II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

माषी गुड मैं गडि रही, पंख रही लपटाई I
ताली पिटै सिरि धुनै, मीठै बोई माइ II

Maya means accepting the temporary as having lasting value, and looking for enduring happiness in this world. Under Maya’s influence, the soul mistakenly identifies with the body. It accepts such thoughts as “I am a woman or I am a man,” or “This is my house, my country, and my religion.” Thus the illusioned soul identifies with the temporary body and everything connected to it, such as race, gender, family, nation etc. Under this sense of false-ego (false-identity) the soul aspires to control and enjoy matter. However, in doing so he continuously serves lust, greed, and anger. In frustration he often redoubles his efforts and, compounding mistake upon mistake, only falls deeper into illusion.
Maya is the trapping mechanism. It is by the temptation of curiosity or some wicked desire that puts us in contact with the objects of our world. Once we taste it, we enter into a make believe world and stop thinking about going back. We become so involved as embodied souls, imprisoned in our own thoughts and desire bodies, binding ourselves to the consequences of our own actions that in the end we ourselves delay our own liberation.

"Kabir says, a fly savouring a jaggery is so absorbed in it that it is unaware of its wings stuck deep in the jaggery and that it can't fly any more. All its frantic efforts to free itself from the stickiness of jaggery fail and ultimately it succumbs falling prey to the temptation of its sweetness."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II