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PAPERBACK:\n\n978-1-948556-09-5  \n# EBOOK:\n\nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,distributed,or transmitted inany form or by any electronic or mechanical means,without the prior written permission of thepublisherexcept in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain othernoncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.  \n# Ordering Information:\n\nFor orders and inquiries,please contact:1-888-375-9818  \nwww.toplinkpublishing.combookorder@toplinkpublishing.com  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface 1  \nIntroduction 3  \nSome Words About Silence 9  \nWhy Silence Is Both Important And Yet So Often Avoided 11  \nWhat It Means To Be Silent 15  \nReasons For Seeking Silence 17  \nSilence As Presence;Silence As Absence 21  \nThe Courage To Be Silent 25  \nThe Importance Of A Cosmic Perspective 29  \nThe Practice Of Silence And Its Preparation 33  \nSilence And Community 43  \nSilence And Prayer 49  \nThe Shrine Within 51  \nClues To Our Own Whereabouts 57  \n\"Beauty it was ours to seein all its brightness  \nin those days when we beheld with our eyesthat blessed vision…  \nthen were we allinitiated into that mysterywhich is rightly accounted blessed beyond all others...There let it rest then,Our tribute to a memoryThat has stirred us to linger awhileOn those former joysFor which we long.From Plato's dialogue:Phaedrus(translated by R.Hackworth)","cbCailybyBig65GX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailybyBig65GX","pdf",1871918,76,"English","# Preface\n# Introduction\n# Some Words About Silence\n# Why Silence Is Both Important And Yet So Often Avoided\n# What It Means To Be Silent\n# Reasons For Seeking Silence\n# Silence As Presence; Silence As Absence\n# The Courage To Be Silent\n# The Importance Of A Cosmic Perspective\n# The Practice Of Silence And Its Preparation\n# Silence And Community\n# Silence And Prayer\n# The Shrine Within\n# Clues To Our Own Whereabouts","[{\"question\":\"What is the 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