PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Silence, Attention, and the Word That Is Equal to God Silence is not an aesthetic preference or a psychological technique. It is the condition in which God speaks Himself. Not information about God, not consolation, not even illumination in the ordinary sense, but a Word that is equal to Himself. Scripture is uncompromising here. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”  When God speaks, He does not offer commentary. He gives being. To