Mantras for Lucid Dreaming
Track 19 · Gate VThe Return

Love's Return

What was parted is rejoined

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The mantra

Sītā Rām, Sītā Rām Sītā Rām, Jai Sītā Rām

What it means

The divine feminine and the divine masculine — parted through the whole epic, and restored.

Source: Traditional Nama-Kirtan · The divine names

Why this one, at this hour

Every night is a small Ramayana: the self and the Self are parted at dusk and reunited at dawn. Sita and Ram — separated through the whole epic and restored at its end — are the first mantra of the return. It is sung softly here, the way you speak near a miracle you do not want to startle.

How to use it tonight

Lie down. Play it once at low volume, close enough to hear the words without straining. Say the mantra silently with the voice for as long as it is easy, then let it say itself. When the whispered line comes, do not repeat it — let it be planted. The album runs in order across the night; if you fall asleep before the end, that is the intended outcome.

The whispered line

What was parted is rejoined