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I have read Silo’s Message many times, mostly in pieces. I have decided to publish it here, in it’s entirely, in serial form. The message is in 3 parts, The Book, The Experience and the Path. Today is chapter three of The Book.

III. Non-Meaning
After many days I discovered this great paradox: Those who bore failure in their hearts were able to illuminate the final victory, while those who felt triumphant were left by the wayside like vegetation whose life is muted and diffuse. After many days, coming from the darkest of darkness, I arrived at the light, guided not by teachings but by meditation.
Thus, I told myself on the first day:

1. There is no meaning in life if everything ends with death.
2. All justification for actions, whether these actions are despicable or admirable, is always a new dream that leaves only emptiness ahead.
3. God is something uncertain.
4. Faith is something as variable as reason and dreams.
5. “What one should do” may be thoroughly discussed, but in the end there is nothing that definitively supports any position.
6. The “responsibility” of those who commit themselves to something is no greater than the responsibility of those who do not.
7. I move according to my interests, and this makes me neither a coward nor a hero.
8. “My interests” neither justify nor discredit anything.
9. “My reasons” are no better than the reasons of others, nor are they worse.
10. Cruelty horrifies me, but neither because of this nor in itself is it better or worse than kindness.
11. What I or others say today is of no value tomorrow.
12. To die is not better than to live or never to have been born, but neither is it worse.
13. I discovered, not through teachings but through experience and meditation, that there is no meaning in life if everything ends with death.

see also: The Book (II. Disposition to Comprehend)

I have read Silo’s Message many times, mostly in pieces. I have decided to publish it here, in it’s entirely, in serial form. Mostly so I could read it again bit by bit. The message is in 3 parts, The Book (published earlier as The Inner Look), The Experience (Eight ceremonies) and the Path. Today is day two.

II. Disposition to Comprehend

1. I know how you feel because I can experience your state, but you do not know how to experience the things I am speaking of. Therefore, if I speak to you without self-interest of that which makes the human being happy and free, it is worth your while to try to comprehend.
2. Do not think that you will arrive at understanding by arguing with me. You may argue if you believe that through opposition your understanding will become clearer, but it is not the appropriate path in this case.
3. If you ask me what attitude is appropriate, I will tell you that it is to meditate profoundly and without haste on what is explained here.
4. If you reply that you are busy with more urgent things, I will answer that since your wish is to sleep or to die, I will do nothing to oppose it.
5. Nor should you argue that you dislike my way of presenting things, for you do not criticize the peel when you like the fruit.
6. I state things in the way I consider appropriate, not as might be desired by those who aspire to things remote from inner truth.

see also: The Book (I. Meditation)

I have read Silo’s Message many times, mostly in pieces. I have decided to publish it here, in it’s entirely, in serial form. Mostly so I could read it again bit by bit. The message is in 3 parts, The Book (published earlier as The Inner Look), The Experience (Eight ceremonies) and the Path. Today we start with the first bit from the Book.

I. Meditation

1. Here it tells how the non-meaning of life can be converted into meaning and fulfillment.
2. Here are joy, love of the body, of nature, of humanity, and of the spirit.
3. Here sacrifices, feelings of guilt, and threats from the beyond are rejected.
4. Here the worldly is not opposed to the eternal.
5. Here it tells of the inner revelation at which all arrive who carefully meditate in humble search.

FYI – I live in Chicago

• February: Portland, OR for http://RecentChangesCamp.org
• February: Gulu, Uganda for Localizing Global Change conference
• March: Branson, MO vacation with my folks
• March: Northamton, MA for the Smiffenpoofs Spring Jam
• April: Canton, OH for the LoveTrain conference
• May: Punta de Vacas, Argentina pilgrimage for 3 days of spiritual inspiration
• May: Richmond, VA for my cousin’s wedding
• June: Red Bluff, CA for the ceremonial opening of Red Bluff Park
• July: Portland, OR for a week of work with AboutUs.org
• August: Portland, OR for a vacation with my love
• October: Portland, OR for a week of work with my newly full-time job with AboutUs
• October: Montreal, Quebec for WikiSym
• November: Portland, OR for a week of work with AboutUs
• December: Franklin and Rochester Hills, MI to see family for holidays

Wow, what a year!

Sure this was a wiki because then Andreas could have just fixed my mistake instead of having to leave a comment about WikiSym.  How could I forget that?!