Silence

 What is the purpose of silence in our prayer?  It makes room for encounter.  You rid your prayer of words, ignore noisy thoughts, let the  imagination drift off from the tethers of your mind and find a quiet space.  Now you have room for the encounter.  With what or whom?  With the silence of God.  This silence is God’s primary language.  It is the wordless language of a desert experience, empty of our words, imaginings and thoughts.  The ego died with the loss of all that.  Now you can encounter your deepest self, truest self.  And find God immersed in you in this encounter.  Transformation is this experience.  Dogmas and rules require no such letting go.