MAYA or ILLUSION:

                       

Write the Blog to understand the Maya & Read the Blog to stay away from Maya......LOL 😂 😝 😆.

Illusion or Maya is a commonly used word in the Scriptures and in our day to day life. This material world which appears real to us, activities performed by the living entities are also real, then what is Maya or Illusion? Maya or Illusion means the unreal appears real to us. For example, accepting a rope as a snake is an illusion, but the rope is not false. 

In general every one of us has a strong desire to enjoy & control this Material world meaning wealth, power, position, beauty, fame & husband..LOL. This temporary physical body which is the product of this material world makes us think that everything belongs to me. We know from our own experience that any kind of achievement and enjoyment in this world is temporary, but in time everything disappear from our life, nothing belongs to us. In reality this Material world is energy of the God, meaning God is not separate from this world, he is everywhere. When we think that God’s energy is separate from him and we try to possess & exploit it, it is defined as Maya or Illusion. There are few other points described below to understand the Maya or Illusion. 

1. Maya is seeing myself as a physical body rather then Soul. A physical body is temporary but a soul is eternal. 

2. Maya is seeing ourselves as a proprietor of this world. Five basic ingredients ( earth, water, fire, ether and air ) of any creation either animate or inanimate are not manufactured by humans, so we are not a proprietor of this world. 

3. Maya is ignorance about existence of the God or Absolute Truth (whichever way we can understand the God) the source of everything. It is illusion to consider the God as one of the common men like us. Sometimes God can behave like ordinary man, therefore the Lord is described as māyā-manuṣya. 

4. Maya means unlimited desires to enjoy this world or absorbing ourselves in sense gratification and forgetting about what the purpose of my life is? Maya means to absorb ourselves in worldly mundane talk rather than subject of the self realization.

5. Maya means forgetfulness about my origin due to too many births........that I am part & parcel of the Supreme. 

6. Maya means not realising that Birth-Aging-Disease and Death is the real problem of life AND how to resolve these real issue of the life permanently?

7. Maya means ignorance about our own Demonic quality. Not having a faith in the Scriptures is also a kind of Illusion or Maya. 

8. To think this whole world is Illusion or Maya is also a kind of Illusion...LOL.At a same time spending all of our energy only for material development is also a kind of Maya. It is notion that by acquiring material things will make me happy is Maya.

If this world is energy of the God then how can it be bad? If food is cooked by the mother then how can it be bad? Yes, food is not bad, but I will eat the food which is good for my health. Similarly this world is not bad, but I will accept the things from this world which is necessary for my survival & favorable to my Spiritual growth and rejects the things which is not favorable. In short Maya which connects us to the God is favorable--YOGA MAYA & Maya which disconnects us from the God is unfavorable--MAHA MAYA.

How to overcome Maya or Illusion?... .by practicing Spiritual Yoga which starts with the Hearing about me, the God and this universe from the Guru/Scriptures.

Have a Non-Illusory Day.

Thank You.

Bg 7.4 -- Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego – all together these eight constitute My separated material energies.

Bg 7.5 -- Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature.

Bg 7.19 -- After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare. 

Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. Vedabase.com

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com . Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. 

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook/Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone/Google Pexels search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God ( Krishna , Absolute Truth ).

NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka, Agama, Guru Granth Sahib, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. ( whichever way we can understand God -- either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy ).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction ( means image, picture...etc ) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person ( not a abstract or some kind of light ) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Bg 9.17 -- I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).