Is Consciousness
(and life/mind) the result or cause of Matter?
Whether it has entered into matter
and whence?
Or was it always in it, and if so, whether it is ever less or
subordinate in action or is in essential a power greater than Matter?
Whether it
is contained in or contains the Matter?
Is Matter itself dependent on essential
pre existence of Consciousness?
Is Spirit (Consciousness) the first, last and
eternal, the Alpha and Omega, the OM?
These are the questions posed and answers provided by Sri Aurobindo in his talks on evolution brought out as a booklet by the Ashram.
Quite interesting ..