Re: How can maya lead to knowledge of brahman
Namaste Jopmala ji,
The question you asked is from Upanishad and I am not a learned person to answer.. but I always like to put my personal point of view arising from what I know and mostly from my inner (you can say instincts)
I also don't know about your 2nd question so I will try to answer 1st one..
You are right here that Maya is creating illusions and how can she be the door of realisation.. let consider some points here
-if Maya is started showing the direct path towards realisation then no one will left here without realised and self realisation will become so valueless..
You have to do much efforts for self realisation, gold have to burn for more sparkle, and seed have to dug himself to sprout..
Maya take tests again and again, and if you passed the test then you realised and get near to the goal
second important thing is
- mind, eyes, ears are part of Maya but let's understand their relation with our supreme goal.
Actually these are the mediums which are must for realisation and that's why in taitriya Upanishad it is said that this are door to realisation..
Let's take example if your meditating suppose on Nada or any visual meditations in spiritual practices then ear, mind, budhhi involves.. if you don't have mind, budhhi then you can't meditate or do your sadhna, I heard that for Atmā it is not possible to do any karma or do any progress without body (prakriti)
So without purusha (consciousness) and prakriti (senses, mind, buddhi etc) it's impossible to do spiritual progress..
Now if we simplify more then you have to control them, Maya will create illusions but with power of your will, discrimination, devotion you have to control mind, budhhi and have to direct it towards God.. this controlling is difficult, it is the test and once you do then this mediums become doors of realisation..
Now if you want to get out of the room (Samsara) you have to open the closed door (of Maya) and go outside. So in short Maya is not darkness but closed door but with your efforts when you will open the door light will come out and you will know at that time what you have to do..
Thanks for reading
Pranam
Aasato ma sat gamay
tamaso ma jotirgamay
mrityorma amrutamgamay
(Bring me from asat to sat, bring me from darkness (ignorance) to light (knowledge), bring me from death to immortality)
Om Namah Shivay
Om Vishnave Namah
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