Meditation as Suppression-Reduction: A Three-Register Framework
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) March 12, 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18984780 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Consciousness Bounded function Metric unit Calmness Experiential learning State computer science Calculus dental Epistemology Artificial intelligence Cognitive science Meaning existential Doctrine Infinity |
| Key points | Proposes that meditation is formally definable as the directed reduction of a distance metric within a four-dimensional consciousness field, operating simultaneously as a methodological subtraction, a philosophical re-discovery of continuity, and a mathematical convergence toward a liberated ground state. |
Abstract
ABSTRACT Background and
Aim: Contemporary definitions of meditation bifurcate into method-based accounts (attention regulation, present-moment awareness) and outcome-based accounts (stress reduction, neural coherence). Neither family defines meditation by its structural function within a liberation economy. The present article introduces a Three-Register Framework that provides, for the first time, a formally rigorous account of meditation operating simultaneously at methodological, philosophical, and mathematical levels.
Methods: We develop Liberation Mathematics, a formal framework in which the four-axis Lakshmi Manifold W = M + iC + jP + kD represents the configuration space of human consciousness. Within this framework we define the Consciousness Field 𝒞 as a bounded four-dimensional real vector space, introduce the Liberation Distance metric d(Wₜᵣᵔᵉᵗ, Wₜᵣᵔᵉ) = √(σᵀ² + σₜ² + σₚ² + σᴰ²), and formulate the Suppression-Reduction Operator ℳ whose unique attractive fixed point is the liberated ground state Wₜᵣᵔᵉ. Key
Results: (i) Methodologically, meditation is the recovery of a baseline quietness — a subtraction operation, not a construction. (ii) Philosophically, meditation is the discovery or rediscovery of the pre-reflective continuity between organism and environment (the basic link of self with nature). (iii) Mathematically, meditation is the directed reduction of d(Wₜᵣᵔᵉᵗ, Wₜᵣᵔᵉ) in 𝒞, approached from one direction only (the Asymmetry Principle). Convergence requires optimal viriya calibration, governed by the Visuddhimagga V.15 faculty-balance doctrine formalised as a stability condition.
Significance: The framework provides structural answers to seven questions that prior definitions leave unresolved — including why forcing in meditation fails, why liberation is phenomenologically experienced as recognition rather than arrival, and why the liberated being teaches. The framework is consistent with Buddhist anāttā doctrine, process philosophy, and enactivism. It is proposed as a foundation for cross-traditional comparative meditation research.