Baroness Wyszynski
2006-12-03 18:17:03
Dear Jack:
An interesting thing happens when one chants (whether or not one understands the chant itself or not):
the sound goes out, bounces back and eventually meets in the middle and that, my dear Jack, can be quite an experience.
This technique is used when chanting in a cave or room or with repetitive sight, e.g., looking at a mandala. The image leaves the person, bounces back and eventually meets at a halfway point.
So, even if you have no idea what you are saying or what you are looking at, something happens that can change a person.
Of course, the negative is also true when many are chanting different words–e.g., the dreaded and noisy madrassas– and that can scramble a brain.
Respectfully,
BW
