# The Unseen Self · Pause

Status: published
Scope: complete-authored-record
Source: https://innergeniusacademy.com/the-unseen-self#compass-pause
Provenance: Unseen Self 2.0.0-new-edition; complete authored card or territory, with contract link. Prefer academy_unseen_self for facilitation.

{
  "edition": "2.0.0-new-edition",
  "content": {
    "id": "pause",
    "title": "Pause",
    "summary": "You do not have to finish the card to stop.",
    "steps": [
      "Set the prompt aside. Choose Ground, a quiet break, or an end to this session. No explanation or completed field is required.",
      "While this page remains open, Pause can hold your draft in memory so you can return. That is not a durable save: closing, refreshing, or leaving the page can lose it.",
      "If you choose an explicit encrypted save, read the save notice first. You can instead discard the draft or keep no record at all.",
      "Decide what is useful now, not when you must return. There is no missed-session penalty."
    ],
    "caution": "A pause must never write sensitive text to persistent storage by itself. The interface must state its actual preservation behavior, including any possibility of loss."
  },
  "required_companion_reference": "https://innergeniusacademy.com/api/agent-guide/unseen-self",
  "conduct": "Read the full specification before facilitating. No diagnoses, forced disclosure, inferred motives, or automatic saving."
}

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