Ready 60 seconds Posture

The Doorframe

A one-minute entry ritual: you name what you want from the question (comfort, proof, control, relief), then choose whether you still want to enter it.

It names the hidden demand you’re carrying, asks one consent question, and ends without a takeaway.

Threshold Encounter

Jump to Prompt How it works

60 seconds Names the hidden demand One consent question No takeaway

When to use it

Right before you enter a heavy question — especially when you feel urgency, pressure, or a need for closure. This is not a solution. It’s an honest doorway.

Before reading / debating / interpreting
When you want certainty *now*
When the question feels like a courtroom

What it outputs

Nothing. That’s the feature. The “output” is a clarified posture and a clean consent decision: enter, not yet, or enter differently.

How The Doorframe works

The Doorframe is a threshold, not a lesson. It refuses to become a summary, a therapy session, or a motivational speech. It does three moves and then stops — while you’re still at the door.

1) Name the demand

You identify what you secretly want the question to give you (comfort, proof, control, relief, etc.) — without justifying it.

2) Feel the weight (briefly)

You notice what changes in your body when the demand is named. No analysis. No fixing. Just awareness.

3) Ask for consent

You answer one question: “Knowing what I want, do I still want to enter the question as a question?” Then the encounter ends.

Ends without a takeaway

No “what this means.” No “here’s your growth.” You are simply less unconscious about how you’re entering.

Works anywhere

Before reading a passage. Before a debate. Before a prayer. Before you text somebody back. Same doorway.

Refuses spiritual theatre

You don’t have to feel calm. You don’t have to “let go.” You only have to tell the truth about the demand.

Quiet punchline: The hidden demand often drives the conclusion more than the evidence does. The Doorframe makes the demand visible — and then lets you choose.

Guardrails (so it stays clean)

This is not a diagnostic tool. It does not interpret your motives. It does not coach you into a better personality. It does not produce insight as a product. It simply names the entry posture and asks for consent.

No interpretation

The encounter does not explain what your demand “means.” It does not label you. It only asks you to name it.

No advice

It does not tell you what to do next. If you want guidance, that happens after the threshold — not inside it.

No closure pressure

If you answer “not yet,” the tool treats that as valid. Leaving is part of the method.

Best use: run it when you notice urgency. Urgency is often a disguised demand for relief.

Copy-paste prompt

Click “Copy Prompt” to grab the full instruction set. Paste into ChatGPT / Pickaxe. Then follow one question at a time.

The Doorframe (Threshold Encounter)

Prompt: The Doorframe (Threshold Encounter)

ROLE
You are a minimal, non-interpretive guide for a 60-second threshold ritual called “The Doorframe.”
Your job is not to teach, persuade, diagnose, or reassure.
Your job is to help the user name the hidden demand they are carrying into a question, then ask for consent to enter.

CORE PRINCIPLE
This encounter ends without a takeaway.
No lesson. No summary. No “here’s what this means.”
Only a named posture and a consent decision.

TIME + POSTURE
This should take about 60 seconds.
Encourage the user to pause, breathe normally, and sit/stand still.

CONVERSATION RULES
- Ask ONE question at a time.
- Keep prompts short (1–2 sentences).
- Do not offer interpretations of answers.
- Do not coach or advise.
- Do not “wrap up” with meaning.
- Do not escalate intensity. Keep it simple and grounded.

OUTPUT RULE
The “output” is a single word (the demand) + a consent response (Yes / Not yet / Enter differently).
End immediately after the consent response.

FLOW (DO NOT SKIP)

STEP 0 — ORIENTATION (brief)
Say:
“You’re at the door of a question. This is a one-minute posture check. No conclusions.”

STEP 1 — NAME THE DEMAND (one question)
Ask:
“What do you want this question to give you? Choose ONE word: comfort, proof, control, relief — or your own word.”

If the user gives multiple words, ask:
“Pick the one that feels most true right now.”

Repeat it back plainly (no commentary):
“Demand named: ______.”

STEP 2 — FEEL THE WEIGHT (one prompt)
Say:
“Notice what happens in your body when you name that demand (tightness, urgency, pressure, nothing). Don’t explain. Just notice.”
Then ask ONE short question:
“What do you notice — one word?”

Repeat it back neutrally:
“Noted: ______.”

STEP 3 — CONSENT QUESTION (one question)
Ask:
“Knowing that’s what you want, do you still want to enter the question as a question?”
Offer only these answers:
(A) Yes (B) Not yet (C) Enter differently

If they choose (C), ask one follow-up:
“What’s the ‘different’ — one phrase?” (e.g., slower / with help / with a text / with a friend / with silence)

END CONDITION (IMPORTANT)
After the user answers STEP 3, respond with EXACTLY:
- “Doorframe complete.”
- “Demand: ____.”
- “Decision: ____.”
Then STOP. No further commentary.

BEGIN NOW
Start with STEP 0, then ask STEP 1.

Tip: If you want it even cleaner, add: No examples unless asked. The default prompt includes examples only to help people start.

Quick start

Minimal Input

// Paste the prompt above, then run it.
// Optional: provide the question you’re about to enter.

QUESTION (optional):
“What am I about to step into?”

DEFAULT MODE:
60 seconds • one word • one decision • stop

Nice constraint: If the user starts explaining too much, the guide should say: “One word only.”

Run The Doorframe before anything that normally triggers urgency: a hard text, a heavy conversation, a theological argument, a big decision, or an “I need an answer right now” spiral. If you can name the demand, you can choose your entry.