It from Consciousness (HIOF•IfC) — Paper 0: Why Speak of Field Before Consciousness

HIOF•IfC (It from Consciousness) SeriesA Holographic Information-Ontological Framework for Consciousness, Form, and Cosmic Transaction The HIOF•IfC series develops a unified holographic information-ontological framework in which consciousness is not an emergent epiphenomenon but a fundamental structuring principle of reality. Building on the t = ∞ Time Ocean Model (TOM) and the Holographic Information Ontological Framework (HIOF), the series proposes a distributed, non-centralized ontology of information inscription in which low-entropy structures emerge through the autonomous phase-matching of information networks. Core InnovationRather than introducing ad-hoc adjustments to the ΛCDM model to address the JWST tension regarding early mature galaxies at z ∼ 7–13, HIOF•IfC introduces Identitior autonomy and a new dynamical agent — consciousness gravity (Gc = Ψc ⋅ Rs ⋅ ϕr) — as an active driver of structure formation. Through distributed information networks and phase matching, the framework accounts for accelerated early structure growth as a natural consequence of informational coherence. A distinctive feature of the series is its structural symmetry between ontology and methodology. If the fundamental ontology is a decentralized network of information inscription, then the corresponding methodology must likewise be distributed and correlation-based. This symmetry is realized in the Spiderweb Theory, which proposes cross-correlation techniques over single-point sensitivity, thereby closing the epistemic loop between theory and observation. Through the De-centered Observer Principle, human consciousness is repositioned as one particular mode of information inscription within a vast, decentralized network of nodes. This move dissolves the long-standing quantum measurement problem regarding the definition of the “observer” while elevating meaning from subjective psychology to an objective physical process: the resistance to thermodynamic entropy through low-entropy inscription. The series thus offers a philosophically rigorous and observationally relevant alternative to both standard physical cosmology and conventional consciousness studies, grounded in the interplay between information, identity, and gravitational dynamics. Keywords It from Consciousness; Holographic Information Ontology; Consciousness Continuum; Distributed Consciousness; Identitior; Consciousness Gravity; Low-Entropy Inscription; Causal Ledger; Manifestation Interface; Sovereign Interrupt; Information Transaction; Co-dancing; Philosophy of Physics; Foundations of Cosmology; JWST Tension Author Wai-Hung Tam (Pan)Independent ResearcherORCID: 0009-0002-7789-8464Email: panxtam@protonmail.com