Alms round
an invitation to support Silentium
I am here today to once again invite your support for Silentium.
Currently, I have rising overheads that I am still not currently able to meet. Rent, council tax, internet hosting, maintenance of my laptop, software, other equipment I use to create content here and elsewhere, light, energy, and heating, for example.
All of these are needed to continue to support me in serving our contemplative community with these nourishing seeds of silence.
Together, we can continue to grow this contemplative community, to reach and serve many more people, around the world, of all ages.
This is not about me, it is about all of us. Silentium is not mine, it is ours.
At the time of writing, there are 2,444 total registered subscribers of Silentium. Just 113 of you all are paying subscribers, of which 3 of you are founding subscribers, and 5 of you make monthly donations, with others making one off donations. Others support me with a monthly subscription to my Patreon.
I am grateful for you all, as you have helped to build this quiet space from the ground up, since 2019, and now your continued support enables it to continue, and grow in reach.
The majority of you here are reading and appreciating these posts daily. I know, not only because of your likes and comments, but also because of the personal email responses I receive from readers, often because as free subscribers, you can’t comment on posts. I answer them all.
Some of you are significantly referring people here from your own communities. I am thankful for your support and encouragement as to the value of work — 73 Substack newsletters are recommending Silentium to their community here on Substack. I cannot list you all here, but thanks especially to you
, , , , , , , , , , and all those I cannot mention here.I devote most of my time each day to this work, for you, dear readers. Today, I am asking you to devote a little of your time, in the form of a little of your earnings, to support me, to support Silentium, and enable Silentium not only to continue, but to grow, to reach and serve more people, in the same way it serves you.
Here are a few ways you might help to support this, my life’s work:
Subscribe | silentium.substack.com/subscribe
Donate | ando.life/donate
Book a 1to1 session | ando.life/sessions/
Enrol on a course | ando.life/offerings
Become a patron | patreon.com/andowrites
Listen and subscribe | aquietgarden.substack.com
Share Silentium | silentium.substack.com/welcome
Thank you for being here, for reading, commenting, emailing me, and supporting this work in any way that is possible for you. I am grateful beyond words. As you support me, I am able to continue to serve you, and all who come to drink from this quiet forest pool.
Much love,
Andō.
Words by Andō.
Support Silentium as a paid or founding subscriber, becoming a patron, or making a donation. Explore my other offerings at ando.life. Join me for Sunday silent sittings in The Silence.
A pleasure! Thank you for your efforts!
Dear friends,
I am deeply touched by your support here.
Heartfelt gratitude to all of you who were able to step up and offer a paid subscription in the last couple of days, to further support the existence of this contemplative community.
Thanks too, to those of you who stepped up to upgrade your paid subscription to become a founding subscribers.
And finally, my heartfelt gratitude to those of you who made donations in the past 48 hours.
Today, Silentium has 2,438 subscribers in total, of whom 119 are paid subscribers, and 7 of whom are founding paid subscribers.
Thanks too, to those of you who shared Silentium and the posts here, in order to invite others to this quiet space.
If you feel inspired to support Silentium but haven't stepped forward yet, please contemplate a way in which you might be able to help.
Hands pressed together at the heart with love and respect to you all,
Andō x