The Current of Creation
A New approach to the cause of Gravity One Scientist’s Quest to Find the Engine of Gravity
For as long as I can remember, I have been captivated by a single, deceptively simple question: Why? Why do things fall? As a student of life, this question transformed from childish curiosity into a professional obsession. We have mastered the how of gravity. Sir Isaac Newton gave us the immortal equations that predict the force of attraction between two masses. Albert Einstein, a century later gifted us a geometric masterpiece “General Relativity” describing
Gravity not as a force but as the curvature of spacetime itself. Their work allows us to navigate the solar system, understand cosmic phenomena and even detect ripples in the fabric of reality from colliding black holes billions of light-years away.
Yet, a fundamental gap remains. Newton described an invisible, action-at-a-distance pull but confessed he could not ascertain its cause. Einstein showed us that mass tells spacetime how to curve but his equations are silent on how or why mass has this profound ability. What is the mechanism? What is the process that translates the presence of mass into the bending of the universe? This gap “the gap of causation” is the most enduring puzzle in physics. It is a puzzle many have dedicated their career to solving.
Today, I put forward for scrutiny, investigation and debate a new framework: The Universal Flow Field Theory (UFFT). This theory proposes a tangible mechanical cause for gravity. It suggests that we have been misled by the metaphor of the “fabric” of spacetime. It is not a static fabric that bends; it is a dynamic medium that flows. Gravity, I propose, is not a pull or a bend but the motion of objects caught in an invisible cosmic current generated by mass itself. This article is an invitation to the global scientific community to explore this idea with me to test its predictions and to see if it can finally fill the causal void at the heart of our understanding of the universe.
The Causal Gap in Our Understanding of Gravity
To appreciate the UFFT, one must first fully grasp the nature of the problem it seeks to solve. Newton’s law of universal gravitation F = GMm/r² is a triumph of empirical science. It works, It gets rockets to the Moon. But it introduces the philosophically troubling concept of action-at-a-distance the idea that two objects can influence each other instantly across a vast and empty void with no intermediary. Newton himself found this idea “so great an Absurdity that I believe no Man who has in philosophical Matters a competent Faculty of thinking can ever fall into it.”
Einstein’s theory of General Relativity (GR) resolved this absurdity by eliminating the force altogether. Instead of a mysterious pull gravity became a consequence of geometry. Mass and energy curve the four-dimensional continuum of spacetime and objects simply follow the straightest possible paths (geodesics) through this curved landscape. This theory is breathtakingly elegant and has passed every experimental test thrown at it for over a century.
However, it substitutes one mystery for another. If mass curves spacetime, how does it do so? What is the physical process? Saying “mass tells spacetime how to curve” is a description not an explanation. It is like saying a rock makes ripples in a pond without explaining the properties of water that allow those ripples to form. GR maps the terrain with perfect accuracy but doesn’t tell us what the terrain is made of or what force is shaping it. We are left with a magnificent description of the “what and how”, but a complete silence on the “why”. The UFFT is my attempt to break that silence.
The Core Principle: Mass as the Source of a Flow Field
The central postulate of the Universal Flow Field Theory is both simple and radical: All mass generates a pervasive, dynamic and radial inflow in the space that surrounds it.
Imagine placing a planet alone in the void. According to UFFT, its mere presence immediately establishes an invisible field that behaves like a current flowing steadily and smoothly inward toward the planet’s center. This is not a flow of any known substance like air or water but a flow of space itself or more precisely, a flow of the fundamental medium that constitutes physical reality. Any object placed within this field a speck of dust, a satellite, a moon finds itself immersed in this current. Its motion toward the planet is not the result of being “pulled” by a force or “following a curve.” It is being carried, advected by the momentum of the flowing medium much like a leaf is carried by a river current.
This idea finds a powerful analogy in a whirlpool. A massive object, like a star, acts as the drain. The water swirling around the drain doesn’t need to be “pulled”; it moves because the water itself is in motion. An object in that water is carried along by the movement of the medium.
The Mathematical Foundation: Reinterpreting a Classic Equation
A theory must be grounded in mathematics. The most compelling evidence for the UFFT is that it does not require inventing new mathematics; it requires a profound reinterpretation of the mathematics we already have.
The cornerstone of gravitational physics is the equation for gravitational acceleration:
a(r) = GM / r²
Where: a(r) is the acceleration (m/s²),G is the gravitational constant, M is the central mass (kg) and r is the distance from the center (m)
In Newtonian mechanics, this is the acceleration caused by a force. In GR, it describes the local curvature of spacetime. In the Universal Flow Field Theory, this equation takes on a new and specific meaning: It defines the Flow Intensity.
In this framework, a = GM/r² is not an acceleration in the traditional sense of something being pushed. It is a measure of the strength of the flow field at a given point. It quantifies the rate at which the velocity of this spatial flow increases as you move closer to the source mass. The value 9.8 m/s² at Earth’s surface is not the rate at which you are accelerated by a force; it is the intrinsic intensity of Earth’s flow field at that radius. You are not being pushed; you are being carried by a current that has that specific strength.
This reinterpretation seamlessly incorporates Newton’s second law, F = ma. The force F is real, but it is not a primary force of attraction. It is the inertial resistance an object of mass m offers to being carried along and accelerated by the flow field. The flow provides the acceleration a; the object’s mass determines how much it “pushes back” against this change in its motion. This elegantly preserves all the successful predictions of classical mechanics while providing a clear local cause for the acceleration.
Illuminating the Mysteries: How the Flow Field Explains the Universe
If a theory is valid, it must provide coherent explanations for observed phenomena. The UFFT doesn’t just match existing data; it offers intuitive and powerful explanations for some of gravity’s most fundamental behaviours.
The Universality of Free Fall: Why do a feather and a cannonball in a vacuum fall at exactly the same rate? In Newton’s view, it’s because the gravitational force is proportional to mass, so the acceleration (F/m) is constant. In GR, it’s because all objects follow the same geodesic. In UFFT, the explanation is stunningly simple: both objects are immersed in the same current. The flow intensity at that point in space is 9.8 m/s². The feather and the cannonball are both carried along by this flowing medium at the same rate. Their individual masses are completely irrelevant to the motion imparted by the flow. Their mass only determines the inertial force associated with that motion.
The Nature of Orbits: The UFFT provides a beautifully mechanical explanation for orbits. Consider the Moon orbiting Earth. It is immersed in Earth’s radial inflow which constantly tries to draw it inward. However, the Moon also possesses a tremendous tangential (sideways) velocity. The inward flow and the lateral motion exist in a perfect continuous balance. The Moon is perpetually falling within the flow field but its sideways motion ensures it never gets any closer. It is like a kayaker paddling sideways across a powerful river current; the combined motion results in a diagonal path. If the speeds are just right, this path is a stable, closed circle or ellipse. The entire solar system can be seen as a series of objects drifting within the Sun’s vast flow field, their orbital velocities perfectly balancing the local flow intensity at their respective distances, a dynamic equilibrium that explains Kepler’s laws.
Black Holes and Event Horizons: Black holes represent the ultimate expression of the flow field. A black hole is an object so incredibly dense that the flow intensity it generates becomes overwhelming. At a specific distance from the center the Schwarzschild radius or event horizon, the flow intensity requires the flow velocity to reach the speed of light, c. This is the point of no return. Since nothing can move faster than light, nothing can escape this inward current. Not matter, not light and not information. The event horizon is not a physical barrier but a flow boundary, the point where the cosmic current becomes a one-way river into the abyss.
Gravitational Waves: The 2015 detection of gravitational waves by LIGO was a monumental confirmation of GR. UFFT not only accommodates this but explains it in a tangible way. Cataclysmic events like merging black holes do not just “create ripples in spacetime.” In UFFT, they create violent ripples in the universal flow field. These propagating disturbances, regions of alternating compression and rarefaction in the flow travel outward at the speed of light, stretching and squeezing everything in their path, exactly as LIGO observed. They are waves in the current of space itself.
Beyond Explanation: Bold Predictions and Applications to Cosmic Mysteries
A powerful theory must be predictive. It must point toward new phenomena and offer solutions to existing problems. The UFFT makes several testable predictions and proposes novel approaches to the greatest puzzles in cosmology.
Prediction 1: The Cosmic Flow Background (CFB)
Just as the Big Bang left an afterglow the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation that permeates the universe, UFFT predicts a remnant Cosmic Flow Background (CFB). The primordial universe must have been a cauldron of unimaginably energetic flow fields. The echoes of these flows, their initial ripples and large-scale anisotropies should still be imprinted on the fabric of space today. This CFB would be a faint, all-pervading pattern of flow variations. Detecting it would provide a direct window into the very first moments of the universe, a discovery potentially as revolutionary as the CMB itself. I propose that dedicated experiments, perhaps using ultra-precise laser interferometry in space or studying the subtle patterns in the motion of distant galaxies could be designed to hunt for this signature.
Application 1: A New Path on Dark Matter
The discrepancy between the observed rotation of galaxies and the rotation predicted by visible matter is one of cosmology’s biggest problems. The prevailing solution is the existence of vast halos of invisible “dark matter.” UFFT offers a compelling alternative: perhaps the flow fields themselves behave differently on galactic scales.
The theory allows for the possibility that the flow field generated by a galaxy’s core does not decay as precisely as 1/r² in its outer regions. Interactions between the galactic flow and the intergalactic medium or with the proposed Cosmic Flow Background could sustain the flow’s intensity over vast distances. The observed flat rotation curves where stars orbit at constant speed regardless of distance could be a natural consequence of this sustained flow intensity. The stars are not held by extra invisible matter; they are carried by a stronger than expected current. This would eliminate the need for dark matter particles, a search that has so far proven elusive.
Application 2: Reimagining Dark Energy
The discovery that the universe’s expansion is accelerating was even more shocking leading to the concept of “dark energy,” a mysterious repulsive force. UFFT provides a radical and elegant alternative. If mass creates a local inward flow, what is the default state of the universe? UFFT suggests that the universe has a background pervasive outward flow.
In this view, the expansion of the universe is not a stretching of space but a literal flowing outward. The inward flows around galaxies and stars are local modifications of this grand expansive background current. “Dark energy” is not a mysterious energy field; it is the kinetic energy of the universe’s inherent outward flow. This re-framing could profoundly simplify our cosmological models.
Application 3: The Origin of Inertia
Why does an object resist acceleration (Newton’s first law)? This is the mystery of inertia. UFFT provides a potential mechanism reminiscent of Mach’s Principle. An object’s resistance to acceleration could be due to its interaction with the local flow field. To accelerate an object against the prevailing flow of space around it would require a force. In this view, inertia is not an intrinsic property of matter but a measure of its coupling to the universal flow field generated by all the mass in the cosmos.
A Call to Collaboration: The Path Forward for Research
The Universal Flow Field Theory is a proposal, a starting point. It is not a finished product but a foundation upon which I hope we can build. For it to transition from a compelling idea to a serious scientific framework, a concerted research effort is required. I call upon my colleagues in theoretical physics, astrophysics and experimental cosmology to join me in this investigation. The path forward involves several critical steps:
Formal Mathematical Development: We must develop a rigorous mathematical field theory that describes the flow field. This involves:
Deriving the flow velocity field v(r) from first principles, such that its derivative dv/dr yields
a = GM/r².Formulating the rules for the superposition of multiple flow fields from different masses. How do the flows from two stars interact and combine? Exploring the possible fluid dynamic or field-theoretic equations that govern this medium.
Quantitative Galactic Modelling: To challenge the dark matter paradigm, UFFT must do more than suggest an idea. It must produce a precise, quantitative model of galactic flow fields that can be fitted to observed rotation curve data. This model must predict the exact flow intensity profile needed to explain stellar motions without dark matter.
Experimental Detection of the CFB: The highest priority is to define the precise theoretical properties of the Cosmic Flow Background, its expected spectrum, anisotropy, amplitude and to design definitive experiments to detect it. This could involve analysing the proper motions of millions of galaxies for correlated flow patterns or developing new, ultra-sensitive instruments capable of measuring minute spatial strains over astronomical distances.
The Universal Flow Field Theory is more than a new explanation for gravity; it is an invitation to see the universe anew. It suggests a cosmos that is mechanical, dynamic and fluid. It replaces the abstract geometry of curved spacetime with the tangible motion of a flowing medium. It does not seek to overturn the giants of physics but to complete their work by answering the question they could not: What is the cause? I propose that the cause is a current. And it is my deepest hope that the scientific community will join me in learning to navigate its depths.
