The four subtle elements of consciousness - manas (the mind), buddhi (the intellect), chittha (will) and ahamkara (the ego) - are all maya (delusion). What is maya? Maa (means 'not') and ya (means 'exist') - that which does not exist but appears to exist is maya. Maya makes the unreal appear as real and the real as unreal. The other name for maya is ajnana (ignorance). Ajnana is that which hides the reality from you and makes you regard the non-existing as existing. It makes the false appear as true. As you move towards the light, your shadow falls behind you; when you move away from the light, you have to follow your own shadow. Go every moment one step nearer to the Lord and then maya, the shadow, will fall behind you and w ill not delude you at all.
- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 21, Chapter - 18.
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