Back in the Hypnosis of the Mind or Fresh?

The simplest way to look at the noHon of Maya or Leela is just that it’s a pretense. We have an ability to pretend that That, which exists, That, which is the existent One is not here. And that we call the Maya. Because how would we be if That which exists was actually known to be existent? How would we be? Who is That existent? That, in the light of whom the noHon of 'me' is nonsensical, is irrelevant. But That which exists itself has given to itself this power, to take that, which doesn’t exist, the irrelevant one, to be central. And in taking that to be central, That which is truly existent seems to be something that needs to be saught aeer. Absurd, isn’t. It’s fully absurd. But without the pretending, without the pretense, it should become absolutely clear, absolutely apparent. But because we are sort of caught into a habit of ge^ng into the pretense, we now want to be in the pretense and then return, while holding some aspect of the pretense alive and only give up that, which is absolutely necessary to find That. Because most of us have felt that, without That it’s not worth it. Most of us already believe that to some level. That’s why you are in Satsang, absurd Satsang like this, is only because to some level you must be buying the idea that just the pretense is not worth it without That, which is beyond the pretense. But something sHll remains unwilling to drop fully the pretense. So you’re trying to hold on to whatever can be held on to [gestures trying to hold on to something while ge^ng pulled back], while trying to get a hold of That which is prior, or beyond all of this. That's what's happening. So, the whole thing, the whole game, is that of a pretense, a make belief that we seem to be stuck in. We’re stuck in this game, where we take ourselves to be that which is non-existent, not even irrelevant, actually non-existent. But now, through the lens of the non-existent one, we want to find That which is truly existent. So, just the denial of that Reality is what this game of idenHficaHon, game of Maya, game of Leela is. Because it is impossible, it is impossible to live like the way we live, if we lived in the realizaHon of That which actually is. It could just not be possible for us to spend a minute on 'me' if we drop the pretense and see who’s actually here. The One that is actually here has been beyond any concept. The highest concept of 'great' doesn’t come close to scratching the surface when it comes to God’s Reality. Therefore, the only quesHon then remains is, what are you unwilling to give up on, what can be worth holding on to. What can be greater than the One That Is.