Abstract
Prevalent reliance on external digital retrieval has increasingly fragmented adolescent attention, while fostering social isolation and ethical relativism. This paper argues that while the Satsaṅgadīkṣā memorization movement is undertaken fundamentally as an act of spiritual devotion (bhakti), its execution during critical developmental windows may yield incidental cognitive, psychological, and social by-products that mitigate these modern vulnerabilities. Grounded in the tenets of Akṣara-Puruṣottama Darśana, specifically drawing on the Vacanāmṛta and other canonical texts, this study employs a multi-level analytical framework to interpret qualitative participant testimonies across individual, familial, and societal dimensions. These qualitative testimonies are examined through the lens of theories such as Cognitive Load Theory, Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory, and Robert Putnam’s social capital framework.
The analysis suggests that Satsaṅgadīkṣā memorization may function as an organic cognitive anchor associated with reported gains in executive function, a perceived reduction in horizontal familial friction, and the emergence of a shared linguistic infrastructure that appears to reinforce bonding social capital. This devotional practice is theorized to support the development of a durable baseline of domain-specific self-efficacy, offering the next generation an internalized set of moral scripts they may draw on to navigate a complex future with greater cognitive autonomy. This paper also outlines frameworks for future empirical research by proposing long-term cross-sectional academic analyses, longitudinal tracking of habit resilience, and neuroimaging studies to quantify the neuroplastic durability of text-based internalization.