Loving in ways that free both yourself and the other person toward wholeness, rather than bind through obligation, guilt, or enmeshment.
Mirabai's devotion to Krishna was explicitly liberation-focused: she loved in order to be free, not to be tied. Moksha Prema is love that serves everyone's spiritual growth and autonomy, not dependency. This challenges codependent patterns where boundaries feel like betrayals because love has been confused with possession. True love, in Mirabai's framework, wants the other person's freedom more than it wants their presence. This reframes boundaries: when you say 'no' to unhealthy patterns, you are saying 'yes' to liberation—for both people. You are refusing to enable another's delusion or limitation. You are insisting that the relationship honor both people's growth. Moksha Prema asks: am I loving this person toward their highest self, or toward my need for them to stay small and dependent? Setting boundaries from this orientation means every limit you set is an act of genuine care, clarity, and respect for the other's capacity to evolve and choose freely.
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