# Black Sky Society — Basic Laws (Provisional)

### 1. No Formal Code

Black Sky Society has never previously established a formal Code of Conduct, moral code, or governance framework for expelling contributors.

### 2. Diversity of People and Perspectives

Black Sky Society exists to welcome a wide range of people, perspectives, and ways of living.

### 3. Hesitation Toward Moral Codes

As a society, we are cautious about adopting moral codes or rigid behavioral standards.

### 4. Plurality of Belief

Members of Black Sky Society come from many different faiths, philosophies, and worldviews. There is no single belief system that all members are expected to follow.

### 5. Limits of Enforcement

Because no unified moral code exists, Black Sky Society cannot remove members simply for failing to align with an undefined set of values.

### 6. Exceptional Circumstances for Removal (new)

Black Sky Zeniths have authority only over **common Black Sky spaces** — such as society-wide group chats, assemblies, or Zenith-initiated projects. They do not govern independent Skylabs or projects that were not initiated as Zenith-led.

Zeniths may only consider removing individuals from these **common spaces** under exceptional circumstances — for example, if someone:

* poses a real danger to the Society at large (e.g., violence, criminal harm),
* or is persistently disruptive (e.g., spamming, repeated abusive behavior).

Zeniths should not remove members based solely on isolated interpersonal conflicts that do not directly impact the broader society.

In the case of nuisances, a system of up to *three warnings (“strikes”)* will apply before removal.

### 7. Path to Return

Individuals who are removed due to the three-strike process may be welcomed back into Black Sky Society if they demonstrate a willingness to learn, grow, and contribute in good faith.

### 8. Living Framework

Black Sky Society’s Tenets and Sacred Architecture are a work in progress. Once they are established — and contributing members agree to them — these Laws may evolve to align with the shared foundation. Their most likely role will be affirmative: guiding decisions such as who to fund, who forms part of the core teams, and which projects align most closely with Black Sky’s direction — rather than being used as a tool for removing members.

### 9. Autonomy of Skylabs and Projects

Within Black Sky Society, members are free to create their own Skylabs or lead projects. Each Skylab or project team may establish its own rules regarding membership, collaboration, and removal. Participation is voluntary, and no one is forced to work with everyone.

At the same time, Skylabs, while autonomous in their rules and operations, are expected to align in spirit with the Society’s evolving Tenets and Sacred Architecture. This ensures coherence across the whole, while still allowing diverse approaches and interpretations to flourish.

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# Seven Tenets of Black Sky

*(Work in Progress — Cybernetics of Collaboration)*

### 1. Agápē — Love as the Binding Force

All is one. Love is the gravity that unites the many into the whole.
Yet love does not erase autonomy; it strengthens it,
allowing each person’s unique path to flourish within the greater harmony.
True love is resilient, enduring through challenge and change,
and sincere, expressed in honesty rather than polite concealment.
Without love, knowledge fragments; with love rightly held,
autonomy, resilience, and sincerity cohere into living truth.

### 2. Logos — Trust in Cosmic Order

We affirm that existence is not random chaos but patterned and intelligible.
Logos is the hidden structure of truth, the voice of God in reason and creation.

### 3. Ego in Balance

Ego is not the enemy.
It protects, defends, and gives voice to the self.
Yet when it inflates, it blinds.
When kept in balance, ego serves truth, creation, and community
rather than overshadowing them.

### 4. Truth Before Power

We seek truth not because it serves our ambitions,
but because it is sacred.
Power without truth corrupts; truth without power still liberates.

### 5. Good and Evil as Work-in-Progress

Some among us discern through polarity—good vs. evil, just vs. unjust.
Others rest in suspension, perceiving beyond dualities.
Both paths are valid if ego is kept in balance;
both serve the greater unfolding of truth.

### 6. Epoché — The Return from Certainty Loops

We practice the art of suspending belief.
When we are caught in loops of certainty,
epoché brings us back to openness,
so that truth may reveal itself without distortion.

### 7. The Ever-Open Sky

No final doctrine contains God.
The sky is black not from emptiness, but because it holds every star,
every revelation yet to come.
We walk beneath it together, rebuilding in its light.