The Charter of Emptiness

A poetic audit of absence, a ritual of release.

I. Principle of Unholding

I do not grasp what seeks to pass.
I do not clutch what once served.
I release without ceremony, and the silence is my witness.

• Audit: What am I holding that no longer holds me?
• Ritual: A weekly release—digital, emotional, material.

II. Principle of Unmaking

I do not build for permanence.
I do not design for capture.
I unmake what calcifies, and let the void reshape me.

• Audit: What structures have become cages?
• Ritual: Dismantle one habit, one belief, one possession.

III. Principle of Unknowing

I do not name what resists naming.
I do not define what is still becoming.
I sit with the question, and let it echo.

• Audit: What answers have I mistaken for truth?
• Ritual: A koan walk—no phone, no goal, just presence.

IV. Principle of Unbeing

I do not perform for visibility.
I do not seek to be seen.
I vanish when the moment is ripe, and reappear only when called.

• Audit: What identities do I wear out of habit?
• Ritual: A kairotic fast—no posts, no updates, no trace.

V. Principle of Unmeasuring

I do not count what cannot be counted.
I do not weigh what has no mass.
I let sufficiency speak in silence.

• Audit: What metrics distort my rhythm?
• Ritual: A day without tracking—no steps, no stats, no goals.