“Another way to think of God’s presence is as an all-encompassing silence that is always there in the background of one’s experience. Imagine that silence as something which is ever present as we encounter the innumerable sounds of daily living. The sounds are going on, but at some deep level, the silence exists. It is the background against which all sounds occur. Occasionally, when the sounds subside—or even in the midst of those sounds--we may “hear” that infinite silence. That is it. That infinite silence is the awareness of God.”