A reorienting toward what civilization might become, rather than only what it was, as a form of forward-facing grief and love.
Milana in bhakti means union or meeting. Mirabai's longing was not only for what was lost but for reunion with Krishna—a future-oriented love. For anticipatory grief, milana reframes the future not as a void but as a place of potential meeting. This does not mean naive optimism about technological solutions or progress; rather, it means opening to what new forms of community, knowledge, and relationship might emerge from transformation. It means grieving the old world while remaining curious about the new one being born. What kinds of interdependence might follow industrial separation? What forms of wisdom might arise from collapse? What new beauty might life create from ruins? Milana prevents grief from becoming only nostalgia. It suggests that our task is both to grieve well and to remain available to surprise, to the unexpected forms that love and meaning might take in whatever comes next.
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