Can Maya stop us from achieving our goals?
Can Maya also affect us by not letting us achieve our goals yes see Maya's purpose Prabhupada once asked this question that if our purpose is to serve Krishna why is Maya so strong and Prabhupada immediately replied because your purpose is not strong because your purpose is not strong what that means is that Maya is basically like a examiner who offers a multiple choice exam now in a multiple choice paper there are four wrong options one right option so if you are going simply by probability you may say there are four wrong options the probability of my choosing the wrong option is much more but then if we have studied the subject we will know how to make the right choice so what Maya does is Maya gives us the Maya gives us the wrong options also over there but if we are associating with devotees if we are connected with Krishna we know which is the right option and we can choose the right option so Maya can allure us away from the right option but ultimately it is we who choose now when I am writing answer paper nobody forces me to click the wrong option so like that Maya cannot force us to do the wrong thing she can allure us she can tempt us but it is we who choose does it answer your question?