To truly succeed — not just in the outer world but in your inner evolution — you must confront 4 illusions and insights that govern the human experience: Māyā, Mann, Mukti, and Mrityu.
To truly succeed — not just in the outer world but in your inner evolution — you must confront 4 illusions and insights that govern the human experience: Māyā, Mann, Mukti, and Mrityu. This is a framework drawn from deep Indian wisdom — from Kabir’s piercing bhajans to the Bhagavad Gita’s psychology — pointing us toward real freedom.
4 M’s for Spiritual Success
माया, मन, मुक्ति और मृत्यु की तरफ़ देखना।
The 4 illusions and insights that decide whether you stay stuck — or wake up.
माया (Māyā) – The Beautiful Lie That Blinds You
Kabir said:
“माया महा ठगिनी हम जानी” – Māyā is the master thief — sweet, soft-spoken, and deeply deceptive.
But her real weapons?
Not gold or fame — it’s Mann and Mera.
She whispers: “This is you. This is yours. This is important.”
And just like that, we chase shadows, cling to names, and forget who we really are.
Māyā isn’t cruel.
She’s seductive.
And that’s why she wins.
True clarity begins the moment you see through her smile.
मन (Mann) – Master the Mind, or Be Mastered by It
In the Gita, the mind is called the driver of the senses.
If untrained, it pulls you toward distraction, noise, desire, and doubt.
If disciplined, it becomes the bridge to liberation.
Your mind is not the enemy — but it is the battlefield.
You don’t have to suppress it. You just have to watch it without becoming it.
When the mind bows, clarity rises.
Train your Mann, or it will train you.
मुक्ति (Mukti) – Freedom from ‘Mann’ and ‘Mera’
We think freedom is external — no job, no boss, no bills.
But real freedom is internal: the end of identification.
The mind says, “I want.”
The ego says, “This is mine.”
Together, they create suffering.
But you are not the mind. You are not the owner.
You are the observer, the unchanging awareness behind it all.
Mukti isn’t something you earn. It’s what remains when the rest is seen as false.
मृत्यु (Mrityu) – Death: The End That Sets You Free
Fear. Ambition. Comparison. Ego.
Most of it comes from one root: the fear of death.
We want more time, more praise, more legacy — because we fear disappearing.
But here’s the paradox:
Only the ego dies.
Your true self — the conscious being — is never born and never ends.
When death is accepted, distraction dies too.
You stop chasing what doesn’t matter.
You focus on what truly does.