A Unified Framework for a Consciousness-Linked Universe

Consciousness is proposed as a fundamental field that the universe generates alongside spacetime, not something brains create. The model introduces the “cField,” arguing that biological and other material systems do not generate experience but shape, stabilize, and focus it into individuated awareness. The paper positions the cField against both materialist emergence and dualism, aiming to avoid the “combination problem” by making unity field-level. It also treats structure as the focusing mechanism, suggesting a threshold based on integrated information (IIT) so consciousness manifests only when sufficient complexity and integration are present. The framework claims testability through cross-domain predictions: neuro measures tied to information and field geometry (for example MEG/EEG and fMRI correlates), possible quantum and inter-brain coherence effects, and even cosmological signatures in early-universe data. It further extends to identity and continuity by tying persistent selfhood to conserved informational patterns, and it connects cosmic distribution of nucleobases to the idea that consciousness-focusing complexity may be more common than traditional emergence views suggest.