382. The One that is Present in its own Absence………..

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Vedas describe Maya (Illusion) as “ya ma sa maya”. Ya means that, Ma is not, Sa is so; Illusion is that which is not. 

It exists but not in reality, it is present in its own absence. There are many illustrations given to depict the word Maya like, forth in the milk, waves in the ocean, fizz in the aerated drink, mirage in the desert, snake in the rope, ghost in the post. Maya sometimes becomes the support to find solace for those who defend their failure and tribute it to Maya. While some fear all luring things to be Maya and want to stay away from it. The thought that everything that lure is Maya pushes them to conclude that this material world is also Maya. Such thought could lead them to either to be insensitive about others or careless about themselves.
 

Maya is here to stay and we can never do away with it hence it is better to know its strength and help ourselves to live a better life. Getting out of the clutches of Maya is one great effort but even greater endeavor is to accept our immediate neighbors who are self pitying themselves in the name of Maya. This is again a Maya. Therefore it is considered an art to remain uninfluenced by Maya and also know how to respond with those who are influenced by it.  
 

Maya is that divine feminine force which we can neither complain about it nor condemn it. It has the magic wand of "Avarana" and "Vikshepa" the veiling and projecting power respectively to superimpose the quality of eternity on the ephemeral. Hence the Upanishads advice us to be indifferent to it with complete awareness about it. In the rope and snake analogy, when a person sees a snake in the dark he is afraid till the point of his awareness come to his help and tells him that it is not a snake but a mere rope. In the same way as the person who due to ignorance saw an imaginary snake in the rope, we tend to project our individual ideas and beliefs on this material world. Although the imaginary snake induced only fear in us, the projections that we make on this material world will not only induce fear but it charms us, puts us on the top at the same time pulls us down, gives us credit as well as tosses blame at us. Makes us fall into bondage as well as provoke the zeal in us to yearn for Liberation. With Maya it is up and down roller coaster ride all the way.  

Hence it is important to be in this world without getting attached to it. In Bhagavad-Gita Lord Krishna gives an excellent example of “Padma Patra” the Lotus leaf, even though immersed in water the leaf is not wet due to the wax layer on the surface of the leaf.  

Is it possible to be so??????

Yes, only if we learn to see the Truth without likes and dislikes in it. Be a Nirliptha, unstained.

What does it mean????

It is to see the hidden reality beneath all the projections of our mind on this material world without prejudice and to acknowledge the veil of Maya and learn to see the truth without our own misconceptions.
 

As is the wax layer on the lotus leaf so is Spirituality to a seeker to keep the effects of Samsara (Bondage) from getting anointed.

What say??????