India, March 6 -- I have been chanting God's names for close to four decades. I do because it helps me in many ways. I will give details later in this article. I continued chanting because it was working,, but I never knew how. I tried to repeat the name of my friend, but it gave me no benefit whatsoever. Then, something had to be different with God's names. Recently, one early morning, I prayed to my Lord about disclosing the mystery of chanting His names and its effect on us.

As usual, my Lord guided me as I had sincerely prayed for an answer. A hint came about the source of the mind: who created it? It was easy-God has. Then, it clicked; He must know how to calm the mind, being its creator. Chanting God's names does that. Not only cal...