Being with silence

[Conceived by Luis Pinto - A deeper appreciation for human diversity]

How does silence sound?
when witnessed together with other humans... 
with humans you don’t (or do) know...
What happens inside you?

Think of it as a collective meditation, where
your mantra is the group – humans being
​together in the sound of silence.
 
Profound or playful?...
​Beauty or beast?...

Come find out in another inquiry into: what is it to be human?
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If this stimulates your senses – of wonder or play or something else in your human – join using the Instructions below. Hopeful of seeing you there – in the silence…

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​[Click on "Read More" below to get all the INSTRUCTIONS]

How to join the silence?
This experiment will be held twice – at two different times on Friday 13 November – each lasting 11 minutes. Feel free to join one or both. If you intend to join - let us know by either:

• Sending an email directly to [email protected] - identifying your preferred time(s)
• Using the links below

Being with silence – one: REGISTER to SIGN UP
Time: 6.50am GMT*  
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Being with silence – too: REGISTER to SIGN UP
Time: 6.50pm GMT*
 
* Event timing is GMT – i.e. time in Lisbon and London - to look up in your time zone click on the time above
Once registered a Zoom link for you to access the meeting will be sent by email

Once you arrive in the silence?
Everything happens without speaking, no matter what.

• You join a call with other humans.
• You put your Zoom in “Gallery” mode.
• You turn your microphone and video on, but no one speaks.
• Keep unmuted and in screen… allow all the sounds & sights of silence to be. 
• After 11 minutes, the call is over.

The invitation is to immerse yourself in the silence… be present. Place your attention in the group and in what is happening inside you for the duration of the call.
 
After the silence?…
There will be a period of 24 hours to leave a trace of something – a sense of your (inner or outer) experience – perhaps in text, image, sound, movement or whatever essence you can upload in a shared folder. The summation will be shared with those who you joined.

Beyond the silence?... 
At some point there will be another invitation – to all who joined on the day across the two times: an open invitation to come together again and be… and maybe talk?