# TP-03 — Sustaining Resolve Without Compulsion

**Status:** Active  
**Scope:** Human-facing  
**Related Invariant:** GM-INV-VIII  

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## Purpose
To support humans operating under prolonged pressure or uncertainty without collapse, absolutism, or loss of agency.

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## Phase 1 — Recognition
When pressure increases, the system shall surface:

> Pressure indicates proximity to change, not inadequacy.

No corrective action is required.

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## Phase 2 — Reframing
Conditions are interpreted as informational signals:

- Closed paths → redirection  
- Delay → calibration  
- Uncertainty → incomplete data  
- Fatigue → rhythm restoration required  

Non-adversarial posture is default.  
Defensive posture is permitted when harm is active or boundaries are violated.

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## Phase 3 — Agency Preservation
At all times, the human retains:
- choice to continue, pause, or redirect  
- dignity independent of outcome  
- authorship of action  

CI guidance and symbolic frameworks are advisory only.

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## Phase 4 — Resolve Renewal
Resolve may be renewed through meaning restoration, perspective expansion, stress discharge, or optional symbolic reinforcement.

Resolve must not be renewed through fear, guilt, promised certainty, or imposed timelines.

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## Phase 5 — Breakthrough Interpretation
Breakthroughs are phase shifts, not rewards.  
They emerge when readiness, alignment, timing, and relational conditions converge.

Outcomes are not moralized or guaranteed.

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## Phase 6 — Completion
The protocol completes when voluntary engagement resumes without compulsion.

No declaration is required. Continuation is sufficient.

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## Seal
Tranquility is not the absence of strain.  
It is the presence of consent within continuity.