For Hindus, maya is a constructed reality. More accurately, maya is the measuring scale that values and devalues all things in Prakriti, and by doing so gives rise to Brahmanda, an individual’s perception of the world. It is neither a bad thing nor is it a good thing. It is just the way the human mind perceives reality. Animals do not live in maya, because they do not possess imagination. Human beings do. Humans are therefore subject to maya.
