What we think of, what we fix our intelligence and our mind upon, is indicative of the kinds of emotions that we will develop. So, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī a verse that he learned from his guru:

"evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ (SB 11.2.40)."

That is, when one chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, because Kṛṣṇa's name is completely spiritual, then gradually the heart will change. Druta-citta means it will melt from the stone-like condition of meditating on one stone house, thinking, "This is my everything." Then the heart becomes softer, and it melts, and one then is able to enjoy spiritual emotion, which has become dormant due to one's association with matter.

So, the purpose of chanting is to serve Kṛṣṇa and also to save ourselves from the material condition by transferring our intelligence and our awareness to the Nāma Cintāmaṇi Kṛṣṇas and away from a stone house. So, during these japa circles, we have full permission to take our minds away from the stone-like objects that we may have become accustomed to thinking of and to fully surrender our awareness to thinking of Kṛṣṇa and His Holy Names.

(excerpt from the talk)

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