Maya is maya

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Maya is 'Maya'
Peter Holleran
When the old worn-out phrases about Brahman and maya are parrotted from Sankara it is better to answer simply, So
what! For still things remain the same as before, all the denunciation of the world has been merely maya and does not
change its very real presence and actuality to us. The same applies to other persons and individuals. Is it not better to say that
the ego, with its body, emotion, and intellect, is part of the persons experience than to deny it altogether?
"Instead of merely repeating certain sentences which you have read or been taught, think them over for yourself. If you were
really the real could you become illusion? If you were the True, how could you succeed in deceiving yourself so far as to
become the false? If ignorance , error, and illusion can happen to the One Mind, then they are just as powerful as It."
This world is rooted in the divine substance and is consequently not an empty illusion but an indirect manifestation of divine
reality...The world is neither a trap nor an illusion, neither a degradation of the divine essence nor an indication of the divine
absence.
He must not let the Ashtavakra Samhita be misunderstood. It does not preach mystic idleness and indifference. The world
is there for both sage and student, and both must work and serve--the difference being mental only. Illusionism is not the
doctrine except as an intermediate stage towards truth, which is higher. One must participate in God's work by assisting
evolution and redeeming the world, not squat idly in peace alone. - Paul Brunton (PB) (1)
Nothing hides consciousness." - Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon (2)
"To be afraid of the world is the greatest bondage of all." (3) - Bengali Baba, guru of Swami Rama
We will now embark on an investigate the concept of Maya or illusion, which is subject to a similar treatment as Emptiness
was in the preceding article, in the sense that upon examination it is found itself to be Maya or illusion itself. But, of course,
there is much more to say than that. As in the previous article, we will alternately write in a scholarly, practical, risk-taking,
humorous, provocative if not blasphemous manner! It cannot be otherwise, because the existant views must be introduced
and clarified, even as they have often failed - and still fail - to deliver as promised. One can say that they have proven the test