If you give yourself absolutely to what you are doing, you are a natural devotee.

If you want to make yourself miserable, you have endless opportunities, because always, someone will do something you don't like.

If you being joyful, peaceful, and pleasant within yourself depends on the outside situation, your way of being shall be accidental.

If your attention is on all the time, without any kinds of thoughts or judgments, you will naturally become intuitive.

A chant is not cultural but an existential thing. It is about the sounds, not the meaning.