In response to dagaz's explaination and the sentiment of another poster who said an atom is as real as a table next to you, I wonder when we're feeling the solidity of a table surface, are we merely feeling the electrostatic force between the atoms which are essentially "energy" (quarks and bosons), does that mean we're feeling a lump of energy really? Was that just a human conception feelings that table is an object?
If atoms are energy, can they undergo transitions, and transportation, under the laws of conservation of energy?