Aptavani-1
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Questioner : What can one do to be free from the
bondage of maya?
Dadashri : Ignorance is maya itself. Ignorance of the
real Self is maya and this maya gives such a beating that no one
can see the wounds it causes. There is no superior above you
in this world. It is only because of maya that you feel a sense
of oppression.
What is maya? Maya is the relative manifestation of God
(the Self). What does it mean when people say, ‘It is maya that
entraps us’? Who runs this world? Because people have no
knowledge of who runs the world, they believe themselves to
be the doers. That itself is maya and they become trapped in it.
God is the only one who does not succumb to maya. The
weak continue to suffer and that is the rule of maya. One cannot
say whether the suffering caused by maya is mild or intense, but
it is the suffering itself that will inspire one to seek liberation.
The great curse of maya is the oblivion of one’s own Self.
Once this ignorance is removed, maya is gone.
Projection of anything where it is not, is maya.
In my presence, your maya cannot remain; it will remain
at a distance, but as soon as you leave from here it will shroud
over you again. However, if you acquire the Knowledge of your
Self (Swaroop Gnan) from me, you will remain untouched by
maya wherever you go.
The Lord says that everything is a drama (not real). You
should not become one with it. People blame the mind but it is
not the mind but the maya behind it that creates all the problems.
Let maya go and the mind will be a beautiful endless film. Many
have renounced their attachment of worldly life and become
ascetics, but does that mean they have become free from their
maya? No; on the contrary their maya doubles. When can one