MaYa is yaa+maa - what is seen is not what it is.
Illusion is taking an appearance to be real and a shady appearance as real. Water in a mirage is not real. All that glitters is not gold.
Maayaa has two aspects - aavaraNa and prakShepa - Covering up and projecting a false picture. AavaraNa acts in all our three states - awake, dream and deep sleep. Aavarana puts up a smoke screen to confuse you.
prakShepa projects false pictures in awake and dream states. It is inoperative in sleep. That is how you feel bliss in dreamless sleep. But aavaraNa prevents you from knowing why you are in bliss. In sleep you are in company of God. So to get out of maayaa, you must learn to be awake to God when you are awake. You feel that Bliss you unconsciously enjoyed in sleep.
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