It's not quite silence, not quite focus...it's meditation. It's somewhere in between a prayer and an inward focus, it helps you to relax and recenter yourself with stress is almost overwhelming. We know of meditation now as a general term, but it originated in the East as a function of religion. To lose your mind and open it up allowed you to become one with your world, and stop worrying. The release of stress in this manner helps everyone to become a better person. Meditation allows you to connect with your world, and with others. Meditation can be done at any time of day, for any reason. Take a look at these sites below, and add a few of your own.