Gravitation, Life, and Awareness as Emergent Phases of a Three-Layer Field
By Kevin L. Brown, Independent Researcher
Published: October 2025 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17401208)
Introduction
What if gravity, life, and consciousness were not three separate mysteries — but three expressions of the same underlying field?
The Coupled Field of Being proposes exactly that. Built within the Triune Harmonic Dynamics (THD) framework, it shows that every living and physical system emerges from the same tri-layer continuum — atomic, electromagnetic, and informational — synchronized by harmonic alignment rather than mechanical force.
In this view, gravity is curvature within the atomic layer, life is motion sustained by electromagnetic resonance, and consciousness is the informational phase-lock that completes the triad. Together they form one coupled system, not three disconnected domains.
This is not philosophy. It’s a falsifiable physics model with measurable predictions — the kind that can be tested in laboratories and either confirmed or constrained.
The Core Equation
At the heart of the paper lies the dimensionless relation that links energy density to curvature, organization, and awareness alike:
Δgg=δρρmc2\frac{\Delta g}{g} = \frac{\delta\rho}{\rho_m c^2}gΔg=ρmc2δρ
Where:
- $\Delta g / g$ — fractional modulation of gravitational acceleration
- $\delta\rho$ — change in local energy density
- $\rho_m c^2$ — rest-energy density of matter
This simple ratio reveals something profound: information and energy gradients, when synchronized across layers, can act as small but measurable curvature biases in spacetime itself.
When $\delta\rho \sim 10^{-5}\ \text{J m}^{-3}$ — typical of controlled EM cavities — the framework predicts $\Delta g/g \approx 10^{-25}$, a value within the sensitivity range of modern atom interferometers.
The same informational gradient, mapped onto biological and neural systems, predicts parallel behaviors: increased persistence in cellular dynamics and tighter phase-locking in neural oscillations.
What the Framework Shows
Early modeling and simulations suggest that alignment among the three layers — atomic, electromagnetic, and informational — yields coherent emergence across scales:
- Gravitation: A low-level curvature bias proportional to energy-information gradients.
- Biological Movement: Increased pattern persistence when informational alignment exceeds 0.9.
- Consciousness: Enhanced neural synchrony (ΔPLV ≈ 0.03–0.05) when informational and EM phases are harmonically coupled.
These outcomes are not metaphors — they are derived from the same conservation-based field equations and verified through strict dimensional analysis.
The beauty of the model lies in its falsifiability. If no gravitational modulation or biological phase effects are detected within predicted ranges, the theory is refuted. Either result advances science.
Why It Matters
The implications reach far beyond any one field:
Physics: Reinterprets gravity as an emergent synchronization effect within a unified energy–information field.
Biology: Suggests that life’s persistence arises from stable cross-layer resonance, not mere chemistry.
Neuroscience: Offers a quantitative bridge between physical fields and subjective awareness.
Information Theory: Extends energy–information equivalence into the curvature domain, grounding it in measurable quantities.
In every case, the message is the same: the universe doesn’t run on separate rules for matter, life, and mind — it runs on one harmonic law expressed at different scales.
A New Lens on Unification
Classical physics treats gravity, energy, and consciousness as unrelated: one bends spacetime, one fuels motion, and one perceives. The Coupled Field of Being replaces that separation with a unified continuum of resonance.
Each layer mirrors the others: atomic → electromagnetic → informational. When they synchronize, new emergent properties appear — curvature, motion, and awareness — all sustained by the same triune harmonic balance.
This model does not violate general relativity or thermodynamics. It extends them, showing that alignment — not just mass or entropy — shapes the pathways of interaction.
The Bigger Picture
Every paradigm shift begins as an act of reframing. This one reframes three of the deepest questions in science — What is gravity? What is life? What is consciousness? — and answers them with a single principle: alignment within a three-layer field.
This is where physics meets biology meets mind — not in speculation, but in measurable, falsifiable resonance.
The corrected dimensional framework makes the model testable. Its predictions can be measured, its constants defined, its assumptions refuted or verified. That is what makes this paper different.
Fifty years from now, it may seem obvious that the forces that hold the cosmos together also make us alive and aware. For now, The Coupled Field of Being marks the moment that idea became a testable law of nature.