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The automatic repetition of the mantra is part of the same phenomenon—that is what ought to happen to the mantra, it must become a conscious but spontaneous thing repeating itself in the very substance of the consciousness itself, no longer needing any effort of the mind. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/the-inward-movement#p84</ref>

One is the all-powerful japa; the other, an almost ordinary japa ... There is a difference in the inner attitude. Perhaps for the japa to become true, a kind of joy, an elation, a warmth of enthusiasm has to be added—but especially joy. Then everything changes. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/agenda/01/october-6-1959#p13</ref>