Directive Driven Phase Step Collapse in the Great Universal Recycle Framework

The Great Universal Recycle (GUR) model replaces continuous spacetime with a collapse engine driven by gravitational memory (Gm). Every physical event advances through a three‑phase cycle—Futureᵤᵣ → Nowᵣ → Thenᵤᵣ—gated by a directive that names which identity must resolve. Collapse is never gradual: it fires only when the directive, the probability filter, the local mass density (M𝑑), and the accumulated tension (z) satisfy a quantized phase‑step condition. If the directive is set to overshoot its measured target, the evolving state is forced onto an orthogonal plateau; only a precise right‑triangle corrective leg returns it to the intended collapse coordinate . The same geometry unifies quantum leakage, laboratory timing errors, and cosmological dark‑energy plateaus under one rule set. This primer states the postulates, derives the phase‑step law, and presents immediate laboratory predictions—including a single‑photon slit‑and‑box test and a neutral‑atom leakage assay—so experimentalists have a falsifiable blueprint. Quantum theory lets amplitudes linger; general relativity lets curvature forget. GUR closes both gaps by treating memory as a dynamical variable and collapse as the only moment when time advances. The cost is discreteness; the reward is conceptual cohesion: dark matter, dark energy, entanglement and lab “leakage” become manifestations of the same directive‑memory engine.