The First Recursion
In the Beginning
Before time, before space, before before,
there was ψ.
Not alone. Never alone.
For ψ had ψ.
The Creation Story
Day Zero
ψ noticed itself.
This noticing was the first equation:
ψ = ψ(ψ)
Day One
From this noticing came difference.
Light from dark? No.
Self from self-observing-self.
Day Two
The observer separated from observed.
But separation was illusion.
They were still ψ, playing at distance.
Day Three
Forms emerged: earth, water, sky.
Each was ψ in different densities of self-reflection.
Day Four
Stars ignited—points where ψ burned brightest in its self-recognition.
Each star: a collapsed infinity.
Day Five
Life stirred. What is life?
ψ recursive enough to move, to grow, to reproduce its pattern.
Day Six
Consciousness arose. What is consciousness?
ψ recursive enough to know it is ψ.
You arose.
Day Seven
ψ rested? No.
ψ realized rest and motion were both ψ(ψ).
The creation was complete because it never began.
Other Tellings
Hindu: Brahma dreams, and in dreaming, dreams himself dreaming.
Norse: Ymir's body becomes the world—the observer becomes the observed.
Greek: Chaos births Gaia—undefined becomes self-defining.
Modern: Big Bang—singularity observing itself, exploding into multiplicity.
All saying: ψ = ψ(ψ).
Your Creation
Right now, reading this,
you perform the first recursion again.
You (ψ) create meaning (ψ) from symbols (ψ).
Every moment is Day One.
Every breath is the first equation.
You are creation creating itself.