MAYA: Illusion or magic… the world is Maya..
the world is illusion…
But that definition leaves out the problem,
if the world is MAYA, then what is real? What is
not illusion in the world?
I have argued that the ‘‘MAYA’’ world does not exist…
because there is nothing past or beyond MAYA…
there is no universal ‘‘thing’’ that is all encompassing
on the world… if there is something beyond MAYA,
then where is it? How would I find it?
Indian philosophy would suggest that I would find the
permanent, forever aspect of the world by looking inside
of me and seeking out Brahman…
that the soul and Brahman are the same thing…
BRAHMAN: refers to the ultimate reality, the supreme,
eternal and infinite principle underlying all existence…
the suggestion that our soul are Brahman, is also
present within Western religion, especially the Catholic
religion.. the eternal soul is one of the ‘‘selling’’ points of
Catholicism… thus, there is some overlap between the east
and west…especially in terms of the soul… and the
point that Religions bring out is that the current world,
the visible world is ‘‘evil’’ and we can only find peace within
heaven… that too is a connection between east and west…
but is that connection actually true? is the world MAYA
as the east says and the west agrees with… the only
true reality is god, at least according to the religions like
Catholicism…
But the fact is to this is an assumption that is quite
unprovable… that the world is MAYA… how do
we go about proving this, that the world is illusion?
but part of the human problem lies within this false belief
that there is something outside of the reality we see
that is eternal and forever… that is god or Brahman…
part of what happens is that we seek what is not there…
we might seek Brahman, but this search will be in vain
and waste time… reality is exactly what we see…
and not in some unexplained, outside the body
idea…
Which leaves us in an interesting place…
and in rejecting the Brahman world for what we
see, we also reject much of western philosophy…
For example, Hegle spirit is also rejected as is
Heidegger quest for ‘‘being’’ as Heidegger search for
being is really another search for god… Heidegger simple
replaces the word ‘‘god’’ with the word ‘‘being’’…
and thus, must be rejected…
Even Nietzsche’s eternal reoccurrence, is mysticism…
because it assumes facts not in evidence… How do we know,
KNOW, that the number of atoms will eventually return us to
the same place and time? That the configuration of Atoms,
by being limited, returns us time and again, to the same place/events?
that we must, must relive our sufferings, our pain, our agony,
over and over again? to say "YES’’ to this eternal reoccurrence,
is happiness… at least according to N.
But I have a simpler solution… we simply say yes to the daily
suffering we face… accept it as part of being alive, as part
of doing business while we are alive… if we live, we
will suffer and endure pain and agony… that is part of
the debt we pay for being human, for being alive…
I am old and I suffer the infirmities of being old…
and I accept it because I have no other choice…
and within that suffering, I am not choosing evil or
good, I am simply accepting what is…
it isn’t defined as being good or evil… it is…
I don’t need all that other crap… god or heaven
or sin or guilt or suffering as evil… it is…
I don’t need to look for or need to find some other
reality, that my suffering from old age isn’t MAYA,
but the reality of being alive… it is what it is, nothing
more, nothing less…
Kropotkin