How can we become intense in our chanting?

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So how can we perform intention japa See intensity In japa is again It begins with intention Intention Just like a student wants to study Now the first There has to be the intention to study And then naturally do the necessary things You know if there is noise around Then the students will go to some other place where there is no noise Or if they can’t go anywhere else They will put some ear plugs And then they will focus So intensity begins with intention That means First we have to intend This is the time when I am going to Connect with Krishna This is the time when Krishna is manifesting As his holy name And I am going to serve him with my attentiveness So first is the intention Now the nature of the mind Is that Actually From intention to execution Often there are many valleys We want to go from here to there but suddenly we collapse We fall. That is ok Krishna also tells in the Bhagavad Gita He doesn’t expect that We will always be able to focus on him He says In 6.26 he says that Wherever and whenever the mind wanders Bring it back and focus Bring it back under the control of the self That means he is not saying that your mind should not wander at all The mind will wander But get it back Get it back So now this requires the second step That is intelligence So the The best example For understanding the role of the intelligence is Say there is a child who is sick And the mother See the child is sick and the mother takes the child to a doctor Now the doctor May smile at the child May give a little talkie to the child But all the serious talking The doctor is going to do with the mother The child has got the disease And the child has to be given this medicine And when the child When the mother understands This is a disease, it can become complicated So I have to make sure, morning, afternoon, evening I have to give this medicine Then the mother comes back home And then it is the mother’s responsibility To make sure the child takes the medicine The child says, oh mummy, I don’t want to take the child Mother is giving the medicine And the child starts moving his head The mother has to hold the head And make sure the medicine is given So similarly, you can say the doctor Is like the spiritual master The doctor is the guru The mother Is the intelligence The child Is the mind And the medicine Is the holy name So when we do japa The spiritual master comes and tells us This is important, this is how we should do it We learn about the importance But the spiritual master primarily Speaks to our intelligence, to the mother And the spiritual master is not going to be there all the time with us The mother To make sure That the child takes the medicine, it is the mother’s responsibility Like that, our intelligence has to be alert That Okay Now Giving the medicine to the child is not a ritual The mother says, okay Morning, afternoon, evening, I’ll pour One teaspoon full of medicine To put in the child’s mouth But the child moves his head away All the medicine spills on the wall Mother may say, oh I gave medicine Thrice a day But you gave the medicine, let the child take the medicine Just giving is not important Child taking is also important So similarly, we may say I am uttering the mantra But am I trying to focus So It is with our intelligence We will understand, same sequence 6.26, 7 is this verse 6.26 One verse before this Krishna says 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26 6.26