Maya

 

Generally, by writing, one is reminded of things that are important to be practiced and meditated upon. Writing, in some ways, means pushing oneself to think and act in appropriate ways that have very little to do with personal motives of desire or fear or compulsions. This is a conscious effort. Every morning one receives many kinds of thoughts (force/ vibration) - that summarily say that “I am the body and mind, and so I will react based on this awareness”.

The question is – “who” or “what” gives you this awareness of body and mind? Is it a default thing or is it purely incidental (being engrossed in a particular state of vibrations). And if it is just incidental, then are there ‘different’ states of existence? In other words, the life as we know it brings about a strong attachment to mind and body. This happens to such an extent, that we consider everything else different and ourselves as unique creatures and our actions or thoughts reinforce this binary or duality time and again. Never for a second do we ever think of taking a pause and asking the question of consciousness and manifestation. In fact, many people may even have struck the role of consciousness all together!!

Anyway, the inquiry is about the nature of existence. And this inquiry will point to a concept of “Maya”. Some salient features of this nature of existence are:

(1)    We exist as “nature” having laws of space-time-causation. That is, we change, things change, things appear different and there always remains some difference to resolve.

(2)    Nature is motion or fluidness. One thing transforms into another and there is no definite surety to anything or a stop point or a beginning point. What we may feel as opposites or compartments or dimensions or binaries are actually inter related and appear differently to different people or at different times. This means that binaries can’t be resolved by logic or intellect, since the dimension of the mind itself consists of these binaries. I harbour ALL kinds of thoughts in any given instant throughout the day. No matter what I decide or do, I have to resolve the contradictions that I perceive externally and internally.

(3)    This brings us to the point of contradictions. All opposites or binaries or differences are contradictions present within our mind. Since we ourselves are full of contradictions, all the world of names and forms appears so to us.

(4)    This causes us to “run” and resolve all contradictions. This is impossible to do and the chief factor that makes these contradictions is the “force” or “desire” or vibrations that can take any intent and any process and any form.

(5)    The contradiction or differences or binaries or varieties causes “motion” of all sorts. Thus, our state of existence as we perceive it will always remain in motion.

(6)    Motion is in circle. This means that there is no end point or start point or any resolution of forces in a single state at a definite amount of time and at a definite scale of space. There is no linearity or logic to resolve these apparent differences that we perceive and we run and run and realize that all we do is reach the same point.

 

All above points mean that there can be an approach to know the riddle that we are constructed with. This approach is of concentration of our mind within to know the vibrations, and to make them still. Another way is to concentrate on an idea or an action wherein the motive itself is burnt and what remains is nothing personal but universal. Still another way is to expand the mind through intellect, feelings or actions that do not have any personal motive. Whatever the approaches, the effort is to calm the desires or forces of the mind and reach a state of consciousness that is unbounded.