माया छाया एक सी, बिरला जानै कोय I भगता के पीछे फिरै, सनमुख भाजै सोय II
The desire to find true happiness in worldly objects is only a mirage. Maya, the pleasures of this world like a shadow eludes those who chase it. A lonely traveller or an animal in a parched and hot desert sees the waters of mirage at close distance, moving like a river, having waves and even the sun reflecting on the water surface. The deluded mind then goes chasing it in that direction, lured on and on, but finds nothing at all. Similarly a shadow eludes those who try to catch it. Maya or Illusion is deeply rooted in attachment. When we are attached to or have a desire for something, it becomes a source of illusion for us. Those who are free from attachments and have directed their desires toward spiritual growth are free from the bondage of Maya, the illusion. Non-attachment and a constant awareness of Absolute Reality are like two wings of a bird which can fly from the plane of mortality to the height of immortality. Those who do not allow their wings to be clipped by the illusion of Maya attain perfection, living in the world but not of the world.
"Kabir says, there is a similarity between material wealth and shadow. Both run ahead of those who chase them, but follow those who don't get lured by them."
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