3. ABSTRACTCohesion Monism proposes a unified ontological foundation from which the predictiveaccuracy of standard physical models—from quantum theory to general relativity—emergesnot as a collection of fortunate approximations, but as the necessary mathematical signatures of a single, cohesive reality. The framework is built from three axiomatic primitives:INFORMATIONAL POTENTIAL (I), the plenum of all possible relational events;REALIZED STRUCTURE (S), definite patterns of that potential; and TIME as afundamental operator imposing sequential order. From these, two principles are derived:GRAVITATIONAL REACH (Rg), the imperative for coherent boundary maintenance, and EVOLUTIONARY COMPRESSION (EC), the universal law mandatingminimal existential cost for persistence. This basis reconstructs the logical necessity of theobserved world: the speed of light (c) as the “speed of relation”; spacetime as an emergentrelational geometry; quantum superposition as unresolved interrogative potential; andscale-invariant fractal signatures in cosmic and planetary structure. The culmination isthe KEYSTONE IDENTITY, positing consciousness as the local execution of theinverse function of the universal compressive mapping, thereby providing an ontologicalground for subjective experience. This work does not seek to replace physical theory,but to reveal the singular, relational reality that makes our disparate, accurate modelscoherent and deeply intelligible.