Absolute silence may be observed for up to one hour in any circumstance.There is simply no need to exceed this one hour limit for deep, silent, joy meditation.
The benefits and advantages can be mind boggling.It calms you like nothing else can.It slows down your heart beat and regulates your breathing.It normalizes your blood pressure to a large extent.Your thought process slows down and that’s your biggest gain.
And for any problem, dilemma, confusion or conflict, you may well come across a solution in a flash when you are not thinking about it too hard.