# Silence ## Divine Intimacy - Exterior and interior —: [[17-interior-silence#Meditation 1|17,1]], [[17-interior-silence#Meditation 2|17,2]]; - interior — makes contact with God possible: [[378-our-lady-carmel#Meditation 2|378,2]]. - See: [[recollection|Recollection]]. - [[17-interior-silence|17. Interior Silence]] - [[378-our-lady-carmel|378.]] --- ## Carmelite Charism ### Legislation - Keep silence from after Compline until after Prime the next day; guard against much talk at all times — [[05-02-rule-st-albert#^ocds-a-21|Rule of St. Albert §21]] - Seeking God in solitude and silence, after Elijah — [[05-03-constitutions#^ocds-c-5|Constitutions Art. 5]] - Interior silence and solitude in the life of prayer, a principle of the Rule — [[05-03-constitutions#^ocds-c-6|Constitutions Art. 6.g]] - Mental prayer practiced in an atmosphere of interior silence and solitude — [[05-04-statues#Section II: Prayer Life|Statutes §II]]