Q.Gurudev, why do we have to suffer because of our past impressions? In the present we are innocent.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Until the impression of your previous done karma is there on your mind, that karma manages to exist. That impression can only be erased through meditation, pranayama and service. You are freed from karma once the impression is erased. All this is on the mind level only. Karma is nothing but an impression on the mind. When you wake up and see that the mind is a part of you but you are not your mind (that you are much greater than your mind), then all karma automatically dissolves.