Rethinking the Primordial Background: The Vacuum as Pure Potentiality and the Emergence of Interference Waves

A persistent conceptual hurdle in modern physical ontology is the unexamined assumption of "nothingness." Contemporary physics frequently treats the vacuum, space, and time as baseline backgrounds, yet rarely provides a fundamental conceptual explanation for what space and time are prior to geometric parameterization or quantum fluctuations. This paper proposes a qualitative, non-substance ontology to bridge this conceptual gap. We argue that "nothing" (the perfect vacuum) is not an empty void, but a continuous field of pure directional and positional potential. By defining Space as an isotropic field of absolute potentiality (allowable directions for occupation) and Time as an asymmetric low-dimensional directional constraint (the transition between order and disorder / entropy), we demonstrate how the dynamic tension between these two distinct abstractions generates topological friction. This interaction produces continuous non-local undulations, offering a framework that re-conceptualizes matter, objects, and observers not as static physical entities, but as temporary interference states (eddies) within an underlying, unbroken wave motion. Finally, we address why human cognition necessity projects artificial "points," "pixels," and "particles" onto this continuous motion to navigate a physical reality.