Process Rate in the Field Medium

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Start with what actually happens

Nothing happens all at once.

In FM, every physical structure must be realized locally, step by step,
as the field organizes itself in each region.

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This applies to:

• motion

• waves

• oscillations

• chemical reactions

• biological processes

• clocks

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There is no global update.
Everything unfolds locally, through the field.

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What process rate means

Process rate is the field’s capacity to complete coherent physical cycles locally.

It is not time.
It is not a coordinate.
It is not something that flows.

It is a limit on how much reorganization the field can complete per local step.

When the field is calm and unstrained,
this capacity is fully available.

When the field is strained,
part of this capacity is already in use.

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Completed cycles define physical “ticks”

A physical tick is not motion itself.

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A tick is a completed, closed cycle:

• a full oscillation

• a closed circulation

• a completed reaction step

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Internal motion may continue,
but a tick is only counted when a cycle fully closes.

This distinction matters.

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Propagation and internal processes share the same capacity

A crucial point:

Propagation and internal processes draw on the same local process capacity.

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When a structure propagates:

• the field must realize the structure ahead

• coherence must be maintained

• circulation patterns must be re-established

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When a structure processes internally:

• cycles must close

• reactions must complete

• oscillations must finish

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Both activities compete for the same limited capacity.

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Why propagation is not instantaneous

Propagation is not a jump.

A structure does not move as a whole.

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Instead:

• its realization ceases locally behind

• and becomes realized locally ahead

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Each step requires a finite amount of field reorganization.

The maximum rate at which such steps can close coherently
is set by the field’s process capacity.

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Resonance and maximum process rate

The field has a natural rate at which coherent cycles can close.

This rate is the field’s maximum process rate.

When a cycle closes exactly at this rate,
the process is said to be in resonance with the field.

Resonance is not a choice.
It is not adjustable.

It is the field’s own tempo.

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Why waves have only one speed

A coherent wave is a sequence of completed field cycles.

Each cycle must:

• close fully

• maintain phase coherence

• connect to the next cycle

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This can only happen at the field’s natural process rate.

For this reason:

Waves do not propagate up to a maximum speed.
They propagate only at that speed.

Slower propagation would prevent cycles from closing coherently
and the wave would lose its identity.

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Why objects can move slower

Objects are not pure waves.

They are structured vortex systems.

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Part of the field’s capacity is continuously used to:

• maintain internal circulation

• preserve coherence

• sustain structure

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Less capacity remains available for propagation.

As a result, objects can propagate at a wide range of speeds,
always below the field’s maximum process rate.

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Why high speed strains the field

As propagation speed increases:

• more local capacity is consumed by propagation

• less capacity remains for internal cycle completion

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Internal cycles still occur,
but fewer complete cycles close per external reference.

Nothing stops.
Nothing slows internally.

The field simply has less spare capacity.

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Why clocks slow down

A clock counts completed cycles.

When fewer cycles close per external reference,
the clock records fewer ticks.

This is not because time changes.

It is because cycle completion becomes more demanding
in a strained field.

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Gravity produces the same effect

Gravity strains the field.

Strain reduces available process capacity.

Internal cycles require more steps to close.

Clocks, reactions, and biological processes all reflect this equally.

This is why speed and gravity produce the same observable effects.

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Why “time dilation” is misleading

Nothing dilates.

Nothing stretches.

Nothing slows in an absolute sense.

What changes is how many cycles the field can complete locally.

Once this is understood,
there is no separate phenomenon to explain.

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The universal limit

When propagation demands nearly all available capacity:

• cycles can no longer close

• coherence breaks

• stable structure cannot be maintained

This is the physical origin of the universal speed limit.

No structure — wave or object —
can exceed the field’s maximum cycle-closure rate.

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Summary

In the Field Medium Model:

• All physical change requires completed local cycles

• The field has a maximum cycle-closure rate

• Resonance is operation at this rate

• Waves propagate only at this rate

• Objects can move slower because capacity is used internally

• Strain reduces available capacity

• Reduced capacity means fewer completed cycles

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Nothing happens to time.

What changes is the field’s ability to complete coherent cycles.