Black Holes as Modal Recycling Centres: Stabilizing the Jestin Modal-Actuality Framework

This paper proposes a new metaphysical role for black holes within the Jestin Modal–Actuality Framework. Jestin’s Constant (J) establishes that actualisation is irreversible and that the total informational content of the universe must remain constant. This creates a structural tension: if actuality accumulates indefinitely, the system risks modal depletion and eventual collapse. I argue that black holes function as the universe’s intrinsic stabilizing mechanism. By consuming actuality, separating medium from information, retaining mass-energy, and releasing information as Hawking radiation, black holes recycle excess actuality back into the modal field without reversing actualisation. This restores balance, preserves J, and prevents runaway actualisation. The paper formalizes this role and situates black holes as metaphysical regulators essential to cosmic stability.