But if somebody makes the slightest of moves, slightest of change, we will
get alarmed and you start shouting perhaps, “Oh, you always change your
mind”, when you point it to the others.
But nobody points a finger towards himself or herself, for
changing the mind again and again.
This is an illusion, this is Maya.
Namaste ji.
There is a diagram in the book.
The circle within, Lalaji has written as the ‘Real Thing’ and outside the circle,
he has written ‘Existence or Maya’.
So in a way, he is trying to convey that wherever there is this ‘Self’
the Centre Force of all things, centric, centered attention towards the subject,
the Absolute- it is a ‘Real Thing’.
The rest is ‘Maya’ [Illusion] or Existence of Maya.
To me, what I understand is, there is this inner existence of the Soul
that supports the consciousness.
And this consciousness thrives on Manas [Mind], Buddhi
[Intellect], and Ahankar [Ego].
And they fabricate whatever the mind thinks.
Buddhi [intellect] intellectualizes the thing and Ahankar, the ego, gives it the
direction, the push, for action or inaction.
This is the outside world.
Action is performed outside, but something that gets cooked up is here.
Then what is the Source?
It is the Consciousness.
And what is the source of consciousness?
It is the Soul, the Self, the Real Thing.
Okay.
The Existence is called Illusion or Maya.
Because, one day you have some thought, and another day you have another thought.
Accordingly, your actions go on changing.
But you do not realise it yourself.
People forget about their ideas, their viewpoints, their outlook.
They think that they have the freedom to go on changing their outlook, their
perception, their ideas without another person interfering with our ideas.
This is illusion, you see.
Another form of illusion, I would like to share with you, which is this:
the Earth is moving around the Sun.
Now since we are stationed on this planet, on Earth, and we see the sun rising
or the sun setting, we do not realise that actually, the Earth is moving.
But we do not perceive it because we are stationed on it.
Like a person who is constantly on a train, and considers that the train is
not moving, like that, Earth is moving.
So similar situation arises.
Because of the magnitude of the size of the planet, one starts thinking that it is
static and other things around it are moving.
Well you know, most of you, or rather all of you are familiar
with this heliocentric concept.
Similarly, ideas - when we are fixated on one idea, and we change it from our perspective,
it remains static, because we have not changed much; just as we have not changed
our position from Earth to another planet.
We are fixated on one thing, even though, after a few minutes, our fixation is on
another object, third object, fourth object.
Yet, we do not feel that we are changing.
But if somebody makes the slightest of moves, slightest of change, we will
get alarmed and you start shouting perhaps, “Oh, you always change your
mind”, when you point it to the others.
But nobody points a finger towards himself or herself, for
changing the mind again and again.
This is an illusion, this is Maya.
When we consider these ideas, the concept of ideas, concept of intentions,
concept of thoughts, concept of thoughts being actualized into action,
and the obvious result based on the original plan, if it goes in favor of
your original plan, you feel happy.
If it goes against your original plan, you feel sad.
You feel, “Wow, things have got messed up.
Now I have to re-think, re-plan.” Behind each thought, behind each feeling, either
there is depth or there is superficiality.
Do you think your relationship will materialize when you, in your heart,
feel very superficial about the love you have for the other person?
This superficiality is nothing but the superficial force
that emerges from your heart.
The deeper the feelings you have in your heart towards somebody
else, it has greater the strength.
And because of this strength, you will end up doing something better than a person
who is merely superficial about his love.
There will be action, proper action taken, lots of love letters, lots
of flowers, lots of gifts exchanged.
It builds relationships.
And then, the morning begins that way and can have positive results.
So it depends on our strength of intentions; from which level of
our heart, this particular idea or aspiration has aroused in the heart.