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| By ผู้สร้างสรรค์ผลงาน/ส่งข้อมูลเก็บในคลังข้อมูลเสรีวิกิมีเดียคอมมอนส์ - เทวประภาส มากคล้าย - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7318085 |
The effect of this on the behaviour of the person very much depends on the aim and the perseverance of the person.
If my aim in repeating the name of a Deity is to make the Godhead my servant, a sort of Aladdin's lamp, it is possible I might win a lottery or obtain a promotion, or get nothing. It certainly does not help me in learning how to win the lottery or the promotion.
So I must be clear. I use this as a means of changing my behaviour into more harmonious patterns, and learning to do so, or is it another attempt on my part to get something for nothing, another variation of my greed?
If it is to change my behaviour, then I should examine the process of Japa with care.
I know what powerful effect words have on my behaviour: Come at 5 o'clock - You are a good fellow - You are stupid, etc. All these words act as key switches for a whole complex of reactions from my body. They move my body to action; they improve or distort my moods and movements. If words are the keys to my behaviour, then I should frame my own MANTRA or use the given mantras with a new look. If the words chosen have operational consequence for my body, they help better. The words may be in any language.
‘I'm happy... Happy... I am happiness…’
This phrase repeated while inducing such a state into the whole body potentiates the phrase or word. After a long period of practice, the very utterance of the phrase not only arouses this state, but helps in counteracting the opposite states of depression, etc.
The ‘old man’ inside me has been accustomed from childhood, most of the time, to be quickly responsive to expression of hate, depression, frustration, greed and jealousy; interspersed with fleeting moments of elation when some situation temporally panders to my personal fancies. These negative emotions systematically ruin my health. All of them have fear as the base and all lead to constrictive reactions at all levels.
Anyone, who cares to, can verify for himself the impact of words; and then ponder on the significance of Japa.
Of course, mechanical repetition of a syllable has its own effects. There is added advantage in assigning one's own operational significance for the body.
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