The Elder Council
The stewardship path.
Senior instructors who govern method evolution after the founder — the succession mechanism, formalized as product.
Definition
What it is.
A council of Master Instructors, elected from the teaching path, that reviews proposed changes to the method with the Science Board and approves versions of the Living Method. It sits at the Sanctuary once it exists.
Mandate
Powers.
Method versions
Approve releases of the Living Method.
Safety standards
Own the doctrine.
The Academy
Curriculum and certification standards.
The Sanctuary
Choose its site; host the gathering.
Path
How one becomes an elder.
Practitioner
Levels one to ten.
Guide, Instructor
The Academy.
Master Instructor
Years of teaching and a public quality record.
Elder
Elected by peers.
Community is the immune system.Belief six
The vowThis is not a temporary retreat.