universe? What is consciousness, and what is its role in the universe? Is there free will? These questions have puzzled philosophers, theologians, an