The ARC Entryway
A process of knowing and being known.
The Entryway is the relational process through which a person and the ARC come to know one another before membership. You learn the network's purpose, practice, culture, and design, while people in the network come to know you. It moves at the speed of relationship.
What happens in the Entryway
You'll receive some of the network's core texts to read. You'll be invited to hosted events where you can meet people in the network and ask questions directly. There may be chances to engage in dyadic unfolding. And there are conversations — by message, voice note, or Zoom — with people already in the ARC.
There's no set length. Some people ask to enter quickly; others remain in the Entryway much longer.
None of it is a checklist. No reading list, course, or completed step creates eligibility. This isn't a course. It's a culture coming to know you as you come to know it.
When you want to enter
At some point, if you want to join the network, you say so: I want to enter the ARC. You will never be pressured to join.
How the ARC responds
If there is enough mutual knowing, the response may be an invitation to sign the Member Agreement and enter. If more mutual knowing is needed, the Entryway continues: more conversation, more shared practice, more time.
Membership
Membership begins with a mutual yes and the signing of the Member Agreement. Then you're in. There is no cost to join the network.
Membership is not a fixed program. It is an evolving field of relationships, practices, and possibilities. Its basic rhythm is an hour of dyadic practice each week and the weekly Gathering, when the network spends time together as a whole. Beyond that shared rhythm, members are invited to participate in whatever ways feel most alive and aligned with their clarified desire.