7.1 — Expansion as Complexity Growth

The universe expands.
But expansion is not emptiness stretching.
It is rhythm multiplying.

Every new layer of coherence requires space to unfold.
Atoms, stars, galaxies —
each adds structure,
and Stillspace makes room.

Expansion is not scattering apart.
It is complexity opening outward.

The Early Universe

In the beginning, coherence was simple.
Particles flickered,
light scattered,
noise ruled.

But as coherence grew — atoms forming,
stars igniting,
galaxies clustering —
the fabric expanded to hold new rhythms.

Expansion is history written in structure.

Growth by Coherence

Expansion matches complexity.
The more closures form,
the more Stillspace opens.

It is not energy pushing space outward.
It is persistence requiring room to persist.

Growth is not explosion.
It is resonance unfolding.

Dark Energy Reframed

Standard physics names an unknown — dark energy —
to explain accelerated expansion.

RRM reframes it as coherence pressure:
the cumulative effect of countless rhythms demanding space to endure.

Not a mysterious force,
but the natural consequence of persistence at scale.

Across Scales

- In physics, expansion shows in redshift and background radiation.
- In galaxies, it shows in clustering balanced by flow.
- In society, it echoes as cultures and systems expanding with complexity.

Expansion is not drift apart.
It is growth of possibility.

Closing

The universe expands because coherence grows.
Every atom, every star, every galaxy
is persistence opening new space for itself.

Expansion is not distance increasing.
It is rhythm flowering.
The cosmos does not empty —
it unfolds.