[E. Pluribus Unum]

A particle of matter and a particle of anti-matter can collide and result in nothing.

I don't see why a particle of matter and a particle of anti-matter can't be spawned from nothing.

But I think that what is really going on there is that their are dimensions of our universe that are invisible to us.

I also think that the basis of consciousness is hidden in one or more of those dimensions.

[FredZarguna]

A particle of matter and a particle of anti-matter can collide and result in nothing.

Nope.

E = mc². The matter and antimatter have mass and in order to conserve the energy in their masses gamma rays are created when they annihilate.

[kimtom]

“””..I also think that the basis of consciousness is hidden in one or more of those dimensions....”

ummm?

Can we understand the mind of God??

[RJS1950]

“A particle of matter and a particle of anti-matter can collide and result in nothing.”

Not quite, when the two meet there is a conversion of the masses into pure energy which could take part in the creation of new particles. Those particles are composed of packaged energy waves so in reality they do not come from nothing and decay into nothing. Energy is an entity, possibly a manifestation of the hand of God.