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it is not like that. Maya means that it does not let you understand
vastu (The Self) exactly as it is – that is called maya.
Otherwise, the Atma is real (Brahma satya) and the world
is unreal (jagat mithya), they said all that to make people
renunciate (tyaagi): ‘that my dear fellow, all this is unreal (mithya),
what are you going to get out of this unreality (mithya)? So
forsake your worldly ways, become a tyaagi, renounce it and
move ahead.’ It was with this intention that they said that. But
really one should say what the world is, as it is. So then it would
be easier to climb that way! Or else, not everyone would accept
illusion (mithya)! Only some people will accept unreality
(mithya). They may speak it, but no one accepts illusion. If this
little boy is given a kite in his hands, would he throw it away?
We may say to him, ‘it is not real (mithya), throw it away.’
Would he throw it away? He would not throw it away. Therefore,
the world is a relative truth (satya). Yes, no one will say, that it
is a real truth (satya). Because it can readily tear, can it not?
And at that very moment the affection for it instantly goes away
by itself. Whereas with the eternal element (avinashi tattva),
there is no question of it tearing.
So this world is not false (mithya) either. The world is
relative correct and the Atma is real correct. Relative correct
means it is temporary correct. It is only there for a certain period
of time. Some may last for a hundred years; some will last for
five-hundred years, some will last a thousand years, some will
last five thousand years, while some may last for five years, or
they may even last for a single year. Things that last for a certain
period of time; are all relative correct, and things that prevails
through past, present and future time (trikaad), are real correct!
Some people come and tell me, ‘No, but the world is just
an illusion (mithya)!’ Then I would tell them, that if the world is
an illusion, do they see anyone throwing money away in the
streets? If you go out and about in the streets, would you find
money laying about? People lose their money, do they not? They