Some believe silence to be a necessary part of a healthy being, why? the quakers practice it. transcendentalism, buddhism, hinduism, even Isaac is mentioned as meditating when he first met rebekah. elijah was told to be still and know god. christian monks and nuns in their communities often practiced it. even muhammed is reported to have practiced it in the cave of hira. So what might be the significance in such an act?
Silence, Pythagoras believed, was very important. Staying quiet was a way to learn self-control, and so he made sure that anyone who wanted to join his cult could do it. Anyone who signed up had to close his mouth and keep it shut for five years straight.
Silence, Pythagoras believed, was very important. Staying quiet was a way to learn self-control, and so he made sure that anyone who wanted to join his cult could do it. Anyone who signed up had to close his mouth and keep it shut for five years straight.