Sahaj: Returning to Native Simplicity

Sahaj—often translated as "natural" or "effortless"—points to a state of being stripped of pretense and performance. Mirabai embodied sahaj by abandoning courtly identity to dance barefoot as a devotee. When grieving a lost identity, sahaj becomes your resting place: the recognition that beneath all constructed selves lies something simpler, more fundamental. This isn't regression but revelation. The identities you've shed—professional roles, relational positions, social masks—were real but not your essence. Sahaj suggests that grief itself becomes lighter when you stop defending the lost self and instead allow it to dissolve into the bedrock of your being. This concept invites you to ask: who remains when all identities fall away? What remains is not diminished but clarified, like water returning to its original transparency after turbidity settles.