This book offers a unique interpretation of the beginnings of the universe and human consciousness. It bypasses currently popular beliefs such as cosmology's notion of a mysterious singularity that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, then exploded into a magnificently structured universe instead of a rubble pile like the customary result of explosions. The book proposes that conscious intelligence was involved in part of the creation process, after explaining the origin of consciousness and the development of intelligence. An almighty and omniscient god is not part of the process.