Constant Time Theory (CTT) starts with a bold but simple idea:
time is the fundamental field of reality.
Everything else—space, matter, energy, information, even consciousness—emerges from the way this field behaves.

These postulates are not assumptions, but necessary consequences.
If time is the fundamental field of reality, then existence must behave in certain ways. The statements that follow describe those behaviours in their simplest form. Individually they are modest; together they define the framework of Constant Time Theory and its view of reality as continuously renewed in the present.

Before theories, equations, or measurements, there is experience.
This section steps back from formal models to consider time as it is lived, perceived, and understood. By examining how humans have related to time—through memory, change, and continuity—we begin to see why time feels fundamental, and why any account of reality must begin with it.

In Constant Time Theory, time is not a dimension through which reality moves, but the field from which it arises.
This section introduces the temporal field as the underlying substrate of existence—continually renewing the present and giving rise to structure, change, and persistence. From this perspective, space, matter, and causation emerge as expressions of time itself.

Change cannot be explained by static existence.
If reality were simply continuous and unbroken, nothing genuinely new could occur. Constant Time Theory proposes renewal as the minimal mechanism that allows both change and persistence—enabling reality to update without collapsing into chaos or freezing into permanence. Renewal is not an added feature of time; it is what makes time real.

If reality is continuously renewed, that renewal must occur at a rate.
This section explores the idea that the universe updates at an extremely high but finite frequency, setting a fundamental limit on change, information transfer, and physical processes. Rather than being an abstract constant, this frequency defines the rhythm by which the present moment exists.

Physical effects do not act upon time; they arise from it.
In Constant Time Theory, forces, particles, and motion emerge from the interaction between renewal and structure within the temporal field. This section shows how familiar physical behaviour can be understood as stable patterns formed and sustained through continual temporal renewal.

Relativity describes how time is measured, not what time is.
This section revisits relativity and Minkowski spacetime through the lens of Constant Time Theory, introducing the renewal limit as a unifying constraint. From this view, relativistic effects emerge naturally from a single, renewing present rather than the absence of simultaneity itself.

The Big Bang need not mark the beginning of time.
In Constant Time Theory, it is better understood as a transformation in how the universe expressed structure and renewal. This section reframes the Big Bang as a phase change within an already-existing temporal field, avoiding the paradoxes that arise when time itself is treated as having a starting point.

Consciousness is not something that exists within time; it is something that arises with it.
This section explores awareness as a structured process sustained across continual renewal, where perception, memory, and identity persist not as static entities, but as patterns repeatedly re-instantiated in the present moment.

If reality renews, identity cannot be a fixed object.
This section examines personal identity as continuity of structure rather than permanence of substance. Memory, character, and selfhood persist because stable patterns are carried forward through renewal, allowing change without loss of self in a universe that is continually becoming.

Free will is often framed as a conflict between freedom and determinism.
In a renewing universe, this opposition dissolves. This section explores choice as an emergent feature of structured renewal, where decisions arise in the present from enduring patterns, without requiring either absolute randomness or a fixed, predetermined future.

Ethics concerns how patterns are carried forward through time.
In a renewing universe, actions matter because they shape what persists. This section explores morality not as a set of imposed rules, but as the responsibility that arises when present choices influence the structures that endure across renewal, affecting others now and in the future.

If only the present exists, knowledge cannot be stored in the past.
This section examines understanding as a living structure, continually re-instantiated through renewal. Memory, learning, and truth persist not as fixed records, but as stable patterns maintained in the present, allowing knowledge to endure without requiring a timeless archive.

No theory develops in isolation.
This section situates Constant Time Theory within the wider landscape of physics and philosophy, acknowledging ideas that resonate with, challenge, or inform its development. These works are not presented as authorities, but as part of an ongoing conversation about the nature of time, reality, and existence.

Every framework clarifies some questions and leaves others open.
This final section summarises the core ideas of Constant Time Theory, addresses its current limitations, and acknowledges where further work is needed. The glossary that follows provides clear definitions to support careful reading and ongoing exploration.

Mathematics does not create reality; it describes its constraints.
This section introduces the mathematical language used to express Constant Time Theory, not as a complete formal system, but as a structured way to articulate renewal, limits, and persistence. The aim is clarity, not abstraction, grounding the theory’s ideas in measurable relationships.

Evolution depends on continuity through change.
A temporal-field model of reality provides a natural foundation for this process, where structures that persist across renewal are favoured over those that do not. This section explores how variation, selection, and adaptation emerge naturally when life is understood as stable patterning within a continuously renewing present.

A universe that continually rebuilds itself does not erase life; it tests it.
Living systems endure because they form patterns stable enough to be carried forward through renewal. This section explores why life persists not in spite of constant rebuilding, but because renewal favours structures capable of maintaining coherence while adapting to change.