This diagram shows gravity and inertia as two expressions of the same underlying process:
the geometry of phase.
Left: Phase-Based Gravity (Stationary Mass)
A stationary mass (like Earth) delays the passage of phase.
This creates concentric phase surfaces that become denser closer to the mass.
Objects naturally move along this inward phase gradient — not because a force “pulls” them, but because motion follows the geometry of phase itself.
Causal order:
Phase gradient → acceleration → F=ma
Gravity is therefore not a force in itself, but an emergent consequence of phase structure.
Right: Phase-Based Inertia (Uniform Motion)
An object in uniform motion carries its phase structure with it.
The phase surfaces are tilted, but no new gradient is created.
This explains Newton’s First Law:
An object in motion continues in motion unless acted upon by an external interaction.
Only external interactions (collisions, fields, radiation exchange) create new phase gradients — and therefore acceleration.
Why this matters
It explains why free-fall feels weightless
It explains why inertia exists
It explains why gravity and acceleration are equivalent
It removes the need for a mysterious “gravitational force”
Gravity becomes a geometric effect of phase, consistent with Einstein’s equivalence principle and compatible with quantum processes.
This idea is part of Quantum Atom Theory (QAT) —
a theory by a dyslexic artist exploring the physics of time.
