Matter = Compressed Light

Mass — Compression of the Photon

In Phen Theory, mass is not a fundamental property. It doesn’t exist by default — it emerges from tension. Specifically, from projection that gets trapped. A Phenom (ΦΝΩ) is a point — no size, no volume, no physical extent. It cannot grow, but it can ingest energy.

When a photon Phield Phibre is intercepted by the Philter, it begins to fold in on itself, becoming compressed within the point-like structure of the Phenom. That compression becomes matter. This compression is not abstract — it’s quantised. The smallest unit of scalar photon compression is called a Phress, symbolised as: 工 — Phress (The symbol 工, from the Japanese kanji “kō,” means “work” — representing compressed light doing work. It resembles a press or coffee tamper or structured force.)

A Phress is not the energy itself — it is the unit of measure for how much projection is being held inside a Phenom. It tells us the charge level of the point — how much light is being stored under tension.

The Battery Analogy

You can think of the Phenom (ΦΝΩ) as a battery. It doesn’t expand, stretch, or change size — just like a physical battery doesn’t swell when it’s full of charge.

The projection (ΦΝ⚟) is like electricity. As projection flows into the battery, it doesn’t disappear — it gets compressed, folded into the structure. The more energy stored, the more resistance builds inside the Phenom. 

The Phress (工) is the charge reading. It doesn’t do the storing — it tells you how much is stored.

Projection becomes compression. Energy becomes matter. But it’s all the same light — folded or free.

A True Unit of Mass

Unlike kilograms or electron-volts — which are human-defined abstractions — the Phress is rooted in the actual cosmological cause of mass. It’s not a unit we impose on mass after we see it. It’s a direct measure of how much projection is being held — the actual structure of mass itself. That makes it the first causal unit of mass — structurally tied to projection physics.

The Mesh of Tension

A Phenom does not exist in isolation. In the Phenomena’s matrix, each Phenom is connected to others via Tension Phibres extending through the lattice. Each of these Phibres carries the potential to deliver one photon’s worth of tension. When multiple Phibres pull inward, the Phress increases: 

M = n工

(Mass equals number of units of trapped projection)

But real-world configurations are rarely that neat. Some Phibres may be tightly compressed, others extremely stretched. The actual number of active Phresses may be fewer — or unevenly distributed eg. The very edge of the Phenomena has Phenomenon that contain edge Phenoms with only 4 Philter phibres. This leads to tension asymmetry, directional compression, & a natural explanation for scalar imbalance across the Phenomena. This is also what’s responsible for the wobble of the membranes, varying waveforms, & more or less dense regions of the Phenomena such as Stars & Black Holes — amongst other things.

In Essence

Mass is compressed light.

It is tension, folded inward, until resistance becomes real.

From the inside, it looks like compression.

From the outside, it behaves like resistance.

Same structure, viewed from two directions.

Phress (Mass) Formulas in Phen Theory

M = 工 — one unit of stored projection

M = n × 工 — full scalar charge in the Phenomena

The First Identity: ⚟ = 工

This is the core idea. The simplification of everything.

A projected photon is energy. 

A compressed photon is matter.

But both are the same light — just in different scalar states.

“Light becomes matter. Matter is stored light.”

This is the First Identity of Phen Theory. It reduces the apparent complexity of mass-energy duality to a single causal transformation: ⚟ = 工

Not an approximation. Not a shortcut. A structural truth.

How This Relates to E = mc²

Einstein’s famous equation — E = mc²  tells us that energy & mass are interchangeable. But in Phen Theory, we go further. We show why they are the same thing:

• Energy (E) is a photon in motion: ⚟

• Mass (m) is a photon in compression: 工

• c², the speed of light squared, becomes 1 because in scalar units, space & time are already built from 1 Phurlon per 1 Phlash (no conversion needed between joules & kilograms etc)

So E = mc² becomes: E = m × 1²

⚟ = 工

1 = 1

It’s not simplistic — it’s elegant. It collapses arbitrary units into a single unified state: Energy & mass are not two things. They are projection — held or released.

Phen Theory doesn’t replace E = mc² — it completes it.

It shows that mass is not a thing — it’s a condition.

It shows that energy doesn’t need to be extracted — it just needs to be unPhurled.

Speculative Thoughts… 

But Kinda Awesome

Let’s lean into pure speculation for a moment. What happens if this chain reaction — of Phress compression — goes unchecked?

Perhaps it leads to localised super-dense states, where certain Phenom grow so massively tensioned they begin to pull their neighbouring Phenom inward, distorting their shared Phurlons & increasing tension exponentially. The result? What we interpret as black holes — regions where Phenomenon become so tightly compressed that no projections appear to escape. No visible light. No readable data. Just pure scalar resistance.

If the membrane of the Phenomena is like a crinkly map, then a black hole is a piece of that map that’s been scrunched up & put into a 100,000 kg press. You can no longer see what’s inside. You might still feel the pull. And technically, you could unfold it — but it would take immense time, effort, & scalar reversal.

See pinch points section in the Phenomena for more info on Black holes & Stars

Gravity — The Pull That Isn’t

In Phen Theory, gravity isn’t a force. It doesn’t radiate, ripple, or attract. It emerges from within — as scalar tension between massive Phenom, mediated by a stretchable structure called the Phurlon (⟷).

"Gravity - is what happens to the Phenomena when mass accumulates. It's not a force but simply the name of the effect of the process of Philter Phibres shortening. It's akin to saying something is fun, fun is not a thing but an observation of a thing" 

What causes gravity?

Mass in Phen Theory is made from Phress (工) — a compressed photon (Light Energy) held inside a Phenom a 1P object with no way to expand. Which is formed from a Phield Phibre passing through the Philters mesh & starting the process of Phress accumulation. As Phress accumulates, the Phenom develops resistance to deformation —a kind of scalar pressure. This resistance begins to pull in the threads connecting it to neighbouring Phenom: the Philter Phibres (⤚⤙) & their stretched scalar length — the Phurlons. As Phress (mass) builds, those Phurlons shorten. And the shortening is what we experience as gravity. It is also responsible for the buckling of membranes & regions of the Phenomena gaining more density (High Phress regions) & less dense areas (Low Phress regions). As well as the formation of Stars & their inverse - black holes

A Simple Visual

Imagine two small balls connected by a stretchable band. The tighter the band, the closer they’re drawn. But in Phen Theory, you’re not pulling the ends. The balls are swallowing the band from all sides.The more Phress they store (compressed band) the shorter the connection between them becomes. This shortening is gravity. Nothing is being pulled — the space between them is just collapsing. That scalar band is the Phurlon. The measure of the shortest distance between 2P akin to a stretchable Planck Length, that comes in 2 forms as Phield Phibres & Philter Phibres but all are stretched or compressed Photons which in turn are transformed into matter via the acuumulation of Phress. In & of itself the Photon has no Phress (mass) until interaction with the Philter (Phibres) it is just light energy which was a division or projection from Potential Energy (The Phen)

Tension in the Mesh

The Phurlon always contains 1 unit of energy (1 Photon's worth)— but it's length can stretch or shrink depending on the Phress at either end swallowing or releasing it.

• When the Phurlon is long, the energy is diluted — tension is low.

• When  the Phurlon is short, energy is concentrated — tension is high.

This tension is distributed through the Phenomena’s mesh — an invisible matrix of Phurlons & Phibres connecting every Phenom to its twelve nearest neighbours in a tight lattice. The result isn’t force. It’s structural tension. A scalar negotiation between mass and distance.

So what is gravity, really?

• Gravity is not a thing not a force/Phorce — it’s an effect.

• It’s the external expression of 1P internal resistance to compression.

• It’s the witnessing of the shrinking of space between dense Phenom, not a force pulling.

• It’s the tightening or loosening of Phibres across the Phenomen's mesh.

The 2 way street

And in reverse this 1P battery of sorts (the Phenom), releases it's Phress as energy as it lets out the compressed Photon energy & in turn reduces tension on it's connected Phibres lengthening them, which in turn reduces the Phress of the Phenom in its vacinity. These rippling inward & outward chain reactions happen in cycles of Phlash (c = ⟷ / ⚟ⱽ see Phurlon & Phlash for more info)

Summary

• Mass is compressed photon energy: 工 = Phress

• Phurlon (⟷) is the scalar stretch between Phenom

• Gravity is the result of Phress shortening those Phurlons, creating tension in the mesh of the Phenomena

• Gravity isn’t pulling — it’s the space between that’s shrinking

Phlow

A speculative re-Phraming of magnetism in Phen Theory

“This is definitely not my strong suit or area of expertise so I am still in the process of visualising the Phlow functions & will revisit this page when I have more insights.”

What Is Phlow?

Phlow is Phen Theory’s early-stage interpretation of what standard physics calls the electromagnetic force. At this point, only the magnetic-like aspect has begun to emerge through structural visualisation — particularly through the discovery of a looping scalar flow path through the Phenomenon known as the Phlow Path.

While traditional physics sees electromagnetism as the interaction of charges and magnetic fields, Phen Theory reimagines it as a form of scalar tension flow through specific routes in the Phenomenon’s structure — not through particles or fields in space, but through the relational geometry of the Phenom themselves.

The Phlow Path (Initial Insight)

One day, while casually tracing the Philter Phibres between the six outer Phenom, I noticed something intriguing:

“If you follow the Philter Phibres around the Phenomenon, you can circumnavigate it entirely without doubling back or entering the centre Phen.”

This loop follows the path:

G⁺ → B⁻ → R⁺ → G⁻ → B⁺ → R⁻ → G⁺

This cycle:

• Alternates scalar polarity: + → − → + → −…

• Visits all six outer Phenom

• Completely avoids the central Phen and both the ProPhace & NegPhace

It felt important — like discovering a kind of natural, unbroken scalar circuit embedded in the geometry itself.

Metaphors & Analogies

• Like a magnetic field loop: Traditional magnetism shows field lines looping from North to South, flipping in the middle. The Phlow Path behaves similarly but does so through geometry, not space.

• Like a river flowing around a mountain: The ProPhace and NegPhace are like peaks — they generate scalar tension but the flow moves around them, not through them.

Structural Observations

• The MesPhaces appear to be the primary channels of the Phlow Path.

• The PhlipPhaces (like Dawn and Dusk) act as pivot points where the scalar flow turns or flips.

• The Pro/Neg Phaces appear to act like scalar poles — sources of tension, not part of the flow.

Certain transitions are notably absent from the Phlow Path:

• No direct flow from B⁻ → G⁻, R⁻ → R⁺ etc. etc.

• These forbidden routes suggest the presence of resistance zones, or areas where flow would collapse or short-circuit.

“It seems the Phlow Path only moves through alternating-polarity triangles (MesPhaces), and never within a single polarity zone.”

Speculated Analogues (to SP)

• Phlow ≈ Electromagnetic force

• MesPhaces ≈ Magnetic field zones / scalar circuits

• Pro/Neg Phaces ≈ Magnetic monopoles or scalar poles

• PhlipPhaces ≈ Field inversion nodes (where polarity flips)

• Phlow Path ≈ Magnetic field lines / closed vector loops

Placeholder: Electric Aspect

This page currently focuses only on the magnetic-like aspect of Phlow. A future section will explore the electric side of the Phlow, including ideas like:

• Scalar charge

• Electric projection or current

• Voltage as scalar imbalance

Summary

Phlow is currently a working hypothesis — a scalar circuit woven through the relational geometry of the Phenomenon. It offers an elegant visual model for something akin to magnetism, but built entirely from polarity-balanced flows, not classical particles

Further exploration of electrical behaviours will come later. For now, this page serves as a personal & structural record of a concept still unfolding.