A contemplative discipline for investigating your motivations, attachments, and patterns in love relationships, inspired by Mirabai's introspective devotion.
Mirabai's devotional practice centers on relentless self-examination—questioning her attachments, desires, and the nature of her love for Krishna. This becomes a practical framework for modern relationships. The examined heart practice asks: What am I actually seeking in this connection? Am I loving this person or a projection of them? Where do I feel defended or performing? What patterns repeat? Unlike modern therapy's focus on healing past wounds, this practice draws on bhakti's focus on purifying intention and presence. By regularly turning inward with honest curiosity rather than judgment, we see our patterns in philia, eros, and storge more clearly. This supports all love types by revealing where we love from fear versus freedom, where we're authentic versus adapted. Mirabai's model shows that this examination isn't self-criticism but deepening devotion—to others and to truth itself.
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