The world as an illusion - the true meaning.

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A story. At a University research expedition two professors of the university found themselves sharing a camp for a night amongst the mountains and stars.

One was a Professor of Philosophy. The other a professor of Science.

As the camp fire and cans of beer gently warmed the two explorers, they began an idle small talk, which soon turned into a serious discussion about the nature of the world.

To push his point home, the scientist questioned the philosopher, 'Pray tell me, this stone at our feet, is it real or is it in your mind?'

The philosopher had to stick to his teachings. "The stone is first in my mind, and then out there."

'I feel sorry for you.' said the science professor. 'You head must feel very heavy all the time with that stone in there.'


THE WORLD AS AN ILLUSION - THE TRUE MEANING

Today a year ago my elder brother breathed his last.

At such moments of tragic loss in India the scriptures are read with the message that all world is an illusion.

I take that to mean that one need not grieve the loss of a loved one. His presence was a mere illusion any way.

I have been hearing such platitudes since my childhood days.

Needless to say, I never saw any sense in the saying that the world was an illusion.

It is there, you see it, feel it. How can it be all so unreal?

It needed a book I chanced to pick up from my wanderings the bookshops of Charing Cross in London to explain to me the real meaning of "The World is an illusion" sayings of India.

When the ancient Veda writings say that the world is an illusion, 'maya' it does not mean to say the the tree we see is a figment of one's imagination, and therefore, it does not really exist.


The tree exists, very much so. If you run into it, your bones will be broken.

The illusion is not that the tree does not exist.

The illusion is that we think the tree is independent of us. It is something for which we have no responsibility in it being a tree at that place.

That is the illusion.

The reality is that by our thoughts we turned a latent energy into a tee at that place.

The reality is that the tree is still an inseparable part of you.

When a magician makes an elephant disappear, we see him disappear from the ground where we saw him before the
magician waved his hand and raised a puff of smoke. The reality is that the elephant is still at the same place. We do not see him there any more.

Illusion - we see the elephant has disappeared in one instant.

The reality - the elephant is still there.

Our illusion - the world we see is independent of us, is separate from us. We have nothing to do but experience the events thrown at us by God, chance or some one else.

The reality - The world is created by our thoughts and beliefs. We are inseparable from the world we sense. No other than us are throwing at us the experiences we enjoy or suffer.

That us the meaning of 'maya' of the Vedic texts.

The illusion is not that the world does not exist.

The illusion is that we see the world as being separate from us, that we have to face whatever comes our way.

The reality is that the world exists because we brought it into existence.

The reality is that us, and our worlds, is one and the same inseparable thing.

I fear all that I have been told from my childhood never explained this meaning of the word 'maya' in relation to our world.


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