Bhagawan: There is no illusion whatsoever. What exists is only brahman, the cosmic soul. The so-called illusion or maya is only your imagination. There is only Brahman. Nothing more! The body attachment is illusion, maya or bhrama.
A simple example: Here is a huge tree under which you see its shadow, don't you? The branches and the leaves are the cause of the shade. As the sunlight falls on the tree, you see the shade beneath the tree. Here you have to know one important point. There is nothing like shade above the tree or on the top of the tree. It means there is no shade in sunlight. Why is it so? The branches and the leaves of the tree are responsible for the shade below. Sunlight is brahman, tree is life and the branches and leaves are attachments and desires. They are responsible for the shade of maya or illusion. Shade is out of question when there are no leaves and branches. So there is no illusion or maya as such. It is the fallacy of your imagination.
Q110: Swami! How are we to get over maya or illusion?
Bhagawan: There is no maya. It is your own creation. How is it then you want to get over that which does not exist at all?
In the night time, seeing a rope, you mistake it for a serpent and you are very much fear-stricken. Later on, enquiry reveals that it is only a rope and not a serpent. What you should know here are two points. Neither the snake disappears nor does the rope come especially to give you relief. All along, it has been a rope only. You are the only one who is mistaken by taking a rope for a serpent. So also, the reality is brahman or atma and the rest is bhrama, or illusion or imagination.
(From "Satyopanisad" Vol. 1 by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)
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