[MarkWar]

>The rhythmic chanting used when saying the rosary prayer or performing a yoga mantra seems to have a calming effect on the heart, study findings suggest.

But, on the other hand, don't psychos and lone nuts often have phrases that they repeat over and over again? I mean, if you sit on a bus next to some thuggish looking loser, and he (or she) is muttering over and over, "I'm gonna kill that sucka. I'm gonna kill that sucka. I'm gonna kill that sucka." You don't think, "Hmmm, they're calm and relaxed and at peace with the world..."

Mark W.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

I've sat next to nutz talking to themselves on the subway. I've sat next to folks praying the Rosary on the subway. Other than lips moving, not very much in common, at least in my observations.

[Pharmboy]

You are correct, of course, but that comes from a different place; the shrinks call it perseveration. The saying of mantras or rosaries are not compulsive; they are an option.