I'm definitely not a physicist but got into studying and thinking (as a hobby) for many years about these things. There are some obvious things that I believe are overlooked because most scientist, in general, want to build on a foundation they have already established and have an incredible amount of bias toward seeing things in a new way. (tube vs digital kinda thing
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First I believe there are extremely small particles that emit vibrational waves that create all we see, know and are able to measure as reality - this lines up with modern physics theories. The size of these particles cause differently sized and differently intense waves which act in extremely complex ways with each other - which also lines up with modern physics.
The difference I see is that particles are dead (no energy) and there may not be a very large amount of them in the universe by volume but an incredible amount by number. It is impossible to create energy from nothing so they are reacting to a field of energy created by a source, or possibly many sources orchestrated together that creates this amazing dance of motion/energy/interaction we see. The energy field I imagine is at such a high frequency and moves far faster than the speed of light. We will never detect it without a single particle measuring device (which is impossible). There are trends that occur in the field(s) that cause some of the stranger observations like quantum entanglement (also think about some of the waves of events we witness that are to bizarre to be coincidence!). Also when you think of space without particles or heat energy, it's the perfect super conductor to transport all of this ultra high energy that drives all of these particles.
It would take a long time to write out my view on all of these things but in a way it does line up with what Cliff is saying and somewhat with the pilot wave theory mentioned above.
Any way you decide to look at these things, the more you see, the more you realize that they are directed and powered by a very complex force. Whether you believe that to be God, mathematics, mother nature, aliens, dark matter or the all powerful atom? Some prefer not to believe in any of those things, but here we are