Jochen Kirchhoff presents a well-founded alternative to the prevailing view of nature and the cosmos. The universe of the Big Bang and the glowing gas balls in icy emptiness, which only sporadically gives rise to life, is contrasted with the vision of a universe that is alive in every corner. Kirchhoff demonstrates that all central claims of the dominant cosmology rest on shaky ground. They reflect a form of consciousness that is separated from the living, describing only an apparent reality. He concludes that intelligent life is fundamentally possible everywhere, that suns are not thermonuclear hell stars, but rather inhabited spheres, and that space itself is a sea of living consciousness. Kirchhoff illustrates the quality of scientific theories using the examples of gravity, mass, and the speed of light.