How do I balance my love for my ex-partner with my commitment to someone new?

Mirabai loved with an intensity that terrified the people around her. But there's a difference between carrying love and being trapped by it. You can honor what you shared with someone and still move forward. The grief doesn't disappear—it transforms. You learn to hold it without it holding you. When you're with your new partner, you're not betraying your ex by loving them. You're honoring both chapters of your life. What's worth examining is whether you're present with the person in front of you, or whether you're constantly comparing, wishing, missing. That's where the real work is. You can say: 'I loved them. That was real. I learned from it. And I'm choosing something different now.' That's not betrayal. That's growth. The examined heart doesn't pretend the past didn't exist. It doesn't erase former loves or make them small. It simply makes space for what's true now. Your capacity to love doesn't diminish when you love again. It deepens. You know more about what love costs, what it offers, where you need to show up differently.