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A Physiologic Consideration in the Practise of Nama-Japa Aloud versus In-the-mind only. ;
Certainly, in terms of brain structures, the language processing is going in both cases, and it may be that much higher imagining and even soul transfer ultimately also do go on via the pure mana-mandira, temple of the mind, still, only when speaking and hearing are the muscles, spinal / cranial nerves both sending and receiving, energy-delivering systems going, respiration patterns carry on, connections between sound and sensation and speaking centres occurr, seven levels of inner ear neurons and processors act, and full integration and comprehension capacites are actively involved.
The brain is plastic in many ways, and will grow and expand to specialize in the daily tasks; so over time, one becomes an athlete physically as well as by intent, of the chanting processes.
When we add the sense of touch and counting the rounds, that is another layer of actual physical involvement that alt