Silence

Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking", achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible. Originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God".

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Omertà () is a Southern Italian code of silence and code of honor and conduct that places importance on silence in the face of questioning by authorities or outsiders; non-cooperation with authorities, the government, or outsiders, especially during criminal investigations; and willfully ignoring and generally avoiding interference with the illegal activities of others (i.e., not contacting law enforcement or the authorities when one is aware of, witness to, or even the victim of certain crimes).

someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or in performance art

interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a rest symbol indicating the length of the pause

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original song written and composed by Paul Simon

period of silent contemplation, prayer, reflection, or meditation at a gathering, often as a gesture of respect in mourning

political science theory about the expression of opinion

concept in politics

the act of deliberately removing or reducing stimuli

technical room for sound recording or research

the right to refuse to answer questions from law enforcement officers or court officials

Nyepi (Balinese: ᬜᬾᬧᬶ), also known as Day of Silence, is a Balinese holiday held every Isakawarsa ("new year") according to the Balinese calendar, and it can be traced as far back as 78 A.D.

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argument based on the absence of statements in historical documents, rather than their presence

refusal to communicate verbally with someone who desires the communication

telecommunications status

event where people dance to music listened to on wireless headphones

letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation

In Zen Buddhism, is the practice of "just sitting." It is Dōgen's Japanese translation of the Chinese phrase zhǐguǎn dǎzuò (). The phrase was used by Dōgen's teacher Rujing, a monk of the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism, to refer to the meditation practice called "silent illumination" (mozhao, ), or "serene reflection," famously taught by the Caodong master Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157).

Vow to maintain silence, usually for spirituality or protest

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African American beat poet (1925–1986)

way of formally adopting texts, often, but not exclusively in international political context

brain disease characterized by marked reduction of nearly all motor functions including facial expressions, gestures and speech output, but with some degree of alertness

fictional gentleman's club created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

unspoken group consensus to not mention, discuss, or acknowledge a given subject

proverb extolling the value of silence over speech

Chinese Buddhist

Cynic or Neopythagorean philosopher who lived in Athens in the early 2nd century, who had taken a vow of silence

thought disorder, sudden gaps or stoppages in train of thought

Stonewalling is a refusal to communicate or cooperate. Such behaviour occurs in situations such as interpersonal relationships, marriage counselling, diplomatic negotiations, politics and legal cases. Body language may indicate and reinforce this by avoiding contact and engagement with the other party. People use deflection in a conversation in order to render a conversation pointless and insignificant. Tactics in stonewalling include giving sparse, vague responses; refusing to answer questions; and responding to questions with additional questions. Stonewalling can be used as a stalling tacti

1917 protest in New York City

spiritual practice

metaphor used by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) for Christ's light shining on or in them

birthing procedure advocated by Scientologists, in which noise is avoided as much as possible during delivery to avoid the production of engrams in infants

Australian activist and lecturer