Hari Naam: The Name as Anchor

In Mirabai's bhakti tradition, the repetitive chanting of Hari Naam—the names of Krishna—serves as both devotional act and psychological anchor. When you grieve who you were, the name becomes a lifeline to something unchanging beneath the layers of identity you've lost. Mirabai herself chanted through her own dissolution of social identity, finding freedom in the name rather than in worldly roles. This practice doesn't erase grief but transforms it into devotion, redirecting the energy of loss toward union with the divine. By anchoring yourself in the name, you acknowledge that identity was never fixed—it was always temporary, always pointing toward something larger. The grief becomes sacred when spoken through divine repetition.