One thing to keep in mind is that as you move from one chanting condition to the next, your mental attitude should shift as well, becoming deeper and more intense.
The goal is to merge the chanter, the chant, and the chanting process into one.
The mind must descend into the deepest aware state possible, not unconsciousness, absent-mindedness, or sleep, but a focused concentrated state of total consciousness in which all ideas are sunk and merged into one state, like particles pulled to an irresistible magnet.
