Hesychia

Definition

Divine quietude: outer stillness and inner luminous wakefulness, the state described by ‘I sleep, but my heart is awake.‘

Song of Songs 5:2 — The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: “Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched…
Hebrews 4:9-10 — *Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. *