How can chanting the name of God really cleanse the mind? Bhagawan beautifully explains this with a few memorable examples.

Cast away ignorance - then you are free, liberated from all bonds at that very moment. All spiritual disciplines have this liberation as their goal. Nama-sankirtan (Heart-felt singing of divine names) too, helps you get rid of this basic ignorance. Those who rely on reason alone or on the limited laws of science argue that the repetition of the Name which is, after all, sound, cannot cleanse or correct the mind of man. But the Name is not just 'sound’. You are sitting quietly there, listening, but if someone merely says, 'scorpion’, you get frightened. Or when someone says, the juice of a lemon, your mouth starts watering. You may be sitting before a plateful of delicacies, but if someone speaks of something dirty or disgusting, you refuse the food. When words referring to worldly situations have such a transforming effect on the mind of man, words conveying spiritual and elevated meaning will certainly help in cleansing and correcting the mind of man.