By chanting this mantra of Lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu we move from our personal self and radiate a prayer of love for the world around us. It releases us from our ego and our limited worldview and emits from us wellbeing for all, everywhere — those we know and love, those we know and don’t love, those we don’t know yet and those we won’t ever know. It is a reminder of our universal spirit.