Maya – Unveiling the Truth
Last week we have taken the road to discover those parts of us that we tend to ignore or are ashamed of. This we have done with the aid of Inana the Goddess that was powerful enough to dare and go into the underworld, which is a representation of our unconscious mind, and embrace those parts of us that we refuse to take responsibility for. This journey has a lot pf power and allows us to heal and connect to our inner power.
This week we are graced by another Goddess that allows us to become authentic and embrace our true power. This week is devoted to the Hindu Goddess Maya.
The Hindus and Buddhists of India worshipped Maya (pronounced my’ah) as the “Material Universe”, as “Mother of Creation”, “Weaver of the Web of Life”, and as illusion. Maya is also worshipped in Nepal, Tibet, Asia, and the Himalayas. Her special attributes are intelligence, creativity, water, and magic. The literal meaning of the word “Mayaâ€? is illusion. Anything that is added to reality is illusion or Maya, and this veiling power of illusion is able to create the difference between “meâ€? and “mineâ€?, or “youâ€? or “yoursâ€?. Maya creates the ignorance of the individual self. Being One with the Universe and the world is reality. Separation is an illusion. This illusion of separation is created by the powers of Maya. On our path of growth we will need to experience first the separation and then realize the illusion of it in order to become One and reach enlightment. Maya is our aid in realizing this illusion and the ability to lift the veils of earthly form to reveal the true nature of the universe.
Maya moves subtly into your life to tell you to face your illusion. It is time to see what is true, what is real. Are you caught in a particular situation and can’t seem to move because it is hard to see clearly? Were you dazzled by what certain reality seemed to offer you and now discover nothing there? Have you been listening to the words people speak rather than what’s behind the words? Maya says it is easy to get caught up in illusion. Wholeness is nurtured when you accept where you are and forgive yourself, become aware of the illusion, then consciously lift the veils to experience the reality. Seeing the reality behind the illusion is what brings you power.
In order to be able to face the illusion we need to be willing to be totally honest with ourselves, and most of all willing to let go of our ideas, point of views and being Right in what we think, and do. The biggest obstacle that stands in our way in lifting the veils of illusions is our Ego and our Mind that want us to be Right all the time.
If you wish to work with Maya this week and start unveiling some of the veils that distract your view from seeing reality as it is and not how you wish it to be, take some time and focus on an issue in your life that is disturbing you, making you angry, or you feel not happy with. First write down in a few sentences the situation. Write down only the facts not the whole story. If you realize that you start writing a long story answer the following 6 questions:
1. Who angers, confuses, saddens, or disappoints you, and why? What is it about them that you don’t like?
2. How do you want them to change? What do you want them to do?
3. What is it that they should or shouldn’t do, be, think, or feel? What advice could you offer?
4. Do you need anything from them? What do they need to do in order for you to be happy?
5. What do you think of them? Make a list.
6. What is it that you don’t want to experience with that person again?
Then ask yourself the following 4 questions:
1. Is it true?
2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true?
3. How do you react when you believe that thought?
4. Who would you be without the thought?
Once you’ve written those statements have a look at them and turn them around. Turnarounds are opportunities to experience the opposite of your original statement and see what you and the one you judge have in common. Be creative with the turnarounds. They are revelations, showing you the unseen pieces of yourself reflected back through others. Go inside after each turnaround. Let yourself feel it. Ask yourself if any of your turned-around versions seem as true as or truer than your original thought, and if they do, find three genuine ways in which each of them is true.
This work is based on the amazing system of Byron Katie, which I find powerful in unveiling the truth to us.
Have fun this week lifting the veils of Maya!
