TFNR - Reality is a Process
Reality is a Process of Formation and, at the same time, the ever-changing result of this same process: the Universe in evolution. For descriptive purposes only, the unitary Process of Formation - the causal, space-time dynamic structure that incessantly builds Reality, producing complexity from the elementary - can be seen as composed of two sub-processes:
- a creative sub-process (Creation), which produces the Action, the Elementary Events - the most elementary form of Existence
- an evolutive sub-process (Evolution), which, through the organization of the Action, produces the progressive emergence of increasingly complex Information - the Essence, the Form of Reality.
Both sub-processes are endless and operate incessantly. They are infinite and unlimited in the dimension of Time, forming an infinite Process of Events, organized by Relations, produced by Entities:
- Process of Events - the occurrences that form the Existence,
- organized by Relations - the interconnections and interactions that give structure to these Events, producing the Essence / Form of Reality,
- produced by Entities - the two fundamental and elementary aspects of the Primary Source of Reality (Fundamental Force and Elementary Field) that initiate and sustain the Process.
This concept captures the progression from cause (Entities) to manifestation (Events) through the structuring influence of Relations.
Ultimately, we can say that Reality is the process of manifestation of the unmanifested. The unmanifested is the Absolute: the pure, formless ground of being from which creation and evolution - the manifestation - emerge. This manifestation must be understood as the primary, fundamental, creative, and evolutive Process, from which Reality incessantly emerges. The Process of Formation, therefore, reveals that absolute and relative, unmanifested and manifest, are different levels of the same, unique creative and evolutive Reality.
Reality is not static but a continuous and dynamic process—an interplay of Creation and Evolution. The distinction between the "creative" and "evolutive" sub-processes provides an elegant framework for understanding how complexity emerges from simplicity, and how the unmanifested (the Absolute) takes a Form through these mechanisms.
The idea of seeing Reality as a manifestation of the unmanifested aligns with several philosophical and metaphysical traditions, where the Absolute is regarded as the infinite, formless source from which all existence arises.
The organization of Reality into key elements like functional Operators that construct it - Source, Force, Field, Action, Information / Energy, and Structure / Form - paints a picture of the Universe as an interconnected web, with each layer building upon the previous to create the intricate, ever-evolving cosmos we observe.
Source: (Entities) Force (Causality) and Field (Variationality: Spatiality and Temporality)
Action: (Events) "Creation of Existence"
Information / Energy: (Relations) "Evolution of Essence / Form" -> Metric / Mass, Motion, Charge, Spin + more complex Energy and Information
Structure[s] and Form[s]: (Processes) Waves, Vortices, Interactions -> Radiation, Dark (invisible) and Ordinary (visible) Matter, quantum objects and related phenomena
Universe: everything in Evolution
See also
TFNR - 4.5.4 The Process of Formation of Reality
Links to the tables of contents of TFNR Paper
