Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
To put to rest; to quiet.
Every religious house* is supposed to encourage a spirit of prayerfulness. Silence as a context for prayer is observed in all AR houses, especially at hours indicated in the daily schedule. Silence is also an act of charity, since it takes into consideration the needs of one's brothers in community for quiet during prayer, study, and rest.
Rumi said, "Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening" (Mathnawi, I, 1627). Silence is therefore the "space" in which we learn to listen. Without silence we cannot hear, we cannot receive the necessary input from without which will give us insight and connect us to the Whole. Silence is not therefore simply a void, it is an act of participation in learning.
the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence"
the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising"
cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
a reference space, where sounds appear as the acoustic rising ground
No sound from the user is detected by the application.
The point from which recruitment starts until it ends, where no sisters in houses and PMN are allowed to speak about the details of recruitment.
The absence of any sounds. Silence differs from “quiet,” which is the absence of unwanted sounds. A space can be considered quiet even if an unobtrusive background sound is present.
Jesus instructed to go within to the secret place of the Most High. We do this in meditation when we quiet our conscious mind so that we can commune with God. Divine ideas have their origin in the silence. Silence and stillness are the matrix out of which come all our guidance and inspiration.
Silence is a relative or total lack of sound. An environment with sound below 20 decibels is considered quiet or silent.