Yes Della, you make a good point there.
It brings to mind something tho, about manifesting - if we cling to the desire for what we are seeking to manifest, then we are harbouring fear, and it is the fear that we manifest, thus sabotaging our intent. Thus we are much more successful in manifesting when we can let go first.
There is some law somewhere that we can only retain what we have let go. Like those knots that we finally throw down in frustration, only to see them unravel with ease as they fall.
Julie struggled for a long time in her theses to neatly explain Maya (till she finally gave up that hope), and for some time used the word impermanence, meaning everything changes - not that things aren't permanent in their existence within Maya, but that they are not permanent in our desire to see them stay the way we want.
Permanence, is a quality we strive to find. To cling to something we can rely on - which eventually leads us into our deepest core of silence, as if in absence we find certitude. Whereas energy in its solid and fluid forms, 'exists'. always 'exists', yet is constantly changing. a paradox, but one we are called to resolve as beings within.
The relationship between Brahman (the unknowable) and Maya (manifestation) has been debated and related over thousands of years in India - which is real? Buddhism, which influenced adviata and Shankara, stand on one end, claiming that all manifestation is illusion. While Bhakti, devotion, stands nearer the other end, pure Materialiasm (which also existed in India). Devotion requires an 'object', thus they relate that Maya is not illusion, and that permanence can be found in God. Bhakti devoties often express their joy and love of the world, and see in that, and in it's very shifting nature, a truth to cling to, in fact, the Godhead itself, in everything.
But Hinduism has another word, or concept, Vijnana. It works this way, first we live in the ignorance that our world and relationships are real, and when they are taken away we suffer - the more we cling the more we suffer. Then we get wisdom, and let go, realising the impermanence of our attachments. On the deepest level, we reject all, and enter into absolute essence - they call that Jnana. (actually Nirvikalpa Samadhi.) Nothing remains - all is rejected, even ourselves. But then, we come back (like those who return from Keter) and only then are we able to play in Maya - to access the full range of existence, past present and future. We are called Vijnani.
Well, that's just a little rave at 4am in the morning - good night irene...