The intention of mantra and japa is to help us refocus the mind. Anything we repeat or allow to repeat in our awareness will groove itself into our being.
Be ware of what you repeat to yourself or otherwise.
I wasn’t feeling very well today–some kind of stomach thing–but I made it into work and it wasn’t a bad day. I felt well enough to notice beauty on my way home.
This morning, when the timer went off, I was so deep into a train of thought, it took me a moment to realize I had been sitting to meditate. It’s a practice.