Meditation for Forgiveness of Oneself? Need some pointers!

FindingMyWay

Greetings all,
So as some of you know, I joined new buddhist a short while ago and had a post about basically trying to get out of a lack of motivation/depressive mind state. I got a lot of amazing advice and messages, started meditating daily and pretty much doing a lot of reading/lurking on this site. I am currently doing metta meditation daily. I do not want to really get into long details, but the more I meditate, the more I am more aware and in some cases, regretful of some of my past unskillful actions. I know better now and would probably ensure that I refrain from doing whatever I had done in the past. However I still feel guilty regarding my past actions. Is there some sort of meditation that I can do to forgive myself and maybe let go of the regrets I feel? Do I just accept the feelings whenever they arise and let go of it or is there something actively I could be doing meditation wise?

Looking forward to your replies!

Metta

zenff

You could start your meditation with the Gatha of Atonement.

All evil Karma ever committed by me since of old,
On account of my beginningless greed, anger and ignorance,
Born of my body, mouth and thought.
Now I atone for it all.

You do that three times ant the last time the word “all”’ is chanted extended and low.
Always loved that one in sesshin!

FindingMyWay

thanks Zenff!

newtech

Greetings all,
So as some of you know, I joined new buddhist a short while ago and had a post about basically trying to get out of a lack of motivation/depressive mind state. I got a lot of amazing advice and messages, started meditating daily and pretty much doing a lot of reading/lurking on this site. I am currently doing metta meditation daily. I do not want to really get into long details, but the more I meditate, the more I am more aware and in some cases, regretful of some of my past unskillful actions. I know better now and would probably ensure that I refrain from doing whatever I had done in the past. However I still feel guilty regarding my past actions. Is there some sort of meditation that I can do to forgive myself and maybe let go of the regrets I feel? Do I just accept the feelings whenever they arise and let go of it or is there something actively I could be doing meditation wise?

Looking forward to your replies!

Metta

Hello FindingMyWay:

Yes, u can change to forgiveness meditation.

http://www.dhammasukha.org/Study/Articles/forgiveness-meditation-general.htm

Check that link.

With metta.