5: Maya - The Material Power of Delusion

Why Your Thoughts Deceive You

How little we understand our subtle, inner world of thoughts and feelings! Yet, the way we think determines the shape of our lives. Sages have said that, though extremely important, the thoughts of most people are not based on reality but illusion. Why is this so? In this talk, Swami Govindananda goes to the heart of this problem by explaining about Maya, the power that governs cause and effect, controls the wheel of birth and death, and that keeps the individual soul bound to ignorance.