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Title: A Unified Causal Framework for Gravity and Fundamental Forces: Force as Projected Coherence

Author: Srinivasan Vaidyaraman

Abstract:
This paper presents a unified conceptual framework for understanding gravity and the other fundamental forces as projected manifestations of internal energetic coherence. Building upon the limitations in Newtonian and Einsteinian gravity, the theory proposes a causal mechanism where mass projects force through coherence gradients, giving rise to spacetime curvature. This approach recovers Einstein's predictions while offering a metaphysical and energetic substrate that unifies gravity with electromagnetism, the strong force, and the weak force. This model reinterprets general relativity as an effect of deeper coherence-based forces and introduces a philosophical completion to the relativistic framework.

1. Introduction
Gravity has long been the subject of both scientific formalism and philosophical speculation. Newton described it as an action-at-a-distance force, while Einstein redefined it as a geometric property of curved spacetime. However, both approaches leave open the fundamental question: why does mass curve space, and what is the ontological nature of this curvature?

This paper proposes a model where mass projects force externally due to differences in energy coherence. This projected force flows as curved energetic trajectories through spacetime. Objects follow these curves, which manifest geometrically as the curvature of spacetime. This reintroduces gravity as a genuine force—harmonizing Einstein's geometric insight with Newton's causal mechanics—and offers a path toward a deeper unification with quantum forces.

2. Core Premises

1. Energy Coherence:
   All fundamental particles and systems maintain a level of internal energetic coherence. Mass arises from regions of lower coherence and energy constancy.

2. Force as Projection:
   A force is not merely interaction or field mediation but a projection of coherence differentials from a particle or system into the surrounding space.

3. Curvature as Flow:
   The force thus projected creates a trajectory of energy flow that curves spacetime. Spacetime geometry is the visible effect of this underlying projected energy.

4. Dual Aspect of Force:

   • Strong force: Coherence predominantly internal; extremely high constancy leads to tight binding.

   • Gravity: Coherence predominantly external; the projection dominates, and force diminishes with inverse square law.

5. Time and Space:
   Time is the finest energy, whose projection gives rise to space. The movement of space is experienced as time.

3. Gravity as Projected Force

Gravity is reconceptualized as a coherence-gradient force projected from mass outward. This flow of force generates the curvature in spacetime, aligning with but reinterpreting Einstein’s field equations:

Gμν=8πTμνG_{\mu\nu} = 8\pi T_{\mu\nu}

In this model:

• TμνT_{\mu\nu} (mass-energy tensor) is the source of coherence differential projection.

• GμνG_{\mu\nu} (geometry of spacetime) is the expression of projected force flows.

Objects in gravitational fields are not just following geodesics—they are responding to externally projected force-fields that happen to trace the same curves as predicted by general relativity. Thus, the model is fully mathematically compatible with Einstein but provides a causal mechanism.

4. Comparison with Other Forces

Force Nature of Coherence Projection Manifestation Gravity Low internal, high external Weak Spacetime curvature Strong Force High internal, minimal external Strong Nuclear binding Electromagnetic Balanced, complementary Variable Charge interactions Weak Force Coherence breakdown Transformative Particle decay

5. Philosophical Implications

• Unity of All Forces: All forces arise from how coherence flows in and out of energetic systems.

• Time as the Primordial Energy: Time projects energy and creates space. Space is not a container but a result.

• Gravity as the Return of Force: Restoring gravity as a true force bridges the conceptual divide between Einstein and Newton, while maintaining full compatibility with empirical results.

• Bridge to Quantum Gravity: Coherence gradients could provide the substrate for a quantum theory of gravity.

6. Conclusion

This framework brings a powerful metaphysical layer into physics without violating the predictive success of Einsteinian relativity. It restores causality to gravity, reveals the energetic unity of all forces, and invites future formalization in quantum and field theoretic terms. With further development, it may serve as the philosophical and scientific bridge between relativity, quantum mechanics, and consciousness.

Keywords: gravity, force projection, coherence, general relativity, quantum unification, metaphysics, space, time, Srinivasan Vaidyaraman