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Japa as a mechanical way
We must erase the imprint little by little. And in fact, the
only way to erase the imprint is to make contact with the Truth.
There is no other way — all reasoning, all intelligence, all under-
standing, all that is totally useless with this physical mind. The
only thing is to make contact. That's just what the cells value:
the possibility of making contact.
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Making contact.
On the material level, japa is very good for that. When your
head is tired and you are a little weary of forever contradicting
that pessimism, you just have to repeat your japa, and auto-
matically you make contact. To make contact. That's some-
thing the cells value a lot. A lot. It's a very good way, because
it's a way that isn't mental, it's a mechanical way, it's a ques-
tion of vibration.
The Mother: Conversation with a disciple, October 10, 1964

Japa as a physical discipline
It's an almost physical discipline. Moreover, I have seen that
the japa has an organising effect on the subconscient, on the
inconscient, on matter, on the body's cells — it takes time, but
by persistently repeating it, in the long run it has an effect. It
is the same principle as doing daily exercises on the piano, for
example. You keep mechanically repeating them, and in the end
your hands are filled with consciousness — it fills the body with
consciousness.
The Mother: Conversation with a disciple, September 20, 1960

Japa as a means to galvanise
In fact, you can immediately see the difference between
those who have a mantra and those who don't. With those
who have no mantra, even if they have a strong habit of

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