[SpankyMcLankey]

To me, it seems the Biocentric theory is almost a given in my worldview, but it's the design (dare I say, intelligent even) that everything exudes that really is at the root of the question we are asking. If the universe gives birth to life and life gives birth to cognition and intelligence, then is it illogical to say the Universe is also cognitive, feeling and intelligent?

I agree, completely.