Does the impossible crossing of Maayaa become possible by the Grace of God?

[Ms. Thrylokya asked (on phone): In the Gita, it is told that it is impossible to cross Maayaa of God. In the same Gita, it is also told that one can cross the Maayaa of God by the grace of God. Is the impossible crossing of Maayaa becomes possible by the omnipotence of God?]

Swami replied (on phone): You have to take Maayaa that consists of basic qualities (Sattvam, Rajas and Tamas) as three types:-

i) Maayaa in general, that contains the three basic qualities.

ii) Sattvika Maayaa or Vidya Maayaa:- This starts with the formation of the first energetic incarnation, called God Datta having true spiritual knowledge and all good qualities due to Sattvam.

iii) Rajastamo Maayaa or Avidya Maayaa:- This is developed due to bad souls having ignorance, ego and bad qualities due to Rajas and Tamas.

When God told that it is impossible to cross His Maayaa, it means that it is impossible to cross the first type of Maayaa containing the three basic qualities. When God told that by His grace one can cross Maayaa, it means that they can cross the third type of Maayaa containing Rajas and Tamas. For anybody it is always impossible to cross the first type of Maayaa, which is the entire creation. Creation was done by God and God is not foolish to end His creation at any time, which is giving Him entertainment. Even when He takes some interval time, the show is withdrawn and film is preserved, called as Avyaktam. Hence, creation containing Vidya Maayaa and Avidya Maayaa always exists and the soul blessed by God crosses the Avidya Maayaa and exists always in Vidya Maayaa. Vidya Maayaa contains the mediated Parabrahman, called God Datta. While telling about crossing the Avidya Maayaa, God told that the blessed soul will cross that specific Maayaa. The word ‘that’ or ‘etaam’ denotes a specific type of Maayaa indicated by the word ‘that’ (Māyāmetāṃ taranti te).

It is true that the creation is relative reality and God is absolute reality. But the relative reality is also absolutely real because God granted His absolute reality to the creation. But God can withdraw His absolute reality from the entire creation or from a part of the creation at any time. Now, the blessed soul after crossing Avidya Maayaa exists in Vidya Maayaa along with its granted absolute reality. This is the actual sense of salvation. It is completely wrong to think that the soul will cross the first type of Maayaa (total creation) and become unreal. The reason is that if the relatively real soul crosses the entire creation, it gains its inherent original unreal nature. In such a case, salvation means the real becoming unreal and this is absurd.

In Advaita philosophy, the spiritual aspirant thinks that when he attains his original inherent nature (he becomes God), he can withdraw his absolute reality from the entire creation and due to that, the entire creation will disappear! But, even a blade of grass is not disappearing! God can withdraw His absolute reality even from a small portion of creation and hence at least the blade of grass should disappear. Therefore, the ultimate truth is that the soul is not God and hence the creation continues to exist since the real God Datta wants to continue the creation for His continuous entertainment. When all of Maayaa with three basic qualities disappears, God Datta Himself will have to disappear and then only Parabrahman or unimaginable God will remain!

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