Is "Nothing" Sacred

GAYLE	Oh great, we're the first ones here tonight.

SAM	Does everybody sit on the floor?

GAYLE	Actually there are several different body postures we assume during the meeting.  It's a very active religion.

SAM	You know Gayle, I have to say I'm surprised that you're into all this.

GAYLE	Well Sam, this group is part of a whole new wave of truth seekers who are bringing together all branches of scientific and religious knowledge into one consistent metaphysic.

SAM	Still, you seem to be pretty together to need a group like this.

GAYLE	Sam, when you find out the great truths of the universe, where we have all come from and where we are all going, you can't help but to be a together person.  Listen, we need to put our pendants on before the rest get here.

SAM	You know, I feel really silly doing all this.  Could I just sit in the corner and watch?

GAYLE	Sam, you want to understand the cosmos don't you?  You have to be involved, not just watch.  (Star Brothers enter)

NIHILO	(He appears after 7 secs) Greetings fellow Star Brothers.

ALL	Greetings to you Nihilo Master (Shuffle into position while bowing)

NIHILO	I see we have a new Star Brother among us.

GAYLE	Yes this is my friend Sam and she.....

NIHILO	(Shocked) What did you say?  Did you use a personal term just now?

GAYLE	Oh I'm so sorry Nihilo Master - it just slipped out.

NIHILO	You know Star Brother that personality is an illusion.  We are all one and we must overcome using personal references, even when it seems trivial.

GAYLE	Right, I just wasn't thinking.

NIHILO	How else can we return to our Alpha point unless we live consistently with our beliefs?

GAYLE	Yes, it won't happen again.

NIHILO	Alright Star Brothers, let us contemplate the nature of things for a moment before we begin.

SAM	What did you call him just now?

GAYLE	Nihilo Master.

SAM	Nihilo Master?

GAYLE	It's a Latin term.

SAM	Yeah, I know, but doesn't nihilo mean 'nothing'?

GAYLE	Shhhh!  We're about to start.

NIHILO	All is one.

ALL	And one is all.

NIHILO	As it was in the beginning-

ALL	Is now and ever shall be.

NIHILO	We worship the source of our being, the ground of all that is, our celestial progenitor, from which we came and from which we return.  Let the symbol of that great fount of our creation be revealed to our unworthy mortal eyes. ZERO!

ALL	(Joining in) ZERO!   ZERO!  (Repeat, getting louder and faster, while processing round the object.  Final loud shout when everyone is back to where they started.)

NIHILO	Let the unveiling proceed.  (The "O" is unveiled and everyone except Sam drop to the ground.) Oh wonderful primordial soup of our substance, we worship you!

SAM	Hey!  That's nothing, it's just a big zero!

GAYLE	Have you no respect?  You should be on your knees in reverence.

NIHILO	From nothing we came

ALL	To nothing we return.

S.B. 1	All our pain and suffering, all our problems, they are.....

ALL	NOTHING

S.B. 2	All religion and myths about God are......

ALL	NOTHING

S.B. 3	The real meaning of life is....

ALL	NOTHING

NIHILO	What is everything that is?

ALL	NOTHING

NIHILO	Yes we are all merging with the equilibrium that is our primeval origin.  Randomness.  Chaos.  The great Alpha point, before it all began.

GAYLE	Where are you going Sam?

SAM	Gayle, I can't get into this.

GAYLE	Don't knock it until you've tried it.

NIHILO	As it was in the beginning.

ALL	Is now and ever shall be.

NIHILO	Everything from nothing and everything into nothing.  Amen.  The meeting is ended.

S.B. 3	It's great to have a new Star Brother among us. (Star Brothers exit.)

SAM	So this is the shape of things to come.

GAYLE	Isn't it profound?  Every time I come here I learn something new about myself.

SAM	You know Gayle, I'm learning something about you too.

GAYLE	What's that supposed to mean?

SAM	How anybody can think we came from nothing and are going to nothing so that now we're nothing more than rearranged nothing..now that's really something.

GAYLE	You're fighting it Sam.  You'll never reach your Omega point.

SAM	Sorry Gayle, but this isn't my cup of tea.  Whatever else I may not be, I am somebody.  Sorry if that doesn't qualify me as a Star Brother.  Nanu, Nanu.

Exeunt

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