Silo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 29/8/02

Argentina, 29/8/02

Synthesis of the conversation held in Argentina by several GC with N., after the ceremonies of 26th of August in Buenos Aires.

Any notes has been taken, for what the comments are not literal, they only have the interest of giving context about the topics discussed in that meeting (hopefully as truly as possible).


COMMENTS

As we well know, a series of ceremonies have been carried out after the launching of the Message of Silo in Madrid, Rome, Buenos Aires and other will follow in Santiago, San Pablo, etc. Different people have asked for their realization; in general, all them, friends of the Movement.

In these ceremonies have mostly participated people who are already somehow linked to the Movement (they are members, adherents, people of the closer environment of them, neighbors, co-workers or study friends); In other words, they have not been ceremonies carried out with the intention of producing people's "mobilization without any context", neither to spread out the Message of Silo. This was made explicit in the invitation to them. The participants at these ceremonies were quite aware of the content of the meeting they were invited to.

During the events, different questions have been formulated by the people. Although the proposal is very simple, sometimes are the simple things, which are the most difficult to understand.

In order to center us in the substantial matter, we find that we can focalize in three topics:

1) Questions about contents in the Message of Silo.
2) Questions about the implementation of the Message of Silo.
3) Questions about the development of the Message of Silo, in relation to the attitude or position of the structures of the Movement.

Several persons have asked about the meanings of the "sacred", of the "immortality", of the "non enchainment to this time and space", only to mention some examples. In all the cases, it was answered (just as it is said at the beginning of the Message of Silo), that the free interpretation prevails. We know that others proclaimed the free interpretation, but then in the practice, they imposed their own interpretation. We want to make it seriously. On the other hand, the important thing is that these words contain a special load and meaning that take us to reflections and interesting and inspiring registers. Moreover they have to do with the times that will come. The particular contents are put by landscapes of the time, of the cultures, etc. (they are not thought by oneself).

In no case was answered explaining such concepts, but always making reference to the particular interpretation that arises in or it is been registered by them, who formulate such a question.

By way of example, somebody came closer in one of the ceremonies and told us that for him the “sacred” was to respect and to make respect the human rights, and we told him that that is very well; That for him this is the sacred thing. Other described us that the sacred thing, was that, what is located well inside oneself, very deep in the own being, and we told him that that is very well and that of course this is the sacred thing for him.

Another example is also given with the ceremony of Marriage, where the people are conscious of the ceremonial act and are fully carrying out that experience; but they put the contents by their own. Somebody can say that everybody says different things and it is always well, but it is necessary not to leave aside the ceremonial alignment of the matter that allows the situation to be special.

Like this also in the ceremony of death, where the different beliefs about the transcendency can find their different expressions.

There are some social ceremonies and other more intimate ones, they are not so many but we have the necessary ones.

Comments about the implementation of the Message of Silo

In the following days, a text of some pages will be elaborated, short and simple, responding to the question: what can someone do who receives the Message of Silo and wants to take it, to spread it out and to work with it?; Because the Message is running in many places, but all the people that want to start working with the Message, do not imagine easily how to implement the matter. All will have the freedom to start the forms that they find better, but in that text, some suggestions for its implementation will be given.

This small text will be translated to all the languages in those the Message of Silo is translated (we intend to complete missing languages, always during September), and it will be put on the webpage: silo.net ; This way, this webpage, which fulfills the function of offering the trustworthy texts (due to the possible deformations of the original texts of the Message when people begin to clip things, or to add.....) of the Message in the different languages, will also offer to those who wish, the possibility to have together with the Message, a text with recommendations for its implementation in the language that is needed. This website won't have links to other sites, but links of other webpages to silo.net will be welcome.

Until now, we know that it will be suggested that, who wants to take ahead the Message to others should get a local or meeting place and begin to carry out two types of meetings per week; a meeting open for everybody, where the different ceremonies will be carried out. The other meeting will be for those people who include themselves in the community by the participation in the ceremony of Recognition.

In these meetings, the texts of the Message of Silo will be studied and activities for their diffusion will be organized. The decisions will be made by consensus in each group and if the consensus is not reached, voting will be the procedure.

It is important that the forms that the activities acquire in order to spread out these works, are bound to the folklore of the place. It is not thought to "transport or to impose" forms from a culture to another.


Comments about the development of the Message of Silo and the attitude of the structures of the Movement.

The diffusion of the Message of Silo, it is thought toward what the Movement doesn't touch, to where the Movement doesn't arrive (it would be ridiculous to point to the same universe of people). Otherwise, we would "be redounding."

Repeatedly has been explained that the formation of the members of the Movement and the form of the Movement itself, tends to structure and to give direction; Thi is not the appropriate form so that the Message of Silo spreads. It is adequate for the Movement, but in relation to the Message, this would tend to give it its same forms (through the formation landscape), and the Message, for the opposite, is gassy (it "enters below the doors"), it is not designed to take a particularly defined form as the coded forms of the Movement.

If the Message would be spread then with the structures and the members of the Movement, this would not only brake the activities of the Movement (because all kind of activities is running and everything is working properly), but rather the Message would also be braked, simply due to forms that are non capable to produce the type of phenomenon that we are describing. For it, it is not appropriate that the lines of the Movement (even those with pleasure for this kind of activities), start and work in that way. People can do what they want, but the Message and its implementation, is simply otherwise designed.

The Message of Silo, is not an “action front, neither an organism", is something else; it would be incorrect to define it otherwise...

Those members of the Movement that simply want to make something, can collaborate with an initial “impulse” of diffusion, so that the Message arrives at the hands of people who are non bound to the Movement (where the Movement doesn't reach), and some of these people will take it and they will take it to other people. Other people will not take it and everything is fine. With regard to this point of making run the Message, for example in the case of electronic deliverings, it will be better to send a small message where it is clear that people can find the Message of Silo and some recommendations to implement this Message in the website silo.net (with the adress of the webpage), because it´s too complicated to send the complete Message in a great scale. Besides it, it is interesting that the people connect to the webpage, because there all necessary references will be shown and the work will be facilitated for everybody.

Consequently with what we said until now, it is important that are the people who feel the necessity that this Message multiplies. We make our part and they will see. Anyway, a worse situation than today´s, is quite impossible; and it doesn't seem that the Message would even complicate more the things as they are......

How will we find out then, if the Message works or it doesn't?, because we make run the Message of Silo, but we don't have any feedback, we don't know what are they doing.....

We will know it, if social phenomena take place.

For example, if the usual social sectors, the media and some other ones, they begin to "attack" us, it is a good symptom.

If a journalist comes and he wants to make an interview, we will answer that there is nothing to talk with the media. If he comes as individual and wants to know about the Message of Silo, no problem, but nothing with the media. The Message of Silo, won't be a subject of the cycles and the fashions that the media imposes in its operating way (today a soap is the best, tomorrow another one..., we already know that game). And if they tell us: How will you do then in a society of masses, to spread out your Message without the media?. will we reply: You don't worry about the diffusion of this Message, that is our problem, we will take charge of it.

(synthesis elaborated by Javier T. / Daniel M.)


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