Presence as Balance: A Risk-Free Framework for Existence in Duality

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Authors: Jamie Morris
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Abstract

This work presents a closed, non-prescriptive framework for understanding human existence as a natural consequence of duality rather than obligation, purpose, or debt. It models reality as a self-balancing field of opposites—order and chaos, potential and actual—within which individual lives arise as temporary configurations. The framework rejects moralized interpretations of entropy, productivity, or meaning. No action is required, no outcome is demanded, and no settlement is enforced. Presence alone is sufficient to fulfill the system’s only functional requirement: maintaining balance within duality. Engagement, stillness, creation, and silence are equally valid expressions of this balance. Meaning, agency, and experience are treated as optional opportunities rather than duties. The model is thermodynamically consistent, risk-free, and free of optimization pressure, offering an existential orientation that eliminates coercion while preserving personal sovereignty. This document is intended as an explanatory record, not a guide for behavior. It makes no prescriptions and imposes no hierarchy of lives, choices, or outcomes. It stands complete and at rest.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Philosophical Ethics and Theory Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Critical Realism in Sociology

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
3 January 2026
Document type
Preprint