Energy-Based Interpretation of General Relativity

Short Description This hypothesis develops a speculative alternative interpretation of physical reality based on the framework of General Relativity. The starting point is not a modification of Einstein's field equations, but a change in their ontological interpretation. The central assumption is: Universe = E The universe is understood as a connected energy system. In this interpretation, matter is not treated as an independent fundamental building block, but as a stable, bound, and organized state of the underlying energy. This means that the hypothesis initially does not introduce a new gravitational equation or replace the mathematical framework of General Relativity. Instead, it abandons the ontological separation between matter and energy and asks whether matter can be understood entirely as a particular organized state of energy. Accordingly, the Einstein field equations remain unchanged: G_mu_nu = (8 * pi * G / c^4) * T_mu_nu The change therefore lies not in the equation itself, but in its interpretation: Standard interpretation (simplified): Matter / Energy → T_mu_nu This interpretation: Energy → T_mu_nu Matter is consequently understood as a specific state of the underlying energy rather than as a separate fundamental category. Building on this starting point, the hypothesis explores the possibility that fundamental energy propagates outward from a central white-hole state in the form of radial wave structures. These waves are understood as structures composed of photons. Through local interactions, oscillations, polarization, and gravitational feedback, stable bound energy states and therefore structures of matter could potentially emerge. The hypothesis also considers the Big Bang not necessarily as a completed one-time event, but as a possibly ongoing cosmological process of development. The proposed microscopic and cosmological mechanisms are explicitly speculative. Whether they can lead to mathematically consistent solutions and testable predictions remains an open question. The hypothesis is therefore not presented as an established physical theory, but as a starting point for possible further mathematical investigation.