Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
This mistake arises through Maya, which is not exactly delusion but might be said to be seeing the real as something else and not as it is.
This identifying of ourselves with the body leads to inequality, which inevitably leads to struggle and jealousy, and so long as we see inequality, we can never know happiness.
"Ignorance and inequality are the two sources of all misery", says Jnana.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Discourses on Jnana-Yoga, US
This mistake arises through Maya, which is not exactly delusion but might be said to be seeing the real as something else and not as it is.
This identifying of ourselves with the body leads to inequality, which inevitably leads to struggle and jealousy, and so long as we see inequality, we can never know happiness.
"Ignorance and inequality are the two sources of all misery", says Jnana.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Discourses on Jnana-Yoga, US
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