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> Verse 288. The three

> categories of the creator, the creature, and the world, (as

> well as) Maya the

> (veiling power, or) creative Consciousness who plays with

> them, and the place where She plays, all these are the (One)

> Pure Reality only. (29)

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> (29) Creation is ascribed to a

> power called Maya

> (illusion; veiling power);

> this power is a mere hypothetical entity; it is not real,

> because in the experience of the Self only the Self remains.

> Later on, the unreality of creation is expounded by the

> analogy of the moving pictures on a cinema-screen.

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> These

> quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, "

> published by Sri Ramanasramam