Maya is animation software, with its presence everywhere. It's used for making video games, animated films, tv series and visual effects. It's featured applications are in architectural engineering, civil, aerospace, manufacturing, media and entertainment and educational purposes. It's functioning is bit difficult to understand but maya brings imagination to life, means something which is non existent and imaginary can be made and felt real with animation, it's an expert and powerful software such that illusory things(like games and movies) made out of maya gives the feeling of real world.
In our scriptures also there is mention of this software as the controlling software of whole material universe. This Maya is described as potency of God, and does the work of making illusions for souls of this world. Maya means that which is not or that which is actually unreal but felt as if real. She also is the in charge of giving 3 prominent miseries to souls who are trying to enjoy senses independent of her Lord. Maya is everywhere, she has spread her net everywhere. For eg in dusk when someone considers rope as a snake or vice a versa he is under illusion also in desert during afternoon time we see water lake at some distance but as we go near its vanished that's because of illusion. Those who are surrendered to this illusions, maya offers them false shelter(false happiness) which ultimately is collapsed due to its temporary nature.
When we're under maya's influence we think I am this body and everything in relation to it is mine, the attractive things in this world—wealth, fame, the opposite sex—appear real and desirable to us. We think we should be able to enjoy and control them, as we like. But really, everything here is under the control of time, and none of these temporary things can bring us lasting happiness. Maya poses herself beautiful than God and allures us by promising false and temporary happiness of this world. In Fact it's said even most powerful demigods like Lord Shiva and Brahma are also under the influence of maya.
So one may ask how ordinary souls like us will overcome this illusions?? Lord Krishna explains in Gita,"This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it". Those who are surrendered to Krishna, maya who was distracting before acts as yog-maya who brings devotees more closer to Krishna. So it's upto us whose shelter we are willing to take maya or controller of maya, Lord Krishna??
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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In our scriptures also there is mention of this software as the controlling software of whole material universe. This Maya is described as potency of God, and does the work of making illusions for souls of this world. Maya means that which is not or that which is actually unreal but felt as if real. She also is the in charge of giving 3 prominent miseries to souls who are trying to enjoy senses independent of her Lord. Maya is everywhere, she has spread her net everywhere. For eg in dusk when someone considers rope as a snake or vice a versa he is under illusion also in desert during afternoon time we see water lake at some distance but as we go near its vanished that's because of illusion. Those who are surrendered to this illusions, maya offers them false shelter(false happiness) which ultimately is collapsed due to its temporary nature.
When we're under maya's influence we think I am this body and everything in relation to it is mine, the attractive things in this world—wealth, fame, the opposite sex—appear real and desirable to us. We think we should be able to enjoy and control them, as we like. But really, everything here is under the control of time, and none of these temporary things can bring us lasting happiness. Maya poses herself beautiful than God and allures us by promising false and temporary happiness of this world. In Fact it's said even most powerful demigods like Lord Shiva and Brahma are also under the influence of maya.
So one may ask how ordinary souls like us will overcome this illusions?? Lord Krishna explains in Gita,"This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it". Those who are surrendered to Krishna, maya who was distracting before acts as yog-maya who brings devotees more closer to Krishna. So it's upto us whose shelter we are willing to take maya or controller of maya, Lord Krishna??
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Sent by www.iskcondesiretree.com
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