It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke in "Sonnets to Orpheus. Part One, XXI"
Silence before the Beloved has deep significance in the quietness of the soul as the individual sinks into the central fire of communion. In the circle of community the most personal elemental chords of life receive their deepest stimulation. In the silent act of breathing and in the unspoken dialogue of the soul with Love, solitary as these are, deep communion can be given.