Victor Lustig was one of the most amazing con man ever lived. You would be amazed to know what he did, he tricked people and he almost managed to sell Eiffel Tower twice. In his early age he would sell 'money printing machine' to his clients. What he aid was the machine can print number of $100 bill in six hours, so clients purchased the machine sensing huge profits. Some machines were sold for $30000 in early 1940s. But after printing two $100 bills it just used to print blank paper. Guess why? Because those were the two $100 bills preloaded in them. Of course later he got caught in 1936 and died behind the bars.
Now someone may say how dopey, how can one buy Eiffel Tower or money printing machine? Unbelievable!! But fooling is possible when one gains trust over people. A con man is one who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true. Not for so serious reasons but we also have been fooled many times in life. World is full of 'cheaters' who investigate newer and newer ways to fool others and 'cheated' who easily gets fooled. Fooling means false promising, agreeing to give something better but compromising on quality and quantity or not delivering the things at all.
Similarly Maya, the illusory potency of Lord is fooling us every now and then but why we have been falling for her from time immemorial because she has won our trust. We believe in her. In above example we saw some people had been cheated for money but we are being cheated for our lives keeping us away from real pleasures. She is like a thief who pretends to be our dear friend. She steals our intelligence and allures for things which we don't need essentially. With her sweet promising words She convinces us and gives hopes for sense enjoyment which doesn't have to do anything with our core being, soul. She is very powerful, her allurements are really enticing and even most mighty can get tempted by her appeal.
One can save himself from getting befooled from Maya's tricks when he is sufficiently intelligent, well experienced and guided in spiritual matters. Although Maya is powerful she is faithful servant of Krishna(Bg 9.10). When one gets attracted by Krishna, when we trust him, his promises and his instructions Maya can no more fool him(BG 7.14). In conclusion if we don't want to get befooled by Maya let's stop trusting her promises, her hopegiving words and plans for sense enjoyment better postpone, ignore and neglect such plans. If we again fall for her tempting words then again we will be fooled like never before.
Article By Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
www.iskcondesiretree.com
Now someone may say how dopey, how can one buy Eiffel Tower or money printing machine? Unbelievable!! But fooling is possible when one gains trust over people. A con man is one who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true. Not for so serious reasons but we also have been fooled many times in life. World is full of 'cheaters' who investigate newer and newer ways to fool others and 'cheated' who easily gets fooled. Fooling means false promising, agreeing to give something better but compromising on quality and quantity or not delivering the things at all.
Similarly Maya, the illusory potency of Lord is fooling us every now and then but why we have been falling for her from time immemorial because she has won our trust. We believe in her. In above example we saw some people had been cheated for money but we are being cheated for our lives keeping us away from real pleasures. She is like a thief who pretends to be our dear friend. She steals our intelligence and allures for things which we don't need essentially. With her sweet promising words She convinces us and gives hopes for sense enjoyment which doesn't have to do anything with our core being, soul. She is very powerful, her allurements are really enticing and even most mighty can get tempted by her appeal.
One can save himself from getting befooled from Maya's tricks when he is sufficiently intelligent, well experienced and guided in spiritual matters. Although Maya is powerful she is faithful servant of Krishna(Bg 9.10). When one gets attracted by Krishna, when we trust him, his promises and his instructions Maya can no more fool him(BG 7.14). In conclusion if we don't want to get befooled by Maya let's stop trusting her promises, her hopegiving words and plans for sense enjoyment better postpone, ignore and neglect such plans. If we again fall for her tempting words then again we will be fooled like never before.
Article By Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
www.iskcondesiretree.com
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