I knowingly made a mistake. Please excuse me.

[Shri Divakara Rao asked: Padanamskaram Swami, I am writing this because my guilt is stopping me from calling You and speaking. Yesterday I made one mistake consciously even though I know You don’t like it because such activities are against spiritual progress. After that mistake, I am constantly feeling bad and guilty about myself. I am writing this to ask for apologies for what I have done and I am giving a promise that I will not do such activities again Swami. Please excuse me and pull me out of this guilty feeling. At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Divakara Rao.]

Swami replied:- Realisation of the sin done by you is the first step. Repenting for the sin done by you is the second step. Non-repetition of the sin in practice is the final step of reformation. Reformation for a sin done cancels the punishments of all such type of sins.