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Index

Catalog by container. Each entry: link · type · status · one-line. The agent updates this every ingest. Read it first when answering a query.

For documents not yet ingested, two distinct states:

  • needs export — the team has written it; drop the source in raw/ to ingest.
  • needs drafting — the System Map names it but it hasn’t been written yet.

📖 See /glossary.md for vocabulary discipline — especially the doubled meaning of “three layers” (wiki’s three rates of change vs. v5’s three architectural levels of the practice).

Guiding Principles — what must remain true

⚠️ Source numbering anomalies (v3) — preserved verbatim per team decision. Gap at statement 8 · duplicate label 14 (two distinct statements) · gap at 22. The team will renumber in review. A renumber will be a wiki-wide operation touching every [[principle-N]] cross-reference across wiki/, plus purpose.md and the fork file. Do not rename principle files in isolation.

Principles

  • principle-1 · principle · under-review · entry condition — desire to live above the line (load-bearing)
  • principle-2 · principle · under-review · core mechanism — translating the body’s wisdom (“presencing” word pending team confirmation)
  • principle-3 · principle · under-review · the practice is one-person presencing via S.E.W.
  • principle-4 · principle · under-review · practice is between you and yourself; group supports willingness
  • principle-5 · principle · under-review · share experience, not advice (load-bearing)
  • principle-6 · principle · under-review · the form does the work, not any individual
  • principle-7 · principle · under-review · the practice is the practice — no bolt-on modalities · ⚠️ friction
  • (no statement 8 — gap in source v3)
  • principle-9 · principle · under-review · spiritual practice, not religious (load-bearing) · v5-confirmed
  • principle-10 · principle · under-review · no central authority; coordination through service
  • principle-11 · principle · under-review · no professional class; willing-to-follow-format can host (load-bearing) · v5-confirmed
  • principle-12 · principle · under-review · no leaders, no gurus; attract rather than promote · v5-confirmed
  • principle-13 · principle · under-review · meeting as open container — structure protects emergence · new in v3 · v5-confirmed
  • principle-14-containers · principle · under-review · practice has multiple homes · new in v3 · ⚠️ duplicate-14 in source
  • principle-14-donation-only · principle · under-review · donation-only; no fees gate access · ⚠️ duplicate-14 in source · v5-confirmed
  • principle-15 · principle · under-review · self-supporting; decline entangling outside funding · v5-confirmed
  • principle-16 · principle · under-review · separation from paid work · ⚠️ friction (hardest to live by) · v5-confirmed
  • principle-17 · principle · under-review · integrity over growth
  • principle-18 · principle · under-review · carry the message by practicing · v5-confirmed
  • principle-19 · principle · under-review · group is not therapy; refer out (load-bearing) · v5-confirmed
  • principle-20 · principle · under-review · Guide–Traveler is a recognized form · new in v3 · v5-confirmed (with naming alternates surfaced)
  • principle-21 · principle · under-review · Guide is not above Traveler · new in v3 · v5-confirmed
  • (no statement 22 — gap in source v3)
  • principle-23 · principle · under-review · no opinion on outside issues
  • principle-24 · principle · under-review · library/practice institutionally independent (distinctive; team to confirm foundational)

Facets (the Six Facets — constitutional value set, new 2026-05-25 from v5)

The Six Facets are the value set the practice answers to — what a member is developing. They live inside Guiding Principles as a sibling page type to principle (per templates/facet.md). Held as under-review pending team confirmation of their relationship to the numbered Principles. All six substantially expanded 2026-05-25 from the Colwell Practice Immersion Manual v3 (Appendix I, pp. 107-109) with canonical “I…” competency lists. Facet 6 gains a trinitarian sub-structure (I trust myself / I trust the world / I trust Source) per the same source.

EPI Foundational Commitments (the four — new 2026-05-25 from Colwell Manual v3)

  • epi-foundational-commitments · facet · under-review · the four personal declarations members make: Above the Line / SEW + unarguable / cocreative / 100% responsibility · distinct from numbered Principles (constitutional) and Facets (developmental)

Practice — what we do

Tools (canonical library)

Core tools filed as canonical anchors — need fuller export from the team’s Coming Home library. Deep-dive tools filed as needs-export stubs so each is individually navigable; full descriptions still needed.

Core Practice (day-one tools for every practitioner):

  • sew · tool · canonical · sensation → emotion → want; the core move · expanded 2026-05-25 with Colwell Manual v3 handouts (SEW one-page, Emotions Flowchart, Sensations Body Map) and The Law permission
  • inner-map · tool · canonical · full canonical writeup · vertical state scale + Bridge + Power Over/Under/With axis · expanded 2026-05-25 with Functions of Each Level of Consciousness table from Colwell Manual v3 (pp. 35-38) + polyvagal mapping + “thoughts anchor, feelings flow”
  • daily-meditation · tool · proposed · 90 seconds daily, three starter forms · team to ratify (v5 spec, not yet team-aligned)
  • core-questions · tool · canonical · 🆕 new 2026-05-25 from Colwell Manual v3 p. 31 · the four questions named “the heart of all this work” (Where am I? What anchors me here? Where do I want to be? How do I move the energy?)

Deep-Dive Tools (engaged when they serve):

🆕 13 tool stubs filled 2026-05-24 from the 2025 ILC Master Curriculum — promoted from needs-export → canonical. Marked below with ILC. Remaining needs-export stubs await future source exports.

🆕 Wave A 2026-05-25: the Colwell Practice Immersion Manual v3 ingest filled an additional 7 stubs (fact, unconscious-to-conscious-commitments, creative-brain-communication, manifesto, power-with-over-under, persona-to-essence, essence-interview) and expanded upper-limit-problem from stub to canonical. Marked below with Colwell.

Serving facet-translating-body-wisdom:

  • experiencing-your-feelings · tool · canonical · ILC W5
  • emotional-cycles · tool · canonical · ILC W2 + W5
  • full-body-yes-no · tool · canonical · ILC W3 · ⚠️ no compromise / great agreements team-review item
  • sourcing-your-own-safety · tool · canonical · ILC W4
  • arguable-vs-unarguable · tool · canonical · 🆕 ILC W2+ (Wave B) · the test that runs across SEW, projection-work, W/W/P, Karpman, Pillar 2
  • bodify · tool · canonical · 🆕 ILC (Wave B) · session-opening cue and mid-tool prompt; vocabulary discipline in /glossary.md

Serving facet-navigating-inner-world:

  • personas · tool · canonical · ILC W10 + W11 · expanded 2026-05-25 with Essence→Projection diagram, V/V/H categorization, Persona Mapping (Colwell)
  • persona-interviews · tool · canonical · ILC W10 + W11 · canonical handout integrated 2026-05-25 (Colwell)
  • persona-to-essence · tool · canonical · 🆕 Colwell (Section III, p. 50) · two-stage interview from persona to essence
  • essence-interview · tool · canonical · 🆕 Colwell (Section III, p. 50) · standalone essence half of the persona-to-essence form
  • projection-work · tool · canonical · ILC W6 + W11

Serving facet-discovering-true-power:

  • karpman-triangle · tool · canonical · ILC W8 + W9 · expanded 2026-05-25 with three persona cards + 6-step exit handout (Colwell)
  • four-pillars-of-integrity · tool · canonical · ILC W7 · expanded 2026-05-25 with all 23 sub-skills (Hendricks handout) + Pillars-vs-Cornerstones distinction (Colwell)
  • incompletion-inventory · tool · canonical · ILC W7
  • power-with-over-under · tool · canonical · 🆕 Colwell (Section VII) · body-signal checklists for all three positions

Serving facet-getting-unstuck:

  • fact · tool · canonical · 🆕 Colwell (Section IX) · Face/Accept/Choose/Take Action — Hendricks Quantum Shift Process
  • unconscious-to-conscious-commitments · tool · canonical · 🆕 Colwell (Section VI) · 8-step process to celebrate then replace unconscious commitments
  • openness-to-discovery-scale · tool · needs-export
  • creative-tossing · tool · needs-export
  • withhold-withdraw-project · tool · canonical · ILC W6 + Colwell Section I · Presence ~ Connect ~ Play antidote + canonical recovery diagram added 2026-05-25 · ⚠️ facet placement (curriculum files under “Translating the Body’s Wisdom”; wiki kept here) — team review
  • egg-theory · tool · canonical · 🆕 new 2026-05-25 from Colwell Manual v3 (Section IX, p. 101) · the diagnostic that operationalizes principle-19 — when EPI tools work vs. when to refer out

Serving facet-aligning-with-essence:

  • determining-purpose · tool · needs-export
  • manifesto · tool · canonical · 🆕 Colwell (Section III, pp. 53-55) · the long-form declaration of you made manifest; includes Julie’s manifesto as worked example
  • intentions · tool · canonical · ILC W1
  • commitments · tool · canonical · ILC W1
  • creative-brain-communication · tool · canonical · 🆕 Colwell (Section V) · 11-step process for how everybody gets everything they want
  • hypnotic-inductions · tool · canonical · 🆕 new 2026-05-25 from Colwell Manual v3 (Section VIII) · reframe of self-talk and storytelling as deliberate state induction
  • upper-limit-problem · tool · canonical · 🆕 Colwell (Section III, p. 46) · Hendricks term — “everything is an upper limit” (Katie Hendricks); promoted from stub

Serving facet-living-big-life:

Cross-facet theoretical reference:

  • colwell-practice-theory · tool · canonical · 🆕 new 2026-05-25 from Colwell Manual v3 (Appendix III) · the ~25 theoretical claims (we create from our state, every emotion has a function, hierarchy and co-creativity don’t co-exist, etc.) that underpin every tool · ⚠️ distinct from EPI Guiding Principles despite the source’s “Principles of The Colwell Practice” title

Structure (how members work the practice over time — contested)

📌 Four distinct slots now filed (see Practice-structure slots in /glossary.md). Pages in different slots are not alternatives — they answer different questions. Convergence happens per slot.

Slot: practice-structure (long developmental arc)

  • twelve-steps · model · waning · developmental arc borrowed from AA; losing favor · v1 draft ingested 2026-05-24; sponsorship surfaced as open convergence question vs principle-20/principle-21 (Guide–Traveler); v5 continues to hold as one option

Slot: in-the-moment-form (the repeated micro-move)

  • practice-cycle · model · candidate · needs export · notice → SEW → meet → discern → pathway → act → return; drafted, not yet rendered per System Map

Slot: onboarding-arc (order of introducing the tools) · 🆕 Wave C

Slot: ongoing-competency-arc (capacities developed over time) · 🆕 Wave C

  • six-facets-developmental-arc · model · candidate · Level II ongoing structure organized by the Six Facets; “I…” competencies per facet

Containers in this area:

Framings (candidate wordings, held side-by-side)

  • accompaniment-role-naming · framing-set · candidate · five candidates for the 1:1 role name: Guide/Traveler (current), Walking Partner, Practice Partner, Companion, Accompanier · new from v5
  • library-naming · framing-set · candidate · 17 candidates for the body of work / archive; v5 working title is Coming Home · new from v5
  • challenge-by-choice · framing · candidate · 🆕 ILC (Wave B) · how participation works — “you decide, you risk”
  • learning-model-not-pathology · framing · candidate · 🆕 ILC (Wave B) · basic stance toward one’s own experience and personas
  • play · framing · candidate · 🆕 ILC (Wave B) · the basic mood of the practice — “all other shift moves could be reduced to Play”

Structure — how groups form

  • safe-harbor-statement · container · active · NEW from v5 · the load-bearing opening statement read at every meeting · enacts principle-11 and principle-19
  • colwell-to-epi-translation · container · active · 🆕 new 2026-05-25 · standing reference for how Colwell Practice content translates into the EPI peer-led modality · resolves the previously open TCP↔EPI question as a translation discipline, not a fork
  • meeting-script · container · active · needs export · v2 exists; needs revision to align with Guiding Principles v3 (especially principle-13 — meeting as open container)
  • host-orientation · container · proposed · needs drafting · replaces older Chair Training Guide; orientation, not certification (principle-9, principle-11) — §8 peer-led check applies when drafted
  • group-conscience-process · container · proposed · needs drafting · how groups decide together without central authority (principle-10)
  • starting-a-group · container · proposed · needs drafting · practical guide for anyone wanting to start a new EPI group

Message — how it reaches the world

  • carry-the-message · container · proposed · needs drafting · elaboration of principle-18; message reaches the world through lived practice rather than promotion
  • group-info-sheet-template · container · proposed · needs drafting · generic template a new group fills in with its specifics

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