Conditions for Observational-Realm Formation — A Dynamical Model of Unified Experience Formation

Why does large-scale information input not automatically generate unified experience? Why can systems selectively prioritize information instead of passively receiving all available signals? Why can multiple processing pathways converge into unified objects rather than remain independent streams? This work proposes a dynamical framework for the emergence of unified experience. The framework argues that unified experience does not emerge from input alone, but requires multiple structural conditions simultaneously, including input acceptance capability, bidirectional maintenance loops, cross-process coordination, and sustained stabilization mechanisms. The framework further distinguishes between information entering a system and information becoming part of unified experience. Input dynamics, active regulation, circuit coordination, and long-term maintenance jointly determine whether unified experience can emerge. The model establishes dynamical relationships among unified experience formation, circuit coordination, input selection, structural alignment, and long-term stabilization. The framework aims to provide a unified explanation for consciousness formation, attention mechanisms, multimodal integration, active regulation, unified experience generation, and long-timescale cognitive stability. This work belongs to the Field Chapters of On Self-Manifestation and focuses on mechanisms by which organized cognitive systems generate unified experiential structures.