experience of the mystic converges with the biblical exhortation “be still and know that I am God.” Once the spirit has penetrated that inmost cell of silence, it can intercept the mysterious accents of the Word: The voice of God is heard: Listen within and seek; Were you but always silent, he’d never cease to speak. (5:330) In silence the Eternal Word came down from Heaven, and only in silence can it be heard again. Eternally, God utters a single word: No one speaks less than God outside of time