I am the only thing you see
that isn’t really there.
I am the screen of the world.
What am I?

Q: I am the only thing you see that isn’t really there. I am the screen of the world. What am I?

Maya — illusion. (A dream works too.). The Vedantic punchline: everything you call ‘real’ is just light bouncing off a screen you can’t step behind. A 5,000-year-old riddle still hits.

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Maya — illusion. (A dream works too.) — The Vedantic punchline: everything you call ‘real’ is just light bouncing off a screen you can’t step behind. A 5,000-year-old riddle still hits.