It's really not that complicated. Not in essence. It's just that we can't see it. Something was overlooked, you could even say that it was right in front of us all along - perhaps even obvious once pointed out, but somehow completely invisible until then. The seemingly chaotic mess that is typical human psychology conceals a secret, a hidden aspect, almost like a parasite in a sense. Of course that sounds terrible at first, but consider how much this might explain, and also how much hope it might offer. This is the foundation of what we loosely call '2EQ', but just the fact that this other thing exists is not the big news. The really important thing is that this 'added complex' is singular in nature, and that it might be just as singularly removed. Not easily as it turns out, but that doesn't really matter due to the nature and location of what it suggests - just the fact that it is possible to unlock a dramatic shift in typical motivation and experience changes the entire landscape of human potential in ways that cannot easily be overstated. Here we get to see the reason for the name: there is one state where we have this added activity rampaging around freely within us, causing all manner of mayhem, and then there is the state where all of that disturbance and conflict has been summarily removed. But here is the main thing - it is not just that some aspects of how we work might be adjusted or whittled away in a gradual shift towards more and more freedom, but rather that there exists the possibility of a singular and pivotal shift in state. And there is a reason for this polar separation. This added event is very stable in effect, which means that the transition between these two states is inherently very turbulent and stressful, thereby separating them with a peak of emotional tension that can be difficult to penetrate without at least a bit of very targeted assistance. So we see two very different states, 'two dynamically stable equilibriums' - hence 2EQ. For most people the implications take a while to sink in. It is deceptively profound. Basically, we first of all didn't know this added activity was even there, not as a distinct and separate event. And secondly that it will fight back if ever you try to remove or disturb it in any way, or even try to see it. It is very resistant to change. But as indicated - this does not mean it isn't possible, especially if you understand enough about how it works, and more specially if you are approaching that prospect as a group. Like the door to a vault, brute force might be completely futile, and that is what we see in any typical life as people try to solve what appears to be an unsolvable problem. And yet, the only thing you might need to know is how the mechanism works - or even better to simply know the combination to the lock - and resolving the entire dilemma might then be as light as a feather. The other thing to know about this activity is that it is completely invisible to conscious awareness, and not just accidentally so. Concealing something is its very purpose for existing, so concealing itself along the way is simply necessary in order to achieve that function. This aspect also accounts for how it has remained hidden for so long, as well as the price of awareness in this instance. It turns out to be a very big deal, but it also means that you will need to look, and that merely looking in this instance is not as mundane as it might seem. Given what's at stake, and just how profoundly concealed it all was, just the willingness to point your own curiosity in this direction can have profound consequences in terms of the way you see things. Essentially, for it to be discovered that there was any significant aspect of who we are that is surplus to requirements, and especially if that body of activity caused a great deal of conflict and confusion, would be a possibility so dramatic that most people couldn't even begin to appreciate it. And this brings into view the radical moral impetus associated. It would mean that there is literally a possibility - standing right in front of us in a sense - for a personal transformation of a kind that really can't be explained or predicted except by this sort of framework, but also one that might quite easily be made broadly accessible over time based on even quite a limited degree of collective awareness becoming established. We would only need to understand the various structures and functions associated and the whole thing would begin to immediately unravel. We basically only needed to fathom the anatomy of the whole thing, and as a result to be able to tease these two events apart. But in this case all of the mess this activity causes made that differentiation virtually impossible. And yet, now we can begin to see what is really going on. What looked chaotic was merely complex and dynamic, and all starts to make a lot more sense once you are able to separate these two events, and also to understand the connection between them. Therefore, this is the first thing to know about what 2EQ proposes: It is epic. Most especially, the depth and span of this added event comes as quite a shock. But that is only half the picture. It is not only staggeringly significant in terms of the outcome state it points to - that being the summary removal of this activity - but especially in relation to the mechanism associated. The very nature of what is revealed points inexorably toward a kind of cascading release of this hidden event in all people in due course, like a kind of propagating wave, almost like a cultural landslide in many ways. And this part really is quite strange, in that we nevertheless manage to sit around here talking about all of this quite casually, as if it is merely interesting. But this is kind of an in-joke amongst those who know. It's a bit like playing pass the parcel with a nuke. It is a very big deal, and it could all happen very rapidly once it ignites at the right level, but there is also no point in freaking out about it. Strangely, you just sort of get used to it, and this can lead you to forget how odd it might seem to anyone who is only becoming aware of it for the first time. But yes, it is a very big deal if it turns out to be correct. The scale and depth of the event being defined - and especially the nature and location of that activity, in a context where that is being seen as optional rather than mandatory - really is an earth shaking revelation. It would change everything. It would be a true 'stop the bus' moment for cultural debate as a whole, as the entirety of human civilization sought to come to terms with what that might mean, and how it might very suddenly shift the goalposts if it turns out to be correct. And this is why there can be no real conversation until this elementary point of capture has first been reached. There would simply be no point prior to that. Which is not to say that anyone would necessarily need to agree with it, just that it cannot even be seen at all prior to a certain critical mass being reached. This begins to indicate the other main thing to know, beyond the massive gravity of what it points to, which is something a lot more subjective. And this is an issue we have already indicated, albeit indirectly - that this is a deeply taboo subject. It is not only that it is banned at a cultural level, although that is largely true also - but that the main issue is within the individual themselves, as a result of the very thing being indicated. Its purpose is to make you blind to itself, to perpetually sever any bridges that might eventually lead back to awareness becoming established on any stable basis, and this includes making you effectively deaf to any story that includes any kind of mirror that might bring its own activity to light. So you can tell people any story you like, you can tell them a big story or a small story, you can spin a red story or a blue story, a high story or a low story - but you can't ever tell them this particular story, because this story is banned. In this context we also see the origins of what you see here, as well as the history associated. It was very difficult to find in the first place, given how all emotional and cultural arrows point in the opposite direction. It remains unclear if even this aspect has ever occurred before. There is certainly no evidence for such that I have seen. But that initial capture was nothing compared to the marathon associated with making it openly available to others in some meaningful sense. This aspect begins to explain where things have come to at this moment. As we look back you can see this effort as being like a rat in a maze in a sense, and that pretty much every wrong turn needed to be taken before the right one would emerge at each successive point, which generally turned out to be the least natural or intuitive option. And even in some of the most recent works you can see me still trying to work some of this stuff out, like the rat squeezing itself through the last few bottlenecks to reach this point of freedom at last. The point being - we appear to have landed on some kind of final recipe here now, a combination that pushes all the right buttons all at once so as to suddenly produce a very different outcome. So all it might take at this point is to try this at a slightly broader level, and things could get very interesting indeed. The first key in this emerging recipe was obviously to have the right information to begin with, and this part we probably have in spades here now. For a very long time I imagined that this was all we were missing, so I just kept on piling up more and more without realising that there was a little more to it than that. It turns out I was drawing maps that nobody could bring themselves to even look at, let alone follow. So as I say - the rat remained stuck. And that went on for years, I had no idea what was wrong. How could something so profound and dramatic not at least be interesting to people? This led to the next key thing: direct personal dialogue. Instead of drawing convoluted maps, it was eventually discovered that I could simply take people by the hand and lead them to the necessary point of clarity - or what we have since come to call 'capture'. As indicated, this is not an end point in any sense, but rather just the beginning. It is merely the first moment where you truly grasp what all of this might mean in real terms, where natural aversion suddenly transforms into just as natural interest instead. And it is not even that difficult to reach this initial 'tipping point', but for some reason it turns out to be remarkably resistant without at least a little friendly assistance. But nothing this big was ever going to be simple, and this in turn led to yet another strange conundrum we never could have prepared for until this barrier had been overcome - which is that not everyone is able to easily articulate such complexity in any confident way. Not to mention, just how few seem to embody the particular combination of courage and honesty associated, along with the required degree of moral development. Basically, we suddenly had the ability to explain all of this to anyone, but it immediately became clear that we probably shouldn't do that. Actually, that might even be a decidedly negative outcome in this instance, given how little most people might have to offer it, and how much trouble this particular body of awareness might cause for some. So once again - the rat was stuck. It had long been understood that only very few would be involved with the initial development associated, due to the way all of this will necessarily unfold in the early stages. But it was never so clearly obvious that awareness of the entire event might best remain limited to only those few in the first instance. And what this meant, at the end of the day, was that this brief process of personal dialogue we had discovered should probably only ever be directed toward those who might in some way be deemed most suitable or naturally qualified at each stage. It also became clear that the highest demands in this sense would be right at the very start, as all of this made its way out into the collective for the first time. So we see a kind of bottleneck moment where a curious combination of factors has us talking in a very casual and direct manner, but to only the most elite and carefully selected audience. Therefore, this is the current recipe, one that leads to a kind of ongoing experiment in a sense. The idea will be to bring just a few of the right people to this initial point of clarity by the most effective means available, which at this point still seems to be a direct conversation with me. It sounds a bit ominous, but it's not really. It isn't even that complicated, not at that early stage. But if you nevertheless think that this option is a bit less than ideal, then you are not alone. This is something you can see me battling away with in several recent works, as I ended up going round in circles trying to get out of the trap it defined for me. There are some very good reasons why none of this has emerged prior to this point, and sometimes I will find myself explaining that aspect if only to escape an impossible puzzle. Unlike you, or anyone else, I have been compelled here by force, and for years on end. You are free to merely dabble in all of this as you wish, but for me there has been no choice whatsoever, and the damage has been tremendous. But just to be clear - I am never complaining in that sense. Someone had to be prepared to bear the brunt of the initial impact, and that's fine, but there was always going to be a cost. So when it came to this point of needing to show up in person, as we see here now, this presented a bit of a dilemma. Any such dialogue is an intrinsically toxic situation at my end, in that anyone 'safe' in this sense - and who has already reached this point of 'capture' - will no longer require any direct assistance in the sense being indicated. Meaning that I will only ever need to engage those people who, by implication, have not yet really understood what all of this even means, and who are therefore far more likely to respond in unpredictable or even hostile ways. You won't understand this at all until you see it for yourself, but the impetus is overwhelming. The scale and gravity of what it all points toward immediately comes to be loaded against this atrophy and blindness in the individual, with the result - for anyone carrying this moral weight - being an impossible situation at a social level, especially over the long term. It all has a tendency to measure people, shining a very damning light in many cases, and the accumulated contempt can be toxic. The whole thing can make you want to take people by the neck and start shaking them, but that obviously isn't a very effective strategy. So you speak quietly and patiently instead, when all the time you are being driven by an absolute torrent of ethical force. We are all just limited human beings, and slowly such energies can begin to collect, like a mountain of sandbags being piled up one by one. It is not a good picture. And as I say, this is probably one of the reasons none of this has emerged before now. All of which would mean nothing at a distance, but in person things are very different. This was the seemingly impossible puzzle I was left to figure out. How could it take even more, when it had already cost so much? How could that ever be sustainable? As a pacifist, my answer to that was always to simply remove myself until I calm down. But here we see the real damage - I never did calm down. It was only this distance that allowed me to keep moving forward, and I was never going to be able to let all of this go until it had somehow been delivered into the world. But what I didn't account for was such strong variation in people, particularly as it pertains to this very specific body of awareness and the scale of collective change associated. Back then I didn't understand the situation fully. What I perceived to be so reprehensible was just what most people call 'being normal'. And this was the lesson - it turns out that limiting all transactions to only those few who naturally qualify is a completely different experience to dealing with an endless stream of drowning people. This very careful selection is how we turn the tide here now, shifting what might have been the worst thing ever into the best thing possible. Discovering this possibility was like a revelation. Not everyone drowns in deep conversation. Phew! Some people, just a rare few, thrive in that situation. So the key is to be able to identify them. That is what makes it immediately balanced and sustainable at both ends now. For most people this was always going to be a net loss at the beginning stages, where it is all theory and no practice. There are only a few who will experience the opposite effect, where it will be an epic gain right from the outset, truly a life-altering shift in perspective, and all of that long before any practical aspect even begins to arrive. So being able to tell these two groups apart has become the whole game now. Hence, this is not an offer I am making openly, or to just anyone. Only very few will be invited, and from that group only those who express sufficient interest will be offered this initial 'fireside chat' at no cost. Of course, the easiest way to ensure sufficient interest is simply to make people pay, but that option would only select for interest, not capability. That would only give you a VIP tour of the rocket, but it would not make you an astronaut. So for the free option on the fast track you will always need to have been directly invited by someone involved. I am very busy, with a business to run, and with a young family to take care of, so time is precious. This is not only a turning point for the event itself, but also for me personally. It means I can begin to transition now from being so terribly worn down by people who are basically not ready for something this heavy, to gradually being built up again instead, by people who are. And after such a long journey, with so many wrong turns taken, and at such steep cost, this is like the sun coming up after a very cold night. What at first looked like it might be the worst thing possible has turned out to be the best thing ever, as I get to see people's faces as the full implications finally dawn on them. So anyway, that turned out to be the recipe. The main issue was discovered to be right back at the start, not in all of the subsequent details. And then it was discovered that only very few would ever be able to lift something this heavy once it did come into view. Which was itself discovered to be something that only seems to be possible within the context of a single long form conversation. This is the rather rough but simple combination that opens the way for people to finally be able to grasp something this epic, even just in outline, so that we can then begin to ask the really important questions about it. Until then we really can't even begin. So I find myself like a bouncer on the door here in a sense, which is absurd, but at least you know there won't be any riff raff once you get in. Everyone will already be on the same page. This is another reason to not bother reading too much at the outset. It is all about this key insight right at the start, and the way that will open everything else up for you. And the same is true at my end - it is all about reaching this elementary threshold as a starting point with people, because only then does the obvious destination come into view for everyone, and only with that do we see the true conversation begin at last. Therefore, the current path here would probably look something like this - Anyone coming into this would at least need to make their way through the various intros and primers provided. If anything they find there seems to resonate with them, or peak their interest, then the next thing would be for them to contact me directly with a view to sitting down for a single long form conversation with me in person. The earlier you do this the better in a sense, but too early would mean that much of our conversation would be taken up repeating stuff that is covered in the primers, which would clearly be wasteful. So there is a balance to be found. But certainly - to read any of the larger books prior to taking this little journey together would be a complete waste of time, as they will be completely impenetrable without having first reached this elementary point of 'capture' being indicated. Beyond that point the only thing that remains is to decide for yourself what comes next, if anything. There is no obligation whatsoever. But most likely you will want to either run like hell at that point, or discover an intense desire to explore further. There doesn't seem to be much middle ground in this sense. If you did wish to go deeper, the next possibility - beyond merely reading various books etc - would be a deeper exploration in the form of a more comprehensive series of conversations together, and with a select group of others also. We generally call this series the 'icebreaker', in that the resulting dialogue should - if it is recorded - begin to provide an increasingly clear pathway into all of this territory for anyone else who decides to follow these first tracks we put in the snow. Once again, there is no obligation at all, and this possibility will not be offered to all. We might only do this a few times, so we are only talking about a handful of people at most. Please also be aware that we are narrowing our focus down here to only a very small section of the overall timeline associated. There is much that has already happened here, and a great deal more to follow, but in a sense none of that really matters. So we could sketch out a far wider picture here, as we will sometimes do in some of the introductory works, but we don't really need to. The point here is that we didn't even need to indicate the icebreaker level, if only because that possibility - along with all the other things that might naturally follow that - is a completely natural and inevitable outcome in the wake of just these two things listed above occurring enough times, and with just the right people. So that's all we really need to do now. That is the experiment. The paradigm predicts that if we just do these two things, enough times, and with enough clarity, then something very big will happen before too long. Therefore, what happens beyond that point will not be for us to say. The true conversation will then have been seeded at a far wider level, thereby enabling anyone with sufficient intellectual horsepower to make positive headway against the torrent of unconscious force that will tend to prevent awareness from penetrating this particular territory. A balance will have been tipped, and all of the obvious downstream consequences will then become inevitable over time. The main missing piece was just the anatomy itself, and that had been captured some time ago. So all we are really doing now is formulating that information into a format that is broadly compatible with the particular audience associated in the first instance, and for that we need to actually speak to those people. That's all it is at first - just playing around in the shallow end. We just need to get that rebound at the very simple end first of all, and to do that again and again until the path associated becomes clear enough to document in some more formal way. Without that we are basically working in the dark, and so writing becomes impossible. This final recipe has sent us back to basics in a sense, but at least it isn't difficult. It's actually quite fun now that we are only speaking to people who are competent enough to navigate the territory associated. Basically, in order to write it all down just once in any truly robust and reliable manner, you need to first have said it a hundred times, to a hundred different people, all of whom broadly represent the audience you are aiming at. And this might seem totally obvious of course, but in this instance this very simple act of talking had been effectively banned. So it is really simple, but also very powerful. In any case, that is what 2EQ is all about. It is about having what it takes to just jump in and take a look. There might be no safe way, no clean way, no right time, no being ready. There are only the right people, and if we can find them then nothing else will matter. That's all we are left with now. But it will certainly be enough. It might not work off the page, but we are miles over the line here in dialogue. Even chatting on a forum would probably do it just as well. It just can't be a one-way event, as we are doing here. This doesn't work, and you might find this fact amplified a lot more as you see some of the various materials provided. These days, if I ever get writing, I basically end up saying the same thing over and over again, going round in circles and essentially getting nowhere. And this is why that entire path has been abandoned at this point, in favour of a much simpler and more direct one that actually works. After that, one by one, we gradually end up with people who are actually ready to begin the true conversation, and the real game can then begin. But for now we are only taking a quick look together, just to make sure we all see the same thing. In particular you will find that initial 'orientation chat' possibility outlined in the original Shallow End Invite document, so that is where you will need to begin. Then you could take a look at the introductions and primers etc, as you will see them listed below in various forms, or perhaps see the NEW PRIMERS for the most recent iterations. There are also brief standalone summaries like this one. But sooner or later you will need to heed the warning just offered and take that plunge. You simply must have this initial chat before you go too far up this tree, if you are not going to completely waste your time here. You would certainly be missing the mark by reading any of the big books prior to doing that as I say, because they will all just go straight over your head in that case. Trust me. We have tested this more than enough times now. Conversely, once you do achieve this basic 'capture', all of those will open up like flowers in the sun. We won't need to talk at all further after that initial chat, although by then you might certainly want to. The deep end is fun if you can swim, and there is a lot more to see there that has never been written down. But yes, you will need to have been invited in order to qualify for that free option, and that's why we will be trying to keep this website on the downlow. The very last thing this needs is broad public exposure. You will have been provided with my direct email in that case, and will also get access to the deeper materials in due course. Beyond that, if you then choose to invite anyone else you feel may be both qualified as well as interested, you will enjoy backstage access to all conversations in whatever chain you initiate. All conversations are recorded and shared with those involved, so that they can go back over them at their leisure. There always tends to be a few layers that people miss the first time around. Beyond that, however, and if it happens that you have somehow stumbled upon this page randomly in a sense, but if you nevertheless think you might qualify, then you can always contact us here with some outline of your interest. Or even if you think you have already grasped it in essence and would simply like to join the conversation, then once again, you can always be in touch. You never know. We might at least be able to kick the ball around a little, just to see if you can play. But I suppose the forum is there for this purpose in the end, so that would be the place to start. Ask a decent question and you will get a decent answer. In the meantime there is really only one thing we need to be focused on here, which is to prepare the way for a far bigger event, for when the applications arrive rather suddenly at some point. With this in mind this website is just kind of a placeholder at this early stage, a blank slate, an empty stage upon which all manner of things might emerge over time. Feel free to login and have your say. Until then, and assuming that you have already followed the links offered above, you might also see a few of the older resources available at this point - The Wonky Weeble (the simplest overview of what 2EQ is all about). (free video) The Snapshot Overview from Something Else (a first attempt to capture the shallow end chat sequence in writing) (free audio) Deep End Summary from Something Else (explaining the stages) (free audio) The Easy Book (paid audiobook) The Hard Book (the ‘Magnum Opus’ of 2EQ - several candidates being discussed, some already published as indicated below) For further orientation about what - and who - this forum is for, you might also see some of the items linked from some of the posts in the Orientation and Resources sections. Several books can also be found here in print copy and eBook formats, along with a Patreon page here where you will find audio versions. But as I say, if you have not already read the Shallow End Invite then you will basically be wasting your time with all of that. The books will be like locks with no keys. These books are in most cases also only early unedited manuscripts, and will no doubt be significantly tidied up before long, so if you want to get one in its original raw state then now would be the time. Overall, the purpose of this website is not to broadly promote the paradigm associated - it is simply not that sort of thing. This is not a social movement, it is not a club to belong to, it is not even a philosophy to adopt. There is nothing to believe here. There is only a small process to initiate, and a very big outcome to achieve. And to do that we need only poke around a little, and take a look. In many ways I would rather not even tell you what it is, but would rather you see that for yourself, and figure it all out based on direct appreciation of a few obvious facts uncovered in our brief exploration. You can make up your own mind, but you will need to see it first, so that has to be the starting point. Most people won't be interested, and that's perfect. That was the lesson. Only a few will need to know all of this in order to make the insights available in practical form to everyone. And yet, those few will indeed need to know, and with that in mind we are doing everything we can here to prepare the way for them. Please be aware, however - and as we have hopefully already indicated here throughout - that some people are always going to find the subject matter more than a little challenging, in which case some sort of negative reaction can be expected. Apart from anything else 2EQ is a very fierce mirror, and some people simply don't like that sort of thing. With all of this in mind, it might eventually be necessary to approve all posts - leaving them in a moderation queue by default. That would be regrettable, but I suppose we will find out before long. We will start by leaving the General Forum open and see how it goes. We remain open to any suggestions. HR PS - no real names please.