माया तो ठगनी भई, ठगत फिरै सब देस I जा ठग ने ठगनी ठगी, ता ठग को आदेस II
Maya, the imagination of the deluded mind continually baffles humanity, and poses the greatest roadblock in the path to Spiritual Enlightenment by making the mirage-like attractions of the enchanting world appear as real, permanent and everlasting. Maya not only deceives people about the things they think they know; more basically, it limits their knowledge. In an ordinary sense, the word 'Maya' means, trickery, fraud or deceit. Magic, jugglery or witchcraft are different forms of illusion that distract and deceive the senses. The senses have the limited ability to perceive and discern truth, although we take them for granted and rely more on the appearances of things rather than the truth underlying them. A simple analysis of our perceptual experience establishes beyond doubt that the world is not what it appears to be and what we perceive through our senses is just a superficial reality. It is an illusion because it conceals truth and reveal itself differently each time we perceive it.
"Kabir says, We think we are our bodies, our thoughts, our desires. But those things are Maya. They seem to be “me” but this is an illusion. In other words Maya tricks us with regard to ourselves. Only an Enlightened Soul remains free from the web of deception cast by Maya, for he lives in the world but not of the world."
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