This paper presents a variational framework for deriving classical mechanics without presupposing time as fundamental. Motion emerges from extremal principles on configuration-space paths, with time appearing as a derived parameter describing ordered structural change. The framework extends naturally to quantum phenomena: quantum teleportation, double-slit interference, wavefunction collapse, and delayed-choice quantum eraser all emerge as geometric consequences of configuration-space structure and recordability constraints on mutual information. No wavefunction collapse, measurement postulate, or retrocausality required - four major quantum “mysteries” reduce to a single mechanism. The work was developed using AI-assisted methodology (ChatGPT for formalization, Claude for review) and represents a novel approach to foundational physics research