Mara Is Not Insignificant

Mara rules the world through weak minds.
And Mara is … the path to enlightenment
– the path that illumines limitations.

Mara is the personification of our desires, aversions, and delusions that keeps beings trapped in the cycle of moment-by-moment rebirth. This expresses itself in our habitual gross aspect of clinging to a programmed self. When people tell us how they think, they are merely representing Mara’s gross psychological aspects of greed, anger, fear, pride and jealousy.

Mara is a projection in the mind.

Mara is also necessary for enlightenment to occur, much like compost is necessary for flowers to produce fruit. When we ignore the negative side of life and only wish for the positive which we think is the short cut, we are way down the rabbit hole of illusions. It is only by recognising our internal Mara that we can we transform suffering into wisdom.

The world is not right. People aren’t right. Mara is running the show, working through the weakest minds who want to rule others, which causes much trouble as it comes under the guise of “believe-me-and-conform”. Mara feeds off others’ suffering, and keeps people trapped.

Enlightenment is the continuity of observing Mara’s games of power. As long as there are sentient beings, there will be Mara and pure consciousness. All news and media is Mara’s activity; when we see it, we know.