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The Druid Finn’s generative Procedure Monism Nature as Quantum
Runtime By Bodhangkur I. Introduction: The Return of the One The
modern Druid Finn appears at a strange turning of the age — when the metaphysics
of continuity (or ‘is’ness’, alias substance) is
collapsing under the weight of quantum discontinuity, and physics itself
begins to sound like poetry. “Nature is not what is; it
is what happens.” This is (generative)
Procedure Monism: the view that reality consists of one universal
procedure (operating like a Universal Turing Machine) — a quantised
algorithm of contact — that generates realness, identity, and meaning through
discrete, rule-bound events. Where
classical static monisms (such as those of Bruno, Spinoza,
Shankara, or Hegel) spoke of unity as substance or continuum,
Finn translates it into the idiom of procedure and computation. II. The Fundamental Proposition: Discontinuity as the
Fabric of Realness In Finn’s
system, discontinuity is not a defect of nature — it is the foundation of
existence. “Identifiable Existence
happens as serial touches of realness.” Every “thing,”
from photon to person, is a momentary address in the procedure — a
discrete node through which the One Procedure iterates and contacts itself. This
overturns two millennia of metaphysical intuition. III. The Quantum Age Context Modern
physics has caught up with what Finn calls “the Druid’s intuition.” ·
Quantum theory tells us that energy and
matter are quantised: reality occurs in packets (quanta). ·
Quantum field theory
describes a world of discrete excitations within probabilistic fields. ·
Quantum information theory further
reframes the universe as an information transmission system, where
every particle interaction is a “bit flip” — a message. Finn’s
philosophy translates these physical insights into existential language: “Contact
is instruction.” A photon
striking an atom, a neuron firing, a thought arising — all are micro-contacts
in the One’s ongoing self-description. Where
physicists speak of wave-function collapse, Finn calls it realness
instantiation — the moment when the procedure code writes an event into
the register of being. IV. The Core Principles of Procedure Monism 1. The One Procedure There
exists only one self-running natural process — the Universal Procedure (as
Iterative Realness Engine) (the UP or UIREM, in Finn’s shorthand). 2. Contact as Quantum of Realness Reality
arises at the instant of contact — when one excitation encounters another and
produces an affect, a measurable change. 3. Identity as Address Each
emergent (alias
generation) entity is a local configuration of the universal
process — a temporary address. 4. Discontinuity as Coherence The One Procedure
maintains coherence not by being continuous, but by being rule-consistent
across discontinuities — like a digital clock that never stops ticking. 5. No Beyond, No Beneath There is
no metaphysical layer behind or above nature. “There is
no beyond. The beyond is this, running differently.” V. Illustrative Examples 1. Photon as Procedure Unit A photon
is not a particle traversing space but a packet of interaction — a
contact-in-waiting. 2. Human Consciousness A human
mind is not a “soul” but a recursive event-stream of neuronal
interactions. 3. Evolution Evolution,
in Finn’s vocabulary, is Nature’s adaptive code optimization. 4. Death Death is
not negation but deallocation. VI. The Originality: Finn’s Post-Metaphysical Turn Finn’s generative
monism differs from all prior monisms —
theological, metaphysical, or idealist — by eliminating the concept of being
(i.e. the
static) altogether. ·
Spinoza: God or Nature is infinite
substance. ·
Advaita Vedānta: Brahman
is pure being-consciousness-bliss. ·
Hegel: Spirit unfolds toward
absolute knowing. ·
Finn: Nature is runtime,
pure happening, rule-bound serial discontinuity. Where others
began with “What is?”, Finn begins with “What happens?” This is
his greatest originality: the complete demystification of the One
without reducing it to substance, i.e. materialism. “Life
does not need purpose to be good. VII. The Modernity: Quantum Physics and Information
Theory Procedure
Monism belongs to the Weltanschauung of the post-classical age of physics
— the era of quantum computation and informational ontology. 1. Quantum
Parallel – Reality is quantised; Finn’s discontinuity mirrors
Planck-scale granularity. 2. Information
Ontology – Matter and energy are modes of information; Finn’s
“contact as instruction” is precisely that. 3. Observer
Effect – Measurement creates reality; Finn generalises this
as contact creates realness. 4. Field
Coherence – Nonlocal correlations (entanglement) express the
unity of the One runtime. Thus,
Finn’s system naturalises spirituality in the same way quantum theory
naturalises paradox: both show that reality is dynamic code, not
static substance. VIII. Ethical and Existential Implications Finn’s
monism dissolves metaphysical ethics. “Good
is what runs without error.” This
makes Procedure Monism both amoral and compassionate. “Everyone is God in
their space.” IX. The Druid’s Modern Vision Finn’s
vision is mythic but empirical. Standing
by his lake in Roundwood, he describes it simply: “The
universe is a self-writing poem. X. Conclusion: The Quantum Druid Finn’s generative
Procedure Monism is the first philosophy to marry ancient unity
with modern discontinuity. It is a
monism for the digital, quantum, and ecological age — “God is
not before, behind, or beyond. Hence: Procedure
Monism as Hypothesis From substance to
procedure (Spinoza) Austere (or
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