We have examined readiness fields, gradients, folds, and temporal evolution. The next step is to consider how these topological structures are instantiated phenomenally — how relational potential becomes accessible as events, processes, and localised construals. This is the domain of field-to-figure mapping.
From Field to Localised Figure
A readiness field is continuous, relational, and multidimensional. Yet, our experience of reality is phenomenally discrete: we perceive events, objects, and acts as bounded occurrences. Each local event is a figure within the broader field: a perspectival cut, a selective actualisation of relational potential.
The figure is not independent of the field. Its existence, coherence, and characteristics depend on the topology of readiness: the local gradients of inclination and pockets of ability that make that particular instantiation feasible.
Perspectival Actualisation
Actualisation is perspectival. Just as the clause is a cut across a clause complex, every phenomenal event is a cut across the readiness field. It foregrounds certain inclinations and abilities while backgrounding others, producing a bounded, meaningful unit in the continuous relational topology.
This perspective clarifies the ontological status of phenomena: they are not separable entities, nor are they random extrusions from the field. They are local instantiations of a structured potential, realised through the alignment of inclination, ability, and context.
Topology as Constraint and Enabler
The field constrains what figures can emerge: some configurations of inclination and ability simply cannot actualise without sufficient alignment. Conversely, the field enables phenomena by providing relational pathways for potential to manifest.
Folds, differentiation, and temporal dynamics of the field all influence which figures emerge, where, and how. Phenomena are therefore topologically situated: each is a local manifestation of a broader relational architecture.
Implications for Language and Meaning
In semiotic terms, clauses and clause complexes are figures of linguistic readiness fields. Each clause actualises the potential of the clause complex, foregrounding certain meanings and suppressing others. Similarly, every event, interaction, or process in the world is a figure of a readiness field, instantiated perspectivally but constrained by relational topology.
This mapping from field to figure is essential for understanding how relational ontology translates into phenomenal reality, bridging the metaphenomenal structure of potential with the world as we experience it.
Conclusion
Field-to-figure mapping demonstrates that phenomena are locally realised cuts of relational potential. Inclination and ability shape these instantiations, folding, differentiating, and evolving the field to generate coherent events.
In the next and final post of this series, we will synthesise these insights to explore cosmic poise — the topological architecture of readiness that sustains relational coherence and drives the evolution of possibility itself.
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