I think the idea of "universal consciousness" is really just an overkill or a personification. Sometimes things are what they are as they are. take geometry for an example. Take numbers and mathematical functions for an example. Nothing keeps them in check. Nothing guides them. You can personify the laws of geometry and you can explain parallel lines as something like the railway tracks. But it's not really necessary and could be even confusing for the newbies.

This is a major flaw I see in Mahayana Buddhism where they personify the buddhahood and the understanding of the Buddha as The Saṃbhogakāya and Dharmakāya. It's more of over complication than anything (IMO)

So love your Occam's Razors.