Mahakatha's Meditation Mantras

Would you like to be

forgiven for all the mistakes of your past?

And on the other hand, have you forgiven everybody

who's ever done you wrong in your past?

We like to say everyone makes mistakes, and to

forgive is divine. But we struggle

with the idea of practicing it

in our daily lives, whether we are asking for it

or whether we have to give it. So today, I thought I'll talk about

this topic because it beautifully connects us to another

ancient chant from India. Namaste.

Hello and welcome to yet another brand new episode.

I'm your host, Preeti, and in today's episode, we

are talking about forgiveness. Like I

said, it is baffling why we

are unable to forgive certain people for certain

things, even though those things may have transpired

way in the past. Now this baffles

me even more now, after I've become

a mother. Because now I can see my

capacity, our human capacity

to forgive, so unconditionally.

I say this because when my child does something

naughty, does something mischievous, breaks something, or goes

against something that I'm asking of him,

after a few seconds, I simply let it

go. I simply forgive. Of course. I let him

know that what he did was wrong. And I try to explain to

him why he shouldn't do that again. But after that,

I really want to let it go. I really

want to forgive him. Not for his sake,

not so that he can be free and move on and do the

next thing, but for my sake. Because

honestly, after a few seconds,

I really want to hold my kid again. I really want to go back

to playing with him. I want to go back to

laughing with him, reading him a story, just being

happy. I want to go back to that

feeling. Now, expanding this into

our very real, very adult, sometimes

harsh world. Perhaps we should forgive

people not for their sake, but

so that our memories of certain

places, certain things we loved, certain qualities

we used to have, certain experiences of our

past, are not polluted,

are not stained by this thing that went

wrong. For example, if you loved

watching sunsets and you would watch the sunset with

this one person who hurt you, and if you

don't forgive, then every sunset you watch will at

some point remind you of that terrible experience. And

eventually it will rob you of that joy of watching a

sunset, or having a specific dish,

or pursuing a certain dream. As

long as you hold on to these

feelings of hurt, as long as you decide

to withhold your forgiveness,

you will keep experiencing the

pollution of all the things

you love. You will keep experiencing

this unnecessary trigger of

anger or resentment or frustration,

even when you're doing something that you absolutely

love. So perhaps we should forgive so that we can

enjoy the things we love more without them

being stained by something that's happened in the past without them being

polluted by bottled up feelings.

Instead, when we see another sunset,

and when we do think of that person who hurt us,

we still value the joy of that sunset

more than that one incident, than the

words and actions that are just echoes coming from

the past. And if you're worried that

you may have unintentionally caused someone

pain or hurt someone by doing something

wrong, and if you wish to seek

forgiveness for such unintentional

actions, then simply say

Sarvam Kshamasva,

Sarvam

Kshamasva.

Forgive me for everything.

Sarvam

Kshamaswa.

That is the perspective that sort of changed what

forgiveness meant for me and I'm really hoping that it

opened up something for you as well. And speaking of

forgiveness, I know we sometimes need

time and space to process what's happened in the past

before we can forgive someone. I know we

need to be in a calm, composed,

almost meditative state sometimes to really

be able to let go. And for

that purpose, the perfect mantra that you

can listen to meditate with is the

Samudra Vasani Devi Mantra.

This chant is dedicated to

Goddess Earth, Mother Earth, who

is the most forgiving. Through this

mantra we seek to awaken that

capacity within ourselves, that natural capacity to

forgive, unconditionally and

wisely move on to more

joyful things and experiences in our lives.

That is the intention of this mantra. And

if you are someone who is finding it difficult

to forgive yourself or seek

forgiveness from someone who you know you've

wronged, then perhaps use this mantras to

visualize in your imagination what you

cannot still do in reality.

Visualize how exactly you would

like to ask for forgiveness, visualize how exactly

you would like to heal the relationship. And

then one day perhaps you will feel clear

enough, confident enough to use your voice

and your words to ask for forgiveness.

That is the power of the Samudra Vasani

Devi Mantras. On our YouTube Mantra

channel, this mantra has perhaps the most

personally moving, the most personally

powerful stories of love and forgiveness when compared

to all the other mantras. There are people who

have embraced this mantra and it has helped them

express their emotions and release old

emotions gently and safely.

I'm going to read to you just two of those comments from the

YouTube thread. One of them says, "My

mom passed away last week. I've been listening to this

multiple times a day. It's really helping me.

Now, the reason I'm sharing this comment is that there are

a lot of us who have lost our mother figures,

who have lost the people whom we wish we

had asked for forgiveness. And spending a

little time with this mantras can perhaps even ease

that burden that is weighing on your heart." The other

comment says, "I feel so much love from

the music and the voice. It brings tears.

Thank you". Well, if the mantra

is moving you in such an emotional

way, you can be certain that it touched and

moved me as well while I was in

the process of rendering this mantra for you. This

is definitely one of the most soothing,

most emotionally calming mantras

that I have ever come across. And so

if there is anything, any guilt, any

shame, any anger weighing down on your heart,

then this is definitely a mantra that you should try listening

to. If you haven't heard this mantra yet, or if

you would like to include the Samudra Vasane Devi

mantra in your daily meditation practice,

then being a listener of this podcast, you can avail this mantra

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simply by using the discount code that's mentioned in the

description of this episode. Go ahead and

gift yourself this mantras and start

releasing your old emotions. Start

forgiving. Start tapping

into your inner natural power of

forgiveness and joy and start

enjoying the things that you once used to love

but haven't done in a while. With

that, this is me Preeti signing

off and promising to be back with another beautiful

episode and another beautiful mantra. Until

then, keep forgiving, keep listening and

stay blessed.