Acharya Prashant explains a couplet by Kabir Saheb: "Even if you see the mind as dead, do not believe it. A wise person remains fearful as long as there is breath in the body." He elaborates that the greatest deception of Maya (illusion) is the thought that it does not exist. The biggest delusion is the belief that there is no delusion, and the greatest bondage is the belief that there is no bondage. This is why Kabir Saheb called Maya the great deceiver. Its method is to make you believe it is not present, making everything you perceive seem like the truth. For instance, it presents attraction as love, imagination as fact, and shackles as ornaments. If an illusion were to be seen as an illusion, it could not persist. If shackles were recognized as such, no one would remain bound. If foolishness were seen as foolishness, everyone would be wise. However, one might experience fleeting moments of clarity, not by one's own doing but through grace or coincidence. In these moments, the futility of one's ways becomes apparent. But this clarity often disappears, and the mind then takes pride in this momentary realization. It starts believing, "I was lost before, but now I am on the right path," or "I was in bondage, but now I have broken the chains." This very thought is Maya's most subtle trick. The speaker narrates a story about a sadhu who, believing he had conquered Maya, named himself 'Mayajit' and went to live in a forest. In a dream, Maya told him she had found him and was coming for him. The sadhu fled in terror, only for Maya to meet him at his destination, saying, "I was meant to meet you right here. You are my true lover; you came this far in search of me." This illustrates that even when the mind appears dead, one should not trust it. A wise person remains wary as long as there is breath, knowing the mind can be resurrected like a corpse taking a breath. The fundamental difference between a wise person and a runaway is that the runaway believes he can conquer the mind through his own actions, not realizing that the doer is the mind itself. One cannot use the mind to conquer the mind. The very feeling of attaining liberation is the mind's deception. When you are in pain, you recognize it as the mind, but when you experience pleasure, you fail to see it as a greater bondage. The one who makes you run is the mind itself.