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In response to:Maya in Hindu Mythology

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:19:52 +0100

It is interesting to know about Maya and his contribution in the great epic Ramayana. Though an interesting choice of subject, yet I feel it would have been nice if the article contained some more matter in it...

In response to:2 wolves

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:30:55 +0100

carlos castaneda ...

nista mi se nisi hvalila za ovaj blog. bas mi se svidja.

In response to:Maya the mother of Buddha

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:56:26 +0100

Yes! So you see, there is more about Maya, and as more will be presented here, more will be revealed about the connection and about universal between different cultures that applies to Maya, but also goes way beyond her, in a way, it is intro to an existence of the universal knowledge about everything we've been asking questions as humans. Hope you'll enjoy the rest of this journey:)

In response to:Maya the mother of Buddha

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:32:02 +0100

And of course, the month of May is called after the Greek goddess Maia, who was the goddess of fertility

In response to:answer

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:58:56 +0100

Well, isn't breaking away through the world of illusion and seeing the true reality also a form of rebirth? as I wrote earlier. Maya exists in various different cultures, in greek, roman and european cultures she is a goddess of spring, (the month May in our calender is called after her name), she was the mother of Hermes, in buddhism she is the mother of Buddha, mother of the enlightened one, in hindu philosophy Maya is illusion.... etc. But as I said I haven't finished writing about it all, when you know all the myths, concepts and stories you get to the fact that all of them have something in common and that is that Maya is connected in one way or the other to fertility, birth and rebirth, creation, life and new life....But if you get deeper into any one of existing concepts or stories about her you will receive a complex message, like the one that Maya is an illusion, that concept is not very easy to grasp, I am writing about it because that way I realize more and more about it.
There are numerous adaptations and references to the concept in popular culture, notably in The Matrix trilogy, where Maya is represented by the character of the Oracle. In the final scene, the Architect tells the Oracle that she "played a dangerous game this time", which is a reference to concept of Lila.
and yes I'll write about Lila too:)

In response to:answer

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:25:51 +0100

I am a bit confused. My knowledge of the Maya was as of the world of illusion, from which we need to break away to see 'reality' How do these two relate? Or are the entirely different meaning for the same word?

In response to:Maya in Hindu Mythology

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:45:46 +0100

I am not yet finished with presenting all the meanings of the word Maya, and I was about to make some sort of summary in the end, but here we go! Some basic core would be this Maya is repeatedly connected to fertility, birth and rebirth, creation, life and new life...and it is existing in various different cultures as a symbol of a divine mother. In herself Maya embodied all three aspects of the maternal trinity. Maya is one of those active powers: the constant movement of the universe, pervasive to the atomic level. Maya is a positive active force, and can be a mesh through which we perceive the ultimate reality of existence -- if we are not distracted by her magnificent creativeness and complexity. Hope I answered your question, I am still finding new things and thoughts about this and will write about them.

In response to:Maya in Hindu Mythology

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:05:46 +0100

Naturally, the mythology was told to not to convey truth, but to convey a message, a concept, an idea. What is the core of the Maya idea, after we take all the mythology out?

In response to:Maya (illusion)

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:36:27 +0100

The point is that you have to brake through Maya (illusion) to become truly alive and disillusioned, if you watched the movie Matrix is probably the closest way to understand the concept. When Neo is disillusioned he becomes his true self. My next post will be about this subject.
m.

In response to:Maya (illusion)

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:15:36 +0100

is the existance of maya is also an illusion. That is, is the real world and the world of illusion are both illusions? What makes one illusion better than the other?

In response to:congratulations!

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:58:03 +0100

Okay my dear, you have to invite people to join your blog for easier navigation. You just click on their icon and it takes you right to their blog and vice versa. So you have to begin building your friends list.

I've been blogging about 3 months now. I find people are awesome at helping when you ask them a question. Still lots I don't know, but hopefully this will get you started! Hugs and have an awesome one!

In response to:2 wolves

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:54:50 +0100

I have used this same saying for years with kids I taught who had anger management issues. I had a poster I created in my office. Whenever I had to deal with kids who were fighting or angry, I would take it off the wall and make them read it out loud, then give them a copy to take with them. Actually I taught mainly native kids and this helped them immensely to understand the consequences of their actions. Good for you! ... and welcome back to blogland!

In response to:2 wolves

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:02:34 +0100

very simple if you are egoistic, or a greedy, or arrogant you are actually feeding the bad wolf and by feeding him he grows stronger-read-the bad side of you grows stronger and brings consequences that are bad for you and everyone around you. But if you behave, if you are being good you feed the good wolf and ...you get the picture, yes?

In response to:2 wolves

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:47:07 +0100

So, these wolves are going to fight over anything you eat? Or there is some way of deciding how one metaphorically feeds only one of two imaginary wolves?

Confused...