My teenage daughter is becoming obsessed with Mirabai's story and talks about wanting to abandon everything for divine love, and my ex-husband thinks I'm encouraging dangerous thinking while I think he's crushing her spiritual awakening, and we can't figure out how to guide her together when we disagree about whether mystical devotion is healthy or harmful.
More people experience this than they realize.
Conflicting parental responses to adolescent mystical calling create additional confusion for a young person already navigating the tension between worldly life and spiritual devotion.
“Where Are You with Sufi Love — Divine Eros and Mirabai's Devotion?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.