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"Chanting is half the battle." --Paramhansa Yogananda

Words are thoughts crystallized. Melodies are the resonance of the heart’s aspirations. Harmonies deepen the emotional power of those aspirations. And rhythms ground those aspirations in the present. Combining thought, melody, and rhythm in a spiritual discipline can provide a powerful force for awakening. The power of mantras and chanting doesn’t come automatically. Will power and concentration are needed, and inner attunement with the words.

The highest purpose of chanting is to help awaken us to our own spiritual potential: to bring us closer to Self-realization. Spiritual chanting is heartfelt prayer, deepened by the dimension of music and by the building power of repetition. Repetition is not for the purpose of getting the Lord’s attention: It is to deepen the intensity of one’s own prayer.
—Swami Kriyananda ( J. Donald Walters), author of
Awaken to Superconsciousness