the great MAHA MAYA- the world of delusion...

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O Saints! Satguru has brought devotion to the world!

 

There is one woman who produced two males.

 

O learned pandits! Explain this to me!

 

Breaking the stone (mind) a river (meditation) came forth, and found

only water, water (God Consciousness) all around;

 

Two mountains (ego and ignorance) drowned in that water; its waves

(souls) then merged into the ocean (God)

 

A fly (maya) flew and sat on the tree (world) and spoke only one

word (delusion);

 

That fly had no male, but she became pregnant without semen; That

female (maya) ate up all the males (people) and only God alone

escaped;

 

Kabir says that whoever can explain this will be his guru and he

the disciple.

 

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Guru Kabir states that: "O saint or brother devotees!

Devotion has been brought by Satguru".

 

Satguru here means God. It also means any saint who has realized God

in his or her own life.

 

The woman referred to is maya which is the creative aspect of God and

emanates from God, Himself.

 

Without maya no creation can take place,because creation means a

differentiation from the unitary being of God.

 

It is maya that has this ability to allow God to manifest 'creation'.

 

The two males created here are Jiwa and Ishwar. Jiwa is the soul that

has taken on gunas or qualities in order to manifest life.

 

shwar is God with attributes who can be thought of as

the creative aspect of God.

 

Combined with maya, Ishwar produces the multiform universe.

 

Guru Kabir is asking the learned pandits to explain this parable.

 

The stone that is broken is the mind, and the river

which flows from it is meditation. The mind has to be

broken, or subdued, in order for meditation to flow, in

an unbroken stream, to God. This meditation then

finds itself surrounded by God Consciousness i.e. water

everywhere.

 

The two mountains that drown in this water are

ego and ignorance, both of which must be overcome in

order to meditate. During meditation the wave, or the

soul, becomes merged in the ocean or God.

 

The fly here refers to maya which has flown unto a tree

which is the world. In other words, maya manifests

itself in the whole world as illusion, which keep people

away from direct knowledge of God. People see the

material world, but fail to see the Divine power

manifesting behind 'creation'.

 

Maya has only one language and that is to create delusion.

 

Spiritual realization, or God realization, occurs only after maya has

beensubdued. Maya , herself, needs no male or husband in order

to procreate the world.

 

Maya, herself, being the creative energy of God, has brought forth

everything in the universe. This maya has, figuratively, eaten up

all the males which refer to humanity.

 

Therefore, in order to escape being eaten up by maya , or delusion,

it is necessary to stay away from her and to merge

into God through meditation.

 

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om maha-grasayai namaha

 

salutations to her who is the great 'devourer'