After pondering over it for almost a lifetime, I had a eureka moment where it flashed as “Forgetfulness”
Forgetfulness of who we are!
Who are we?
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूत: सनातन: |
मन:षष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति || 15.7||
And as SBG is a book I follow, the above shloka is Sri Bhagvan Krishna singing, "You are a part of me, but bound by Prakriti (Material Nature) [Maya] you are struggling with the six senses. (5 senses + the mind)
What do you think is Maya?
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Maya
The word Maya means” illusion”
According to the spiritual Granth
We have come to this world to take his name
And do good deeds and help people who need our help
But we fall in trap of MAYA family, kids ,work ,money …etc t
We have to rise above Maya
We deep and intense topic…
Kept me thinking for days
And to disconnect with Maya
Oops challenging,
In my understanding,Maya is the illusion where we forget that we are spiritual beings with human experience and tend to believe that the human experience is the reality.It is this Maya (illusion) that makes us believe that we are seperate from the creator,while in reality our source is the oneness with creator.
Simply explained- Picture a rope in dim light mistaken for a snake, fear hits until light reveals the truth; Maya works that way, causing attachment and confusion until wisdom lifts the veil. Maya acts as ignorance (avidya) that hides the true self (Atman), making people see themselves as limited bodies in a separate world instead of the infinite, unchanging reality. We all are Maya’s victim when we forget our awareness.
Maya is the cosmic play bounded by the veil. Maya can be overcome only with the help of Mahamaya (Shakti) …
For me, Maya is the change. When you believe things/ people/ idea are constant/ fixed then you are stuck in the loop of Maya… when you realize everything is bound to change then you are out of Maya.
Dear sir
I have often heard Maya spoken of as an illusion. As a simple seeker, I have come to feel that whatever has happened, whatever is happening, and whatever is yet to unfold arises like a dream within the mind—that the world we walk through is not absolute truth, but a passing appearance shaped by perception, memory, and awareness.
Thank You
On this topic, in youtube there are different versions of Adi Sankaracharya’s discussion with his devotees given. Though the central meaning is same, as different ways it’s told, I didn’t share it here.
What I understood - Maya is in the way we perceive this life and different things associated with it. The yogi sees the reality in all and is steady, and free from bondages.