Being in silence, a person is already praying - even without praying.
Silence is a mysterious prayer, and it greatly helps prayer, just as skin breathing benefits a person.
He who is silently engaged in spiritual work subsequently plunges into prayer.
Do you know what it's like to dive? The baby, quiet in the arms of his mother, does not say anything.
Therefore, if the monastery is located far from archaeological sites, from worldly noise and many people, this is of great benefit.
External silence, remote from the world, coupled with a reasonable feat and unceasing prayer, very quickly brings the monk and inner silence - peace of mind.
This inner silence is a necessary prerequisite for subtle spiritual work.
And then already external anxiety ceases to disturb a person, because, in essence, only his body is on earth, while his mind is in Heaven.
To hear or not to hear the noise depends on the person himself.
St. Paisios the Athonite
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