Resistance and Devotion in Balance

Mirabai both challenged patriarchal authority and surrendered to divine will. These are not opposites; they coexist. In Love & Disability, we must resist ableism, fight for access, demand justice—and simultaneously accept and love our disabled selves and partners as they are now. This balance is delicate. Resistance without surrender becomes exhausting activism that denies love. Devotion without resistance becomes complicit acceptance of injustice. The examined heart holds both: we fight the system while loving in the present moment; we grieve lost futures while building actual lives; we demand a world that accommodates disability while learning to inhabit our bodies as they are. Mirabai's example shows that spiritual practice is not escape from the world but deepened engagement with it—fiercer, more honest, more loving because we refuse to pretend things are other than they are.