Gurudev, when we chant a mantra continuously, will that mantra effect our body and life ?

Question: Gurudev, when we chant a mantra continuously, will that mantra effect our body and life ?

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji :

Definitely! But we should not keep chanting continuously, this is not correct. Do you keep bathing continuously? When you chant the mantra for some time, your mind will become stronger. That is why it called mantra. We can do it for 20 - 30 min. If you keep doing it continuously, your intellect will become dull. We should not do it too much. If you stay a lot in water, you will become a fish (laughter). That is why it is referred as mantra-snaan (bath).

If someone keeps listening to music, his intellect will stop working. Similarly, someone who keeps doing math and never listens to music, his personality will also be unbalanced. These things are there to balance our left brain and right brain. We should look it from a scientific perspective. From a scientific perspective, we should listen to in music for some time, we engage in some discussions for some time, and we should think for some time. Afterwards, you will experience an all-round development.