If we are already connected with Krishna why do we need to chant?

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Thank you If I am already connected with Krishna then I don’t need to chant Basically the word ritual has a negative connotation But ritual basically means something which is done repeatedly Any kind of practice that we do It is to a particular emotion And another purpose is to express that emotion If I come to the temple I go down in front of the lord Even if I don’t have any sense of veneration or respect for the lord Gradually by doing that action That emotion is appropriately coming So the main thing physically I act That shapes our emotions In general So if I sit Say I put my legs on this chair I put my hands back I am feeling very humble now This is a bossy posture I can’t feel humble if my legs are high up And I am sitting in a room So our external effects are internal So by shaping our external in such a way That they are conducive to the internal If we don’t have that emotion We will get that emotion If I sit in a respectful mode Then I feel respectful I feel humble So it is The practices are meant to express To achieve or experience the emotion That is not present And once it is present The practices are also meant to express the emotion So for us chanting connects us with Krishna But chanting also expresses our devotion for Krishna When a person loves someone We like to talk about them We like to speak their names So for us chanting is both For expressing the connection Expressing our devotion As well as for accessing the devotion If we see there is only one Then the idea is that We are thinking of We are not understanding that Actually a relationship is a dynamic process Relationship is not A relationship is always More of a direction Than a destination A relationship is always a direction Now I have a good relationship with her Yes it is good But a good relationship means I will keep doing her activities Whatever the relationship is good So it is a direction in which I will keep going So for us chanting helps us to Go in the direction of Krishna And because Krishna is a real person We have a relationship So that reciprocation goes on It is not a destination that we attain So chanting helps us to come close to Krishna And because Krishna is a person with whom We have to stay close as a relationship So chanting helps us keep close to him Thank you very much