Usually when i do japa im looking at pictures on my phone... radha krishna, pancha-tattva my guru maharaja..
For years usually i just chant japa and dont really think about anything (excpe the crap i watched in tv lol) that usually pop ups inside my head lol..
But after i do japa i read something right now krishna book..
But when i do japa i dont usually think of krishna lila.. its usually ... i need to goto work etc, what will i eat later its naturual i guess..
I dont want a lecture on what i should or should not think... but some clues..
What do other do when you do japa do you think of Bhagavatam pastimes or krishna-lila.. SHOULD you force yourself to think these?
Or do you do a kinda empty hare krishna meditation... not really thinking about krishna-lila just concentrating on the mantra (and isnt that kinda brahmajyISH type of japa?
Let me know
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