Now, and 'mAyA'/ 'माया'

Now, and 'mAyA'/ 'माया'
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All thinking is a drifting away from the ever-present 'Now'. Though for communication purpose we can't deny the utility of 'thought'. And though thought is a very useful instrument, the obsession with thought, being overwhelmed by thought prompts us to accept things unreal and in-existential as 'our state of being'. Thus thought causes 2 hurdles in seeing the Real.
1 आवरण AvaraNa (hiding the Real)
2. विक्षेप vikShepa (distraction from the Real). This way we are though Real only, lead into believing the unreal in its infinite forms like 'past', 'future', 'birth', 'world', 'hell', 'heaven', etc. as Real. What else is 'mAyA' / illusion?
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Awareness of this whole pattern results into freedom from 'Thought'.
In the silent mind this is seen as awakening to the 'Reality'.
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