BABA EXPLAINS - Who is Maya?

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N G Chandorkar: Who is this Maya? Who created her? What is she likes?

You Just now said that the root of the whole world is Chaitanya. Then

where does Maya come in.

 

Baba: I will describe to you where and how she comes. Maya is the

name given to the Shakti or Power of Chaitanya which makes chaitanya

appear in different forms. Can you separate Chaitanya from its

Shakti? You cannot – just as you cannot separate jaggery from its

sweetness and the sun from its brilliance. The separation comes only

at the end of Maya. Maya ends when Chaitanya is released. Chaitanya

is endless. Both chaitanya and Maya are beginningless. Maya and

chaitanya are also named Prakriti and purusha, which are fully

described in the Jnaneswari from which you must get your Atma Jnana.

 

Chaitanya is a cave and he who enters into that cave never returns

but becomes the cave.

 

Maya is Karya and has wonderful quality. I am such and such a person,

you are such and such etc., - all this is the result of Maya. All

these of unreal differences. You see, it you are under Maya, (and

differenced) reality does not appear. Maya has two aspects. (1) The

Avarna covering up the consciousness of the soul of Atman and (2)

Vikshepa, producing illusory appearances over that covering. Here is

an illustration.

 

A cooly dreamt that he became a king. Thereby he forgot his

coolyship. That coolyship was covered up (Avarna) by Maya, and

kingship was produced by Maya over that cover. Similarly Maya covered

up Brahman and produces worldly appearances. In reality, the world

does not exists. Only one Real (Sat) exists but these appearances are

taken to be real. That causes the mischief (akalyan). So kick out

Maya and regain Brahman how? regard yourself as pure Chaitanya. Water

when relieved of impurity is pure water. Similarly remove impurity of

Maya from this world of appearances. Then that appearance becomes

reality. This is the upasana of the Real sadvastu. Think of this

always. This is my advice to all. This constant thought of the

sadvastu or Atman is the Adhyatma. You should release this Atman as

yourself and become Mukta in this life.