A Quotation from Bhagawan

March 5, 2006

Man comes into the World, burdened with Maya and its instrument, the Mind. The

Mind expresses itself through Attraction and Repulsion, Raga and Dwesha,

Affection and Hatred, towards the external World. Raga is Rajasic in its effect

and it can be used for one's uplift, as Narada used it to fix attention on the

Lord. Dwesha is Thamasic as Durvasa expressed it in his dealings with Ambarisha

and others. Without Raga and Dwesha, the Mind cannot function at all. If these

two are removed, there can be no Mind, and no Maya; and you get fixed in Jnana.

Three types of Maya under the influence of which men are prompted into action:

Swecha is a kind of prompting in which one decides to follow a particular course

of action, irrespective of whether the consequences are good or bad.

Parecha is the situation in which one is encouraged by others to undertake

actions, whose consequences have to be borne by him.

Ayichha is the state in which every action is regarded as the 'Will' of the

Divine and all consequences good or bad are regarded as gifts from God.

Time is an invaluable gift which has to be reverentially treated. People usually

measure time as from sunrise to sunset and sunset to sunrise. But that is only

similar to the illusion which makes us infer that the moon is moving when we

see the passing clouds.

One can also be rid of Maya if one can discard the three Gunas from one's make

up. The Sathwa Guna too has to be transcended. Why? The Gita directs that even

the eagerness to be liberated is a bond. One is fundamentally free, bondage is

only an illusion. So the desire to unloosen the bond, is the result of

ignorance.

SSS: Vol. X; Page 246.

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