The deepest boundary is the protection of your inner relationship with what you hold sacred and true.
Mirabai's ultimate boundary was not against people but for her spiritual practice—her devotion, her prayer, her direct communion with the divine. No amount of external pressure could touch this interior citadel. The Interior Citadel recognizes that the most important boundary you set is in defense of your own spiritual center, whatever that means for you: your values, your practices, your deepest commitments. In Boundaries in Love, this concept asks: What is non-negotiable in your life? What practice, belief, or relationship keeps you aligned with your own truth? These become the boundaries you protect first, because they anchor all others. When you neglect your interior citadel—your practice, your solitude, your connection to meaning—you become porous to everyone else's needs and demands. Mirabai prioritized her inner life above external approval, and this made all her other boundaries possible and sustainable.
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