The power of Japa

Watched an early episode of Criss Angel Mindfreak before going to school this morning. On the way to school and during the first half of the first lecture, I felt an urge to study psionics again.

Well, as I had been searching for some forbidden meditation books that a yogi had mentioned, who visited us .. some 12 years ago or so. That's what father told me, we (me and my sister) were away on a holiday then. Anyway, I suddenly remembered that I had already found an e-book on Kundalini Yoga from the internet before and all I had to do was just take it from the overly long list of bookmarks and start reading..

I started from the biography of the author and found an introduction to Japa Yoga. I would like to quote some of what Sri Swami Sivananda has written:

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The Name of God, chanted correctly or incorrectly, knowingly or unknowingly, carefully, is sure to give the desired result. Just as burning quality is natural to and inherent in fire, so also, the power of destroying sins with their very root and branch, and bringing the aspirant into blissful union with the Lord through Bhava-Samadhi, is natural to and inherent in the Name of God. 

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There is a Sakti or power in every word. If you utter the word 'excreta' or 'urine' when your friend is taking his meals, he may at once vomit his food. If you think of 'Garam Pakoda', 'hot Pakoda' (fried delicacies), your tongue will get salivation. When anyone suddenly shouts 'Scorpion! Scorpion!', 'Snake! Snake!', you at once apprehend the scorpion or the snake and jump in fright. When anyone calls you a 'donkey' or an 'ass', you are annoyed and you show anger. If anyone says, "You are a nice person," you smile. When such is the power of the names of the ordinary things of this world, what tremendous power should there be in the Name of God! God is the completion or the fullness of existence. Hence, the Name which denotes Him, too, is full and perfect. Therefore, the power of the Name of God is incalculable, for it is the height or the zenith of power. The Name of God can achieve anything.
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Repeat the Mantra verbally for sometime, in a whisper for sometime, and mentally for sometime. The minds wants variety. It gets disgusted with any monotonous practice.
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I used to think that chanting is rather meaningless and that words only have effect because those who hear them, start visualizing things thus making them seem more realistic. I actually never understood what was meant by "You must not speak the name of the God carelessly." or something like that in the Bible.

If everything is quantum and the structure of the universe were similar to that of a computer or a complex software system, then it could be optimized better, if similar or related objects and events were connected. Now, if every time someone thinks about a word or speaks it out, they connect the word or thought to their emotions or objects around them, imagine what would come out of it when thousands of people did the same. These words would become really powerful and tightly bound to these emotions and objects around all of these people.

I guess that with PK, there's the problem of my mind becoming disgusted of the monotonous practice routine. And that's why I can't practice PK for more than a few days and then I just have to take a break - I just can't think of enough different methods for practicing..