"Disguise," is one word for it. In truth, everything is energy. The third dimension is made of protons and electrons. Look how we have struggled to understand the frequencies it takes to make up just one proton. We have learned that a proton is a holographic particle, or at least a stochastic one. Once the complexity is reached, then the quantity resonates until it is at least the weight of an Iron proton and finally reaches the mass of a Hydrogen proton. Sounds simple now, but with all our CERNish studies have only revealed this much. We can increase the mass of a Hydrogen proton to perhaps 14 teraelectron volts before we splatter that protonic song into all its individual notes, and then Fourier Transform those into some sort of recipe that we just can't seem to duplicate.
The Fibonacci of nucleic addition of those protons gives us the Periodic Chart of the elements, and the rest is the "disguise," of which you speak. Gasses, rocks, planets, quasars, galaxies, etc. are all made of these same protons. Energy from other dimensions is converted into this dimension by stars and pumped into enormous patches of gas that will accrete into more solar systems, again through the Fibonacci process. If it has the right gravity, the right gasses, and a large enough meteor vacuum–like Jupiter is to our system–to protect the planets with liquid water, then life has a home until those rare conditions become impossible. Then, the souls move on to other worlds.
Have I thought about it? Yes. The answer is an equation, actually, not a single value. It's a relationship between consciousness and energy, and I am pretty sure they exist independently. Those intelligences in command of energy are awake to the process. Those who are commanded by the energy around them are, of course, asleep. And we decide which is right, and which is an illusion. (Moody Blues - "Knights in White Satin.")