“THE SPIRIT IS THE NEW PRINCIPLE IN THE HUMAN BEING”. SILO

“According to the life we live:

If it is centrifugal, it will have a basic structure without development.

If it is centripetal, the spirit will evolve without limits and you will obtain what you want.”

The concept of “spirituality” is in general difficult to define. It seems that it is so ample and sometimes so personal that it complicates the effort in trying to define it. Nevertheless, there is a ceremony in Silo’s Message that explains at least the spirituality from the Message perspective.

Recognition is a ceremony of inclusion in the Community; inclusion through common experiences, and shared ideals, attitudes and procedures.

In this ceremony the concept of spirituality is explained by pointing out other forms known as “spiritual” but that are not what we understand by spirituality. 

We affirm our right without denying any other form.

“Moreover, just as no one has the right to discriminate against others because of their religion or their non-religiousness, we affirm our right to proclaim our spirituality and our belief in immortality and the sacred.”

“Our spirituality is not the spirituality of superstition, it is not the spirituality of intolerance, it is not the spirituality of dogma, it is not the spirituality of religious violence. It is the spirituality that has awakened from its deep sleep to nurture human beings in their best aspirations.”

This spirituality or what could be called “spiritual development” is directly related to the main points explained in the book “The Inner Look” in the first chapter named “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.”

Point number 2 is very important. Joy first, then love. Love for what is closest to us, our body, then our natural environment, then our human environment and finally the intangible, which encompasses everything, the spirit.

Point 3 explains that some elements accepted in other types of spirituality are not accepted within our spirituality, for example sacrifices, feelings of guilt and threats from beyond the grave. Also, what is worldly is not opposed to the eternal.

“The human being in its kindness, in the elimination of internal contradictions, in its conscious acts, and in a sincere need for evolution, brings to birth the spirit.

Love and compassion are necessary for evolution... Whoever works for themselves in love and compassion also does so for other beings...”

In this sentence, the elimination of internal contradictions is from my point of view one of the most important work we can do for ourselves. A lot has been said regarding kindness and compassion, but little about internal contradictions. When we think, feel and act in one direction, we feel internal unity and when we feel one way, think differently and act in a different way, we experience internal contradictions. The effort in uniting our actions, feelings and thoughts is what contributes the most to a true spiritual development. A unified behavior is built on what we call “valid actions”.

The basis of a valid action is not given by the ideologies, nor by the religious commandments, nor by beliefs, nor by social regulations, even when all these things in themselves are important. The basis of a valid action is not given by any of them, but is given by the internal register of an action.

There is a fundamental difference between the other evaluations - which appear to come from the outside - and this one according to the registers which the human being obtains from their actions.

And what is the register of a valid action?

The register of a valid action is that which one experiences as unitive. It is the one which at the same time gives a sensation of internal growth and also the one which one wishes to repeat because it has a taste of continuity, that is to say, that it is extended in time.

Important to notice that all 3 components are necessary: 

1. Experience unity within ourselves

2. Experience internal growth

3. Desire to repeat it because it opens the future

The best way to frame these so-called “registers” of valid actions is through the Principles which are centered precisely on understanding the different kinds of “actions”.  Comprehended actions, Timely actions, Adaptation, Acceptance, Pleasure, etc., including the most important one of all: “Treat others as you would like to be treated” or the golden rule as it is commonly understood.

These Principles are not commandments, are not rules, are not static beatitudes printed on paper. They are ways to act in the world with unity. Unity necessary to give birth to the spirit. The spirit in the human being is what is most important to develop. 

Spiritual development leads to transcendence and the sacred. The sacred is within us and around us.

To transcend death is to develop the immortal spirit and to live a life without internal contradictions. It is meaningful, joyful and internally fulfilling.

When talking about “registers” we can also consider “experiences” or ways to feel what we talk about. In general, there are a lot of words in the “spiritual” subject. For us, it is important to experience what we say. 

Most likely, one of the significant experiences in a spiritual sense is the one of asking and the one of being grateful. Both are connected to the world in which we exist. When we ask for others, when we wish the best for someone we care for, we connect with that spiritual part of us. That connection is sometimes felt as a deep affection for the other. This is independent from the results of the asking. To feel what is human in someone else or to wish the best for others is a way to also develop the spirit.

The human being is in conditions to develop spiritually without the help of organized forms traditionally associated with religions, cults, etc. All we need in these confusing and chaotic times is a connection with our interiority, a way of developing a center of gravity that can be used as a compass to navigate our times. Contrary to popular beliefs, we have all of the answers within ourselves and we are capable not only of this type of development, but also to evolve as a species as well. 

This spirituality can’t be conceived as a “personal” endeavor. It just doesn’t correspond to what internally happens when we are able to experience this path. There is a recognition that we are not alone and that we are walking the road with others. Such recognition arises when we can freely interpret these concepts, when we discover in others the same needs and difficulties, when we actually discover and select what is best within ourselves, when there are no external boundaries and limitations produced by fear and the need to control others and the world around us.

Spiritual development has finally reached adulthood in our species. 

Portland, Oregon, January 2026