There is no magic religion that will connect you to God, though there may be the path that has a magic for you. There is no gift of the spirit that comes attached to the right religion or the people with the right credentials. There is only the ability to keep silence. While there may be no magic religion, there is such a thing as magic space. It is the space that unfolds and it is here that praying is done. The reason for so much bad religion and even the insistence that there is no importance to religion is because people have lost the ability to maintain silence. Silence has to be sought out and then it must be maintained. Silence has to be nurtured. This is the only place God is ever known. People are waiting for God to speak, but he is a Man of Silence. In cultivating the quiet place where we turn our back on the noise of the world and even the constant and confused yammering of those who love us, we become quiet and join with God.