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1. According to the Vedanta, God (Brahma) alone is real; everything else is an illusion. The human soul is the same as God, though on account of man’s ignorance, it appears to be separate. If this be true, then it would mean that God also is subject to illusion. In that case, He cannot be God. God is really free from all illusion and knows everything. Vedantists also maintain that in deep contemplation (samadhi), the devotee gets rid of illusion (maya) by means of knowledge. The question arises: If everything is illusion, how do we know that the devotee absorbed in samadhi and his knowledge derived from that state are not illusion?
2. If we admit the truth of the Vedanta, then we shall be obliged to admit that God also—man being identical with God—is in evolution, and that by means of illusion and changes of matter He wants to attain perfection. If maya does not do this for God, Vedantists must tell us what the first cause of maya is; as a result of what actions we are entangled in maya; and the purpose and ultimate good of maya. As a matter of fact, God is in everything and everything is in God. But God is not everything and everything is not God. Those who confound the Creator with His creation are sunk in ignorance.