What is maya? Matching the things/people with other things/people when there is, actually speaking, no connection at all? Ultimately, maya means the illusion that it creates as dualism exists. In reality, the rishis say that there is no such dualism. They say that the life that we experience here now is just an illusion. When I say illusion, it does not mean that it doesn’t exist. It does. It is the manifestation of the supreme being. Where will all this energy be if it is not manifested? In that sense, there is no god apart from us, the matter on this planet. Everything is god. But is that the ultimate reality? I beg to differ. There is a mahavakya in the Vedas that proclaim that it is you. Tat-twam-asi, that being you is exactly the state that I am searching for. In my mind I have formulated a theory where I see this as a program. A world inside the reality or the world covered by the reality. Isha vaasyam idam sarvam . The world is covered up by god. This leaves us with a dual