Spiritual Science Research Foundation Benefits of Chanting

Spiritual Science Research Foundation

Benefits of Chanting

Developing a liking for chanting and purification of the sub-conscious mind

According to psychology, chanting God’s Name and that of a worldly object are quite similar. When a mother utters or hears her child's name, several emotions arise in her subconscious mind. These could be motherly affection, happiness, worry, aspirations, etc. This is because all emotions associated with the name of the object, that is the child, coexist. The memory of or hearing that name constantly activates the emotions. This is spontaneous and is a powerful driving force in a mother's life. Sometimes due to this very force a mother is prepared to sacrifice everything for her child. 

The psychological response in chanting God’s Name is the same. When we chant His Name, we have some emotion or image about God, consciously or unconsciously. We also have some notion about God’s qualities. We know from discussions that we benefit from God’s grace and that chanting His Name is the tool to acquire it. Therefore the spiritual emotion (bhāv) that we are chanting the Name of God who has distinguished qualities, accompanies the Name. Due to this spiritual emotion, emotions such as respect, love and devotion for God, fear of wrong actions etc. go on increasing progressively, while undesirable emotions on the other hand keep diminishing. Thus gradually the subconscious mind gets purified.

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