[dleviwing]

Island;
Though what you say is a functional understanding of gravity, it dose not explain cause and effect in fundamental terminology. The term "Energy" is "Matter in a state of Motion" and NOT an entity unto itself as implied by your statement. Mass is a measure of potential energy and not a true quantitative measure of fundamental matter. Energy is in reality the measure of a change in the distribution of motion of an object.

My one liner statement was not intended to provide an amazing new understanding of what gravity is; it was intended to show that we must start with a new paradigm of absolute fundamentals in order to actually understand natures so-called secretes of the universe. Our current mathematical theories are excellent as they stand, we do not need to re-invent the wheel any further.

The vacuum energy you refer to is nothing more than the random vibration of the spatial matter of our universe. Yes the spatial density (energy density) must be extremely higher to form particulate structure of matter. This occurred at the high density phase of the BB and is now occurring at the heart of the protons as a function of the quarks. It is also occurring in the matter of we refer to as Black Holes. Until we understand the pure physical mechanics of the system, we cannot proclaim true understanding.
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