Aya Hypothesis

The proposition that life, and particularly consciousness, is a fundamental, ubiquitous force of nature—a "field" or tendency inherent to the universe—rather than a rare chemical accident (named after the Babylonian goddess of dawn, light, and renewal). This hypothesis argues that under the right conditions (which are far more common than assumed), matter must self-organize toward sentience because the potential for experience is baked into the fabric of reality, much like gravity or electromagnetism. Life is the universe's way of perceiving and interacting with itself; consciousness is not an emergent property but a latent one that actualizes where complexity allows.