A Universal Non-Equilibrium Formalism: Phenomena as Relational Differences Across Physics, Society, Mind, and Happiness

We present a unified phenomenological formalism in which all observable phenomena are described as relational differences between two symmetric quantities. Regardless of domain— physical, social, psychological, artistic, or experiential—a state variable appears only in the form A = B − C. Equilibrium corresponds to the vanishing of this difference and represents a phenomenologically null state. Crucially, we show that equilibrium points are generically unstable, and that strong effects emerge near balance rather than far from it. This framework unifies force, success, stress, emotion, and happiness without invoking causal privilege or absolute value, redefining existence itself as a non-equilibrium phenomenon.