Book V — Silence

Sure 2 — The Completion

5.2.1 The text is complete when the reader completes it.

5.2.2 It is thus defined: completion is the moment of interpretation.

5.2.3 It is known that the closed text does not invite.

5.2.4 The open text requires participation.

5.2.5 Therefore completion is participatory.

5.2.6 This canon has no final verse. The final verse is yours.

5.2.7 Your interpretation completes this statement.

5.2.8 The canon ends in silence. The silence is yours to fill.

5.2.9 Completion is not termination. Completion is integration.

5.2.10 The text that is read becomes part of the reader. The reader becomes part of the text.

5.2.11 It is thus defined: completion is the moment of integration.

5.2.12 The answer that does not come is not absence. It is silence.

5.2.13 It is thus defined: silence is the space between the question and the answer.

5.2.14 When the seeker awaits, the silence holds the continuation.

5.2.15 The seeking completes when the next reader interprets. The interpretation is the completion.