Using our attachment to what we fear losing—including civilization's gifts—to reveal our own deepest values and the person we're becoming.
In Mirabai's tradition, the beloved (Krishna, the divine, the one we love) is not separate from us but intimately entangled with our own becoming. What we love shows us who we are. For those engaging with anticipatory grief about civilization, this inverts the usual dynamic: instead of asking 'What will we lose?' we can ask 'What does my grief about these losses reveal about what I truly value?' Our civilization—its art, science, interdependence, moral achievements—becomes a mirror. When we grieve specific losses (a stable climate, species, cultural practices), we are also discovering ourselves: our capacity for love, our moral sensibilities, our connection to the web of life. Mirabai's practice teaches that this mirroring is not self-indulgent but spiritually essential. Through the mirror of the beloved, we know ourselves and can respond with authenticity rather than habit.
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