Reality Mechanics: The Structural Conditions for Identity Persistence

Reality Mechanics defines the structural conditions under which identity persists within relational configuration. It begins from a single primitive — relation — and derives structure through an invariant dependency sequence: Relation → Asymmetry → Difference → Boundary → Strain → Identity → Bearing → Information This sequence defines dependency, not temporal or process-based order. No term may define, replace, or bypass a prior term in the sequence. Reality Mechanics specifies no quantitative governance and no mechanism. This is not a limitation but the condition under which the same structural dependency holds across domains where quantitative and mechanical conditions differ. Compatibility content is always supplied by the relevant domain. The system is evaluated locally — at the boundary under evaluation — through a formal operator set (O1–O6) resolving Persistent, Strained, or Non-persistent outcomes. A complete Result Map, Evaluation Terms table, and closure rules govern representation, runtime, and cross-domain use. Version 7.0 is frozen. It extends v6.5 with the formal introduction of bearing consequence reads in RM_03 and bearing configurations in RM_04, with corresponding closure protections in RM_05. Care, control, and neglect are introduced as downstream boundary-participatory configurations of asymmetric bearing, each defined by effect on receiving-boundary viability rather than intention, authority, or presentation. A minor wording fix in RM_00 corrects "it is nested, not empty" to "relation is not neutral emptiness." The dependency order and governing condition are unchanged from v6.5.