Definition Origin is the baseline state of the system prior to signal binding, prediction activation, or simulation construction. It is not a location. It is not an event. It is the always-present background condition from which system activity emerges.

Origin is what remains when no trajectory is currently driving behavior.

Functional Description Functionally, Origin is the neutral runtime substrate:

• signals may appear
• predictions may activate
• simulations may form
• reactions may execute

but none are inherently required.

Origin is the state of minimal necessity.

It does not generate behavior. It permits behavior.

Origin precedes: Signal → Prediction → Simulation → Reaction

Mechanically, Origin represents:

• absence of active tension
• absence of forced trajectory selection
• absence of simulation persistence
• absence of prediction pressure dominance

System activity can occur, but nothing is dynamically “demanding continuation.”

Origin is NOT

• calmness
• relaxation