Vanakkam everyone,

I'm currently reading the works of Sri sri Ramakrishna and I would like to know more about Vidya-Mâya and Avidya-Mâya.

For exemple, he says that Vidya-mâya is a part of Mâya that bring us closer to Brahman. Ant Avidya-mâya is the other part of Mâya that put us apart from brahman.

What confuses me is that somtimes is put mâya and Shakti together, as the Mother was Mâya herself. So...Why would, for exemple, Maa Durga being Avidya-Shakti and putting her devotee far from Mahadev ?

What exactly is Vidya-mâya (Shakti) and Avidya-mâya (Shakti) ? Are they a part of God, a part of our Karma, of our actions ?


Thank you~


Aum Namah Shivaya