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The Silence of God and Prayer: Reality as the Place of Encounter with the Divine ( La oración y el silencio de Dios )

Núñez Chávez, Alfonso
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Abstract This paper explores the relationship between prayer and the so-called “silence of God,” proposing that both are not separate phenomena but expressions of a deeper way of inhabiting reality. Rather than understanding prayer as verbal communication and silence as divine absence, the text suggests that both reveal a mode of presence that does not impose itself but invites awareness. Through a philosophical reflection grounded in lived experience, the paper argues that the problem is not that God is silent, but that we often fail to recognize the ways in which reality itself already mediates this presence. In this sense, prayer is not something that begins when we speak, but when we become attentive to what is already given. From this perspective, the silence of God is not emptiness but a condition that makes freedom, meaning, and authentic relationship possible. Reality itself becomes the primary place of encounter with the divine, and prayer emerges as a way of consciously inhabiting that relationship. [ Epañol ] Este ensayo explora la relación entre la oración y el llamado “silencio de Dios”, proponiendo que no son fenómenos separados, sino expresiones de una forma más profunda de habitar la realidad. Más que entender la oración como comunicación verbal y el silencio como ausencia divina, el texto sugiere que ambos revelan una presencia que no se impone, sino que se ofrece a la conciencia. A través de una reflexión filosófica arraigada en la experiencia vivida, se plantea que el problema no es que Dios calle, sino que muchas veces no reconocemos que la realidad misma ya media esa presencia. En este sentido, la oración no comienza cuando hablamos, sino cuando nos hacemos atentos a lo que ya está dado. Desde esta perspectiva, el silencio de Dios no es vacío, sino condición de posibilidad para la libertad, el sentido y una relación auténtica. La realidad se convierte así en el lugar primario del encuentro con lo divino, y la oración emerge como una forma consciente de habitar esa relación.
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