singhisking ji
We are full of thousands of webs of thoughts, memories, desires and expectations that we carry within ourselves, that do not let the gurprasad in. This is what gurbani calls maya, maya is not outside, its the useless garbage that we are carrying within ourselves. This maya means an illiusion, a false projection of reality. We are twenty four hours surrounded by this false illusion, and all the pain, all the misery, all the dullness comes from this illusion, from this cluster of useless thoughts. This whole garbage has to be thrown away, to feel the gurprasad. Because we are full of this garbage, infact overflowing with it. So how can the gurprasad enter our being? To make the gurprasad enter our beings we need an emtiness within ourselvess.
By emptiness i mean a state of mind, where there is no garbage thoughts, where there is no cluster of past memories. A state of mind which has no assumptions or conclusions, neither any preconcieved notions. A state of mind which is utterly calm, silent, and collected. A state of mind which has dropped all desires and expectations. Not even a desire of gurprasad, because that too will become a barrier. Just a receptivity. AND this receptivity will be an invitation for gurprasad, the more empty you are the more it flows in you, the more deeper you are the more it enriches you, because then the gurprasad reaches your very roots, your subconscious, the deepest realms of your heart.
So try to drop the useless as soon as possible. Otherwise you will miss the essential.
I hope this will clear your doubts now.