How do rituals like chanting contribute to healing?

You know, because science is so non ritualistic. You know the scientific method wants to take away the mystery of healing and reduce it to straightforward science. We find it doesn’t work. We train doctors at the Chopra Center. They get 23.5 CME credits for taking our training. It’s a one week training. And we’ve been doing it now for 20 years. The AMA sent people to monitor the courses and they do that periodically. So we give people a scientific basis for these various interventions, you know, because science is so. Non ritualistic. You know the scientific method wants to take away the mystery of healing. Reduce it to straightforward science. We find it doesn’t work. You know, as long as you engage the patient through rituals, through music, through poetry, through chanting, through interaction, they’re more likely to be engaged. So there was value to tradition. When you take the same thing and you take it out of the tradition doesn’t work as well.