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Ontology according to Vedanta (Vedānta)
by Swāmi Siddheswarānanda
in 25 May 2008
 (...previous) Moreover, māyā was at no moment connected with Brahman, whether with respect to the cosmos or with respect to the individualities, for such a connection has never been established within time. Māyā exists only in so far as the error continues. So it is not a ‘real’ entity which has produced the ‘real’ appearance of the world. Māyā is a category where the three divisions of formal logic are being scoffed at: Being (sat), non-Being (asat), and the principle of the excluded middle term. One cannot say, therefore, that māyā ‘is’, nor that māyā ‘is not’. Dreams and illusory cognitions provide a very clear demonstration of that:
The factor which creates the illusion
is of the same duration as the illusion.
Brahman is in no way affected by this illusory and temporary connection, because, in the end, it is not a real connection. It is not a matter of a real link, but only of a simple appearance.
Excerpt from the writings by Swāmi Siddheswarānanda (1897-1957) of the Ramakrishna Order of India.
[For further reading see also: 'The Metaphysical Intuition: seeing God with open eyes' by Swāmi Siddheswarānanda. Monkfish Book Publishing, USA, 2006.]
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