7.3 — Dark Energy: Coherence Pressure

The cosmos not only expands —
it accelerates.

Galaxies drift apart faster than gravity alone should allow.
Physics names this unknown dark energy.
But the name hides ignorance:
a placeholder for an unmeasured cause.

RRM reframes it as coherence pressure —
the collective demand of persistence,
countless rhythms pressing outward
to make room for themselves.

Coherence Demands Space

Every closure takes hold of Stillspace.
Every system of rhythms requires room to endure.

As complexity multiplies,
the universe must expand.
Not because energy pushes,
but because coherence unfolds.

Expansion is persistence asking for more stage.

Acceleration Explained

The more coherence grows,
the stronger its pressure.
Galaxies, clusters, filaments —
their layered rhythms push Stillspace outward.

Acceleration is not mystery force.
It is resonance at scale,
demanding space for survival.

Difference from Dark Matter

Dark matter is incomplete closure —
weight without light.
Dark energy is coherence pressure —
expansion born from persistence multiplying.

One binds galaxies together.
The other drives them apart.
Together, they balance the cosmos.

Across Scales

- In physics, coherence pressure reframes cosmic acceleration.
- In biology, growth of ecosystems mirrors expansion of rhythms needing room.
- In society, coherence pressure appears as cultural growth,
expanding boundaries of interaction.

Expansion is not emptiness swelling.
It is coherence requiring space to endure.

Closing

Dark energy is not a ghostly force.
It is the pressure of persistence.

Every rhythm asks for space.
Together, they accelerate the cosmos.

The universe grows not by chance,
but by coherence unfolding,
pressing outward into possibility.