Mirabai's surrender and responsiveness to life's movements as practice for remaining available to civilizational change without prescriptive outcomes.
Mirabai did not manage her future or control her devotion's expression. She was radically available to what arose: illness, rejection, mystical states, ordinary days. She moved where the current took her, maintaining presence without grasping. This radical availability contrasts sharply with how anticipatory grief often functions: as an attempt to pre-grieve a specific loss and thereby contain it. But civilization's unfolding may surprise us—losses and regenerations we didn't predict, capacities we didn't know we had, connections we didn't expect. Mirabai's practice suggests staying awake to actual emergence rather than defending a particular future-story. This is not passivity but active receptivity. It means grieving what is already gone while remaining genuinely open to what forms next. For communities facing civilizational stress, this translates to adaptive capacity grounded not in predetermined solutions but in the ability to respond freshly to each moment. Radical availability asks: what if we grieve what must pass while remaining genuinely curious about what wants to be born?
Peri can explain this concept, give practical examples, help you decide whether it applies to your situation, or recommend a journey if appropriate.
Explore related journeys or tell Peri what you're working through.