Man suffers for two reasons first because he either did not appreciate God's creation or he has chosen to forget His existence secondly, his mind is not under control with the result that it is fixed on worldly pleasures, wealth, power, and self-indulgence. Thus, when man begins to see God within himself, in others and in the whole world about him, he breaks the bonds of illusion and gains peace of mind. The world itself is real enough its unreality is mirrored only from the way in which man looks at it. If it is illusion- then what is illusion? If it’s from within us how do we know what thoughts are from God and true? If it’s from God how can we trust him communicating to us? If it exists outside of us and God then how do we know it doesn’t influence our thoughts or his? If evil originated outside his control how can we trust our thoughts are not deceit and illusion? This writer offers some reasoning for us to consider- “Man, says the Guru, is led astray by Maya, or illusion. With other religions teaching karma and conflicting revelations with Sikhism like how to break free from the cycle of karma, how does a Sikh distinguish between truths and falsehoods? For example, if Maya is true then the differences between Sikhism and Hinduism is illusion.
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