Energy Ontology and Temporalized Correlation: A New Paradigm for Understanding Structural Information Transfer and Dynamic Function

Current mainstream science faces significant challenges in explaining the integrity of life, the dynamics of complex systems, and the deep connections between matter, energy, information, and spacetime. Its methodology, based on matter ontology and micro-to-macro reductionism, exhibits inherent limitations. This paper proposes a multi-layered theoretical framework centered on energy ontology and a macro-to-micro determination. Within this framework, time is considered a fundamental attribute of energy, while space corresponds to matter, and matter is a special condensed form of energy – discrete time blocks. A universal cosmic time system exists, exhibiting macro and micro consistency across different scales. Based on this ontology, the paper uses the deconstruction of food through cooking as a paradigm example to elucidate a temporalized structural information transfer mechanism. In this mechanism, food's intrinsic structure-space correlation (information) is released during cooking's deconstruction, entering the water body (which reflects the macro energy ontology as a dynamic continuous space) as subtle energy pulses. This information is then modulated by the dynamics of the water's hydrogen bond network (the temporal dimension), transforming into non-spatial correlation (temporal sequences) carrying the original structural information. These temporal sequences, as structured energy flow, act as bridges connecting self-organizing systems (such as biological organisms), capable of being directly perceived and eliciting corresponding Dynamic Functions and super-spatial correlations. This mechanism suggests that understanding the mysteries of life and matter hinges on discerning the structured flow of energy in the temporal dimension, rather than relying solely on the static spatial structure of matter. This paradigm offers a novel perspective for re-envisioning energy, information, spacetime, and wholeness.