Illusions - Maya by Natarajan Nagarethinam - HTML preview

PART V

Problems from

Maya!

There are the acts of Maya on which we have no control.

The impact of actions of Maya on lives can be compared to Blider, put on to Horses.  Without a blinder, it would be nearly impossible for the rider to steer horse on the course he desires.

It might be noted that, it is not the intention of the rider to blind the horse is not intended to harm the horse.

Just as the horses serves the needs of its master with blider effectively, the lives blinded by the Maya, serve the creator efficiently.

The blind-run of the horses are often lead them to injuries. The master takes care of it. The blind run of lives get injured too. Maya takes care to cure the injuries to lives and keeps them on the run for the creator.

The Saints, the men of knowledge, are those who got liberated from the Blinders.

The saints found several ways to overcome most of the human problems that arise from the blinder that the Maya has introduced.

Let us see them briefly here:

Realisation 1:

What we see around us is a partial truth.

The world we perceive is an insignificant part of a whole universe.

More the truth we are exposed to, the problems and pains in life will vanish.

Realisation 2:

That every life is independent. Life is a long journey with a break called death and restart called birth.

The parents children grand children, friends and relatives are also independent travel plan.

A Few among the other lives around us join our journey. They are just like a fellow traveller in a Train or a bus.

Maya makes us believe that they are yours.

Lives do not realize that every life has a different travel plans, different destinations and associate with one another for a short duration in one’s life time.

This Illusion - Mine: The thought of association of people or objects in the world, belonging to “Me”, leads to several pains.

The pain or loss experienced by a Life A, affect the lives which consider A as belonging to them.

A separation of a life, short or long, temporary or permanent, affect people.

Life compared to objects floating in a stream.

Watching a stream of water would give an  insight into the illusion of Mine.

Small and big objects can be found floating and travelling in the stream.

As the objects move, a few smaller objects is come closer to the larger object and together they travel along for while. for some distance.

Some time later, some of them get separated from the larger objects, travel faster in the stream and join another larger object.

But none of these floating objects travel together from the beginning till the end of the stream.

Any one who realize this truth that :

(a) the lives and objects in the universe are independent and belonging to none.

(b) Every life has a predetermined course of travel.

(c) Association with lives are objects are temporary. Any effort made to own brings pain.