Mantra strings and Countable strings

[John Jones]

A mantra (such as chanting) and counting (such as counting from one,
or the representation of the sequence of real numbers) have similar
external forms but reveal interesting differences in their
properties.

First, their similarities: In both counting and chanting, repetition
or re-application of a function leads to the presentation of a new
element. The new element can be one element in a series or string of
elements. However, while in a count this element is distinguished, in
a mantra it is not distinguished. Thus re-applying a function in a
count takes us from 4 (say) to 5; while a revocalization in a mantra
takes us from one sound (or image) to the next similar sound. While
the count and a mantra are both strings of signs, the mantra string is
neither countable, ordered nor repeated, nor are its elements
identifiable.

An interesting conclusion can be squeezed out of this.
A count has internal properties that give the conditions for its
presentation. These conditions are the human conditions of conferring
order. In a mantra, these human conditions are eliminated or bypassed.
They are by-passed by applying (e.g. vocalizing) a string of similar
members, thus reducing and eliminating the framework that supports
distinguishment, such as supports a count. Once the application of a
mantra eliminates the framework for distinguishing order, the objects
subsisting in that order also disappear. With the disappearance of
objects and their framework, internal properties manifest.

A caveat: In a count where the function applied is + 0, the repetition
of similar elements may or may not lead to a mantra string, depending
on the presence or absence of the framework or enabling (human
ability) condition of 'order'.