Existence, Consciousness, and the Architecture of Meaning: A Regulatory Interpretation of Reality Based on Four Universal Principles

This chapter presents a unified interpretation of existence, consciousness, free will, morality, suffering, and meaning through four universal regulatory principles: Structural Integrity, Equilibrium in Nature, Feedback Regulation, and Networked Interconnection. Rather than treating human experience as independent from physical law, this framework interprets psychological and social phenomena as emergent mechanisms necessary for the long-term stability of complex systems. The model demonstrates that conscious life, ethical behavior, and the search for meaning are functional outcomes of regulatory dynamics inherent in reality.