Lila means divine play; it suggests that all identities, including your lost one, are temporary roles in a larger cosmic drama—grief becomes lightening when you see the play.
Lila is the Sanskrit concept of divine play—the idea that existence itself is God's playful expression, not serious business. In this view, all identities are temporary costumes worn for a time, then removed. Mirabai taught that clinging to any fixed identity, even a royal one, causes suffering. The freedom comes from recognizing that you were always more than your identity; you were a temporary expression of something eternal. This doesn't minimize your grief—the costume you wore mattered, and grief honors that—but it suggests perspective. Your former self was real, important, and ultimately temporary. All selves are. When you can glimpse the cosmic play underlying your personal drama, grief loses its crushing weight. You can simultaneously honor your loss and recognize its place in a larger pattern. Lila practice involves moments of perspective-taking where you step back from your grief and see your life as a story unfolding, with your identity loss as a meaningful but not final chapter. This brings lightness without denial.
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