Mara Fools Us Every Day

Mara fools us every day. How and why?
In Buddhism, Mara is associated with the vicious cycle of existence of desire, aversion and ignorance. It causes turmoil, confusion and suffering, being the personification of obstacles to enlightenment, which is liberation from Mara.

Mara is our very own likes, dislikes and indifference
lying in constant ambush.

When we (consciousness) give in to likes, dislikes and indifference, consciousness is being fooled. And those who have strong Mara tendencies create daily illusions of a virtual reality, and laugh at us through the beliefs we have adopted. We, in our bad moments, do the same thing.

Why?
We feed off others’ emotions for excitement,
in the same as bullies who take pleasure in oneupmanship in everyday life.

It’s abuse,
which we counter with wisdom.