In the Light of गीता / The Gita,
The Delusion and the conflict one has to go through in Life could be summed up in the following verse 27 of Chapter 7 :
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।
सर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप।।२७।।
(अध्याय ७)
Beginning with Desire and Fear, deluded by the conflict, O Arjuna! all living beings are goaded / tempted by the primordial Ignorance.
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ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितं आत्मनः।
तेषां आदित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत् परम्।।१६।।
Only those who destroy this Ignorance Through the Understanding of the Self, have the Light that takes them beyond the Ignorance and To the Ultimate.
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