The Great No is rejection of everything. It is test and trial. It is cracking the egg, throwing off the veil. It is a day for non-participation in corporate life, in mass media, in belief systems, in organizations – and especially in the subtle ways that we have integrated with views and motives that have been imposed from outside.
– No electronic media (Television, Internet, cell phones, etc.).
– No politics, entertainment, religion, nationalism.
– No materialism (Buying or selling).
– No artificial mood changes (Recorded music, alcohol or drugs, etc.)
– No small talk.
Question everything, especially publicly exhorted views and the narrative controlled by the powers that be. Go deeper. Question your identity, instincts, and beliefs. Resist all forms of external determinism, including biology, culture and ideology. Refuse to participate in anything that is false, illusory, idolatrous, trivial or degraded. Stop adulating leaders, especially celebrities and politicians? Do not glorify the tangential. Stop peer consciousness. Do not succumb to the pressure of the everyday.
How much are you willing to give up? Will you submit to inconvenience, suspense, uncertainty? How far do you want to go?
– No electronic media (Television, Internet, cell phones, etc.).
– No politics, entertainment, religion, nationalism.
– No materialism (Buying or selling).
– No artificial mood changes (Recorded music, alcohol or drugs, etc.)
– No small talk.
Question everything, especially publicly exhorted views and the narrative controlled by the powers that be. Go deeper. Question your identity, instincts, and beliefs. Resist all forms of external determinism, including biology, culture and ideology. Refuse to participate in anything that is false, illusory, idolatrous, trivial or degraded. Stop adulating leaders, especially celebrities and politicians? Do not glorify the tangential. Stop peer consciousness. Do not succumb to the pressure of the everyday.
How much are you willing to give up? Will you submit to inconvenience, suspense, uncertainty? How far do you want to go?
Stake your life on something
No is beginning, but not everything. After the Great No we are finally ready for Yes. Don’t waste this one life that you have. Be discontented. Take risks for the sake of your soul. After No, take the first step grounded in reality. Make a firm promise to become capable of the good, the true, the beautiful, and to do so in your actual life. To do what is worth living for. To distinguish between the false and real. To find the secret of existence.
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Meeting
Explore insights on freedom.
Reflect. Guided meditation and discussion on independence in our own lives.
Pledge. How are we going to be free?
Action. Discuss possibilities for Independence Day.
Reflect. Guided meditation and discussion on independence in our own lives.
Pledge. How are we going to be free?
Action. Discuss possibilities for Independence Day.
Action
Public Event to introduce Visionary Independence Day
– Explore. Selection of great insights on the meaning of the Great no.
– Reflect. Simple and Active meditation on the ways we repeat the platitudes of our lives.
– Present the Great no Pledge.
– Explore. Selection of great insights on the meaning of the Great no.
– Reflect. Simple and Active meditation on the ways we repeat the platitudes of our lives.
– Present the Great no Pledge.
Meetings on Related Topics
– Celebration of the good. Evening gathering to read or perform any work of freedom and intrepid sagacity, such as those by Thich Nhat Hanh, Abraham Heschel, Jiddu Krishnamurti.– Freedom. “Inner freedom is spiritual ecstasy, the state of being beyond all interests and selfishness." J. Krishnamurti
– Who are you? (Now in Quest path)
– Loneliness vs. Solitude.
Guide
We’re looking for a Guide for this Project. A stipend for volunteers ($100 - $250) is available. Application.
