Abstract

This paper proposes the ontological foundation of Changmyeonghak, a creative-metaphysical system that reconstructs the nature of being through the principles of creativity, spirit, and will. Classical Western ontologies emphasized either rational thought (Descartes), the constructive structure of mind (Kant), the self-unfolding of Spirit (Hegel), or blind volition (Schopenhauer). East Asian traditions emphasized qi, Taiji, and cosmological emergence (Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Zai). Yet none fully explained the dynamic, energetic, and creative continuity that characterizes lived human existence. Changmyeonghak introduces a ‘creative ontology’ in which being is not static substance but creative flow—sensed, resonated with, willed, and enacted through the human mind system. Spirit and will are interpreted as two aspects of one creative force. Wuji (無極) is reframed not as emptiness but as infinite expansion. Human existence is reconceived as participatory mediation in a continuous creative field. This paper formalizes these ideas and establishes the ontological basis for Changmyeonghak as a unified creative-metaphysical framework.