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बस इनसे बचे रहो, सब ठीक रहेगा || आचार्य प्रशांत (2020)
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Maya
Kabir Saheb
Doership
Ego
Illusion
Three Gunas
Spirituality
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the notion of being the creator of everything is a manifestation of the ego. The ego is not a tangible thing but rather the sum of all that it believes itself to be. The primary belief that needs to be dismantled is the idea that "I have created, and I have gathered." While on a practical, worldly level, one can claim to have made something, like a piece of cloth, and this is legally and socially accepted, a deeper inquiry reveals a different truth. If you trace the origin of the cloth, you find it comes from cotton, which comes from a plant, which comes from the soil, and so on. This reveals that the feeling of being the ultimate creator is false. This sense of doership (kartabhav) is what strengthens the ego. You feel that you are the one acting, whereas, in reality, circumstances and the inner force are compelling you to act. The speaker describes the sense of doership as a servant starting to believe he is the master. You have been sent by someone you don't even know, yet you operate under the illusion that you are acting of your own free will. The force compelling you is not God (Parmatma); you are a slave to something else, which is Maya (illusion). The speaker then quotes Kabir Saheb, stating, "I have known Maya as the great deceiver." Acharya Prashant elaborates on Kabir Saheb's verses, explaining how Maya deceives everyone. It traps people with the three Gunas and sweet words. For the priest, Maya becomes the idol he worships; for the pilgrim, it is the holy water. For the yogi, it becomes the female yogi (yogin), and for the king, the queen. For the rich, it is their wealth (diamond), and for the poor, their poverty (worthless shell). For the devotee, Maya becomes their very devotion, and for Brahma, it becomes Brahmani. The most dangerous form of Maya is when it assumes the name of God. The speaker concludes by warning against the modern trend of pop singers using the words of saints like Kabir without understanding their depth, mixing them with worldly themes, which he calls a great crime and another manifestation of Maya's deception.