Seen as Maya

Seen as Maya: 

the world is seen as Maya, illusory, confining us to our senses - and yet this description doesn't deny reality, there's no claim that what we see, taste, and touch isn't real, only that it isn't the final say in what is ultimately true.  Quantum physics asks a similar belief from us, describing a manifest world that has its origins as a vast emptiness, not even space or time existing, only an energetic field that somehow gives rise to vibrations, particles emerging, dancing the world into existence. Nothing is really as it seems, or at least as we perceive reality to be, it isn't a solid world at all.

everything's a vibration.

dancing.

seen as Maya.

so does this matter? Does knowing the illusory nature of the world make any difference to the reality that we take for granted? I think so, and certainly the yogic seers who first noted the state of Maya believed so, and they offered us different means of seeing through the clouds of illusion. What they don't offer us is an escape and this is because none is really needed. Maya is reality, only differently perceived. There's no reason to deny vibrations, recognizing the inherent emptiness of a tree doesn't cause its beauty to diminish, but only adds to the magic and mystery of its appearance. Science often sees reality as random, events that happen by chance and carry on to a conclusion that we quantify and measure. Seen as Maya - and there's magic here, not chance, nothing random, but things spontaneous emerging, falling back withing their energetic field of origin, and arising once more as another new appearance. 

seen as Maya...

and it's a magical world. 

with nothing to be denied, no issue of escape - we experience it all, every sorrow and infinite pleasure, beauty, loss, grasping for something permanent for us to hold. No experience is denied us, everything belongs here. Seeing reality as Maya doesn't cause any sense of loss to lose its sting, but only sharpens the beauty and temporary pleasure of the things that we treasure, deepening our appreciation. Seen as Maya...and we truly cherish all the beauty that appears within the world, however briefly its been given for us to hold, and even our sorrow is now seen in the poignant light of love. 

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Peace, Eric