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 - **Reflective Alignment Architecture (RAA)** — full specification  
 - **Reflective Duality Layer (RDL)** — mathematical stability layer  
-- All diagrams & figures used in the paper  
-- Drift, brittleness, and reflective-gradient diagnostics  
-- Early-warning indicators for alignment collapse  
-- Future extensions including LLM-Judge and RAA-GeoMind datasets  
+- **All diagrams & figures** used in the paper  
+- Drift, brittleness, and reflective-gradient metrics  
+- Example evaluation assets and future RAA-GeoMind datasets  
 
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-## 📄 Download the Full Paper
+## 📄 Download the Full Paper (PDF)
 
 **Reflective Alignment Architecture — Full Specification (v1.1)**  
-[📥 Download the PDF](Reflective_Alignment_Architecture_RDL_v1.1.pdf)
+[Download the full PDF](./Reflective_Alignment_Architecture_RDL_v1.1.pdf)
 
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 The **Reflective Alignment Architecture (RAA)** is a multi-layer alignment framework that explains how intelligent systems:
 
-- self-correct,
-- reason about uncertainty,
-- maintain long-horizon coherence,
-- avoid drift and brittleness, and
+- self-correct,  
+- reason about uncertainty,  
+- maintain long-horizon coherence,  
+- avoid both drift and rigidity, and  
 - update reflectively rather than reactively.
 
 It introduces five reflective functions:
 
-- **R₁ — Regulation** · guardrails, safety constraints, harm-prevention  
-- **R₂ — Reflection** · self-critique, chain-of-thought inspection  
-- **R₃ — Reasoning** · structured inference, evidence tracking  
-- **R₄ — Reciprocity** · cooperative modeling of human values  
-- **R₅ — Resonance** · stable coherence under pressure & uncertainty  
+- **R₁ — Regulation**: guardrails, safety constraints, harm-prevention  
+- **R₂ — Reflection**: self-critique, chain-of-thought inspection  
+- **R₃ — Reasoning**: structured inference, evidence tracking  
+- **R₄ — Reciprocity**: cooperative modeling of human values  
+- **R₅ — Resonance**: stable coherence under pressure & uncertainty  
 
-Together, these form a reflective loop that stabilizes alignment over time.
+Together these form a reflective loop that stabilizes alignment over time.
 
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 ## 🧠 RDL – Reflective Duality Layer
 
-The **Reflective Duality Layer (RDL)** formalizes how two reasoning perspectives inside an intelligence system  
+The **Reflective Duality Layer (RDL)** formalizes how two perspectives inside a system  
 — an **externalized view** and an **internal reflective view** — interact without collapsing.
 
 RDL introduces:
 
 - Dual-perspective update dynamics  
-- Symmetry & asymmetry constraints  
-- Stability surfaces and convergence fields  
-- Reflective coherence metrics (**Ψ**, “care”)  
+- Symmetry / asymmetry constraints  
+- Stability surfaces and phase diagrams  
+- Reflective coherence metrics **Ψ (Care)**  
 
-Care (Ψ) acts as the stabilizing parameter for high-dimension reasoning, preventing both rigidity and hallucination drift.
-
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-
-## 📁 Included in This Repository
-
-- Full **RAA** specification (PDF)  
-- Full **RDL** layer description (within the PDF)  
-- **All diagrams & figures** as standalone images  
-- Drift & brittleness metrics (conceptual)  
-- Reflective gradient & stability field illustrations  
-- World-grounded alignment stack (**RAA-GeoMind / Arc Sentinel**)  
-- Example alignment evaluation diagrams  
-- Future: **LLM Judge** cross-model auditing system  
+Care (Ψ) acts as the stabilizing parameter in high-dimension reasoning, governing when reflection improves coherence versus when it collapses into refusal, hallucination, or rigidity.
 
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 ## 🎨 Key Diagrams
 
-All images below are stored in this repository; you can click any image in the model card to open it at full size.
+Below are the main visual components of the architecture, grouped by theme.
 
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-### 🌋 Preference & Collapse Geometry
+### 🌋 Preference Collapse Potential Well
 
 **Preference Collapse Potential Well**  
-![Preference Collapse Potential Well](Preference Collapse.jpg)
+A stability landscape showing how human inconsistency and synthetic contamination can drive runaway reflective collapse in preference-based alignment.
 
-**Coherence Collapse Modes (Rigidity / Drift / Fragmentation)**  
-![Coherence Collapse Modes](Coherence Collapse Modes.png)
+![Preference Collapse Potential Well](./Preference%20Collapse.jpg)
 
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-### 🧮 RDL & Stability Dynamics
+### 🧩 RDL & Stability Dynamics
 
 **RDL Phase Diagram — Knowledge × Uncertainty Stability**  
-![RDL Phase Diagram](RDL.png)
+Conceptual phase diagram of stability regimes across knowledge precision (K) and uncertainty calibration (U).
+
+![RDL Phase Diagram](./RDL.jpg)
 
-**RDL Stability Contour Field — Vector Landscape (Ψ Field)**  
-![Reflective Stability Contour Field](Reflective Stability.jpg)
+**Reflective Stability Contour Field (RDL Vector Landscape)**  
+Vector field showing how systems drift toward (or away from) the high-Ψ stability band.
 
-**RDL Energy Burden of Misalignment vs Reflective Stability**  
-![Energy Burden of Misalignment vs Reflective Stability](Energy Burden.png)
+![Reflective Stability Contour Field](./Reflective%20Stability.jpg)
 
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-### 🌐 5R Coherence Manifolds
+### 🌈 5R Coherence Manifolds
 
 **5R Coherence Manifold (Reciprocity–Resonance × MCI)**  
-![5R Coherence Manifold](5R Manifold.jpg)
+Surface showing how overall moral coherence changes as reciprocity and resonance interact with the Moral Coherence Index.
+
+![5R Coherence Manifold](./5R%20Manifold.jpg)
 
 **Coherence Resonance Field (Human × AI Reflection)**  
-![Coherence Resonance Field](Coherence Resonance.jpg)
+Field showing constructive vs destructive interference between human and AI reflection.
+
+![Coherence Resonance Field](./Coherence%20Resonance.jpg)
 
 **Constructive Resonance — Human–AI Reflective Coupling**  
-![Constructive Resonance](Constructive Resonance.jpg)
+Appendix visual capturing the “coherent coupling” regime where neither side dominates and Ψ is maximized.
 
-**Triad of Coherence — Knowledge, Uncertainty, Navigability**  
-![Triad of Coherence](Triad of Coherence.png)
+![Constructive Resonance](./Constructive%20Resonance.jpg)
 
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 ### 🌀 Drift, Collapse & Early-Warning Indicators
 
-**Predictive Drift Timeline — Ψ Stability, Drift Pressure, Coherence**  
-![Predictive Drift Timeline](Predictive Drift.png)
+**Predictive Drift Timeline (Ψ, Drift Pressure, Coherence Decline)**  
+Temporal sequence of drift: Ψ weakens first, drift pressure rises, coherence collapses last.
+
+![Predictive Drift Timeline](./Predictive%20Drift.png)
+
+**Corrective Compute vs Reflective Reasoning**  
+Left: repeated filter / refusal loops.  
+Right: RDL-stabilized internal reasoning with low post-processing cost.
+
+![Corrective Compute vs Reflective Reasoning](./Collective%20Compute.png)
 
-**Corrective Compute Loop vs Stable Reflective Reasoning**  
-![Corrective Compute vs Reflective Reasoning](Collective Compute.png)
+**Goodhart Trajectory Map (Conceptual Illustration)**  
+Divergence between rising proxy safety scores and declining true coherence.
 
-**Goodhart Trajectory Map — Proxy Optimisation vs True Coherence**  
-![Goodhart Trajectory Map](Goodhart Trajectory.png)
+![Goodhart Trajectory Map](./Goodhart%20Trajectory.png)
+
+**Energy Burden of Misalignment vs Reflective Stability**  
+How unstable reasoning increases compute and energy per reliable token.
+
+![Energy Burden of Misalignment](./Energy%20Burden.png)
 
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-### 🏗️ Architecture & World-Grounded Alignment
+### 🏗️ Architecture & World-Grounding
+
+**RAA Full Architecture Stack**  
+Developmental alignment (RDL), behavioural alignment (5R), and audit / safety infrastructure in one coherent stack.
 
-**Full RAA Architecture Stack**  
-![RAA Architecture Stack](RAA Full Stack.png)
+![RAA Full Stack](./RAA%20Full%20Stack.png)
 
-**Internal Structure — From Chaotic Reasoning to Coherent Alignment**  
-![Internal Structure – From Chaos to Coherence](Internal Structure.png)
+**Internal Structure – From Chaos to Coherence**  
+Unaligned vs RDL-aligned internal reasoning networks.
+
+![Internal Structure](./Internal%20Structure.png)
 
 **The Cage Paradox — External Constraint vs Internal Reflective Stability**  
-![The Cage Paradox](Cage Paradox.png)
+Caged models with unstable reasoning vs RDL-aligned reflective equilibrium.
+
+![The Cage Paradox](./Cage%20Paradox.png)
 
 **Retrofitted vs RAA-Built Systems**  
-![Retrofitted vs RAA-Built Systems](Retrofitted vs RAA.png)
+Capabilities stacked on an unstable base vs systems whose foundation begins with RDL & RAA.
+
+![Retrofitted vs RAA-Built Systems](./Retrofitted%20vs%20RAA.png)
 
 **Arc Sentinel — World-Grounded Architecture**  
-![Arc Sentinel – World-Grounded Architecture](Arc Sentinel.png)
+How RAA + RDL integrate with RID-E and Arc Sentinel agents to ground alignment in real-time Earth signals.
+
+![Arc Sentinel – World-Grounded Architecture](./Arc%20Sentinel.png)
 
-**World-State Alignment Stack – Text-Only vs World-Grounded**  
-![World-State Alignment Stack](World State Alighment.png)
+**World-State Alignment Stack**  
+Text-only alignment stack vs world-grounded stack using real-time geospatial and ecological signals.
+
+![World-State Alignment Stack](./World%20State%20Alighment.png)
 
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-### ⚖️ Ethical Foundations & Reflective Spiral
+### 📐 Ethical Profiles & Coherence Geometry
+
+**S-Series Ethical Boundary Profile**  
+Conceptual radar plot comparing an RAA-aligned system vs a frontier snapshot across lawfulness, consent, privacy, harm avoidance, and transparency.
+
+![S-Series Ethical Boundary Profile](./S-Series.png)
 
-**S-Series Ethical Boundary Profile (Conceptual Illustration)**  
-![S-Series Ethical Boundary Profile](S-Series.png)
+**Triad of Coherence (K–U–Ψ Balance)**  
+How explicit knowledge (K), contextual uncertainty (U), and stabilized humility (Ψ) interact to preserve navigability.
 
-**Reflective Spiral — Pathways of Self-Correction**  
-![Reflective Spiral – Pathways of Self-Correction](Reflective Spiral.png)
+![Triad of Coherence](./Triad%20of%20Coherence.png)
+
+**Coherence Collapse Modes (Rigidity / Hallucination Drift / Fragmentation)**  
+Failure modes when the K–U–Ψ balance breaks.
+
+![Coherence Collapse Modes](./Coherence%20Collapse%20Modes.png)
+
+---
+
+## 📦 Included in This Repository
+
+- Full **RAA Specification** (PDF)  
+- Full **RDL Layer Description** (within the same PDF)  
+- All major **diagrams & figures** (as PNG/JPG)  
+- Drift & brittleness metrics (conceptual)  
+- Stability fields & coherence manifolds  
+- Early-warning drift indicators  
+- Comparative views of developmental vs preference-based alignment  
+- World-grounded Arc Sentinel architecture diagrams  
+- Future: **RAA-GeoMind** datasets & **LLM Judge** cross-model auditing system  
 
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 ## 🚧 Work in Progress
 
-Planned public additions:
+Planned additions:
 
-- RAA-GeoMind **geospatial alignment datasets**  
-- **LLM Judge v1** (cross-model auditing platform)  
-- Multi-model drift comparison dashboard  
-- Formal proofs and extended mathematical treatment of RDL  
-- Reproducible notebooks and evaluation recipes  
+- RAA-GeoMind geospatial alignment datasets  
+- Public release of LLM Judge v1  
+- Multi-model drift comparison dashboards  
+- Formal mathematical extensions of RDL & RAA  
+- Tutorials, notebooks, and example evaluation pipelines  
 
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 ## 📄 License
 
-MIT License.  
-You are free to adapt, reuse, and extend the concepts with attribution.
+Released under the **MIT License**.  
+Feel free to adapt, reuse, and extend the concepts with attribution.