Maya
“Maya,” is the Sanskrit word for fraud, especially fraud perpetrated by sorcery, deceitful tricks and the invocation of supernatural power. On the Lightning Path, Maya refers to spiritual, emotional, and psychological fraud (otherwise known on the LP as the Great Deception) designed by System Agents to disconnect a Physical Unit from its own Resident Monadic Self (a.k.a. Highest Self).
Syncretic Terms
Great Deception > Matrix Illusion, Maya
Related LP Terms
Maya > Accumulating Class, Ideological Institution, Regime of Accumulation, Symbol Factory, System Agent, The Blindfold, Zoroastrian Narrative
Non-LP Related Terms
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Notes
Check the [Sanskrit Dictionary].
...literally "illusion" or "magic", has multiple meanings in Indian philosophies depending on the context. In later Vedic texts, māyā connotes a "magic show, an illusion where things appear to be present but are not what they seem";[2][4] the principle which shows "attributeless Absolute" as having "attributes". Māyā also connotes that which "is constantly changing and thus is spiritually unreal" (in opposition to an unchanging Absolute, or Brahman), and therefore "conceals the true character of spiritual reality.
Later interpretations stray from the core central meaning.
Maya as misperception
Maya is also the perception that you, and by “you” I mean your Bodily Ego, have of the material world when uniformed by a strong connection to Consciousness. Maya is a perception of the physical world that is empty of Consciousness, empty of awareness of the true nature and purpose of Creation, and as a consequence likely corrupted by misapprehension, misperception, and misunderstanding. Maya is the misapprehension of the true nature of reality on this Earth.
Maya as Self Delusion
Maya (misapprehension, misunderstanding) arises because Toxic Socialization breaks the nascent connection to consciousness we enjoy as infants and young children, and System Agents subsequently fill our heads with various forms of spiritual, economic, psychological, and scientific nonsense. Since we are disconnected from Consciousness we have no resistance. Consequently, we easily believe even the most absurd representations of reality, like for example we are merely an evolving bipedal ape, or that we're incarnated to learn our lessons like good little children.
Intentional Misdirection / the illusion of presentability
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