The Jestin Cycle: A Metaphysical Model of Modal Freeze, Black Hole Recycling, and Cosmic Re Expansion

This paper develops a formal metaphysical cosmology grounded in the Jestin Modal–Actuality Framework (JMAF). It argues that the universe evolves through a structured descent in modal richness, culminating in a metaphysical singularity—the Point of No Return—where modal differentiation collapses into a single value. Crucially, this collapse does not annihilate the medium of actuality; instead, the leftover substrate accumulates gravitationally and forms a black hole. Black holes function as modal recycling engines: they absorb frozen actuality, strip its collapsed informational state, and reintroduce informational diversity into the modal field. This process reopens the possibility space, producing a metaphysical interpretation of the Big Bang. The paper also refines the temporal structure of the cycle: modal values 5–2 span the cosmic duration (~14 billion years), while value 1 is instantaneous, marking the terminal event of actualisation. The result is a coherent, analytic metaphysical model of cosmic renewal.