Gunagrahi Swami - Playing Around with Maya

Paraphrased from a Chaitanya Charitamrita Class given by H.H. Gunagrahi Swami at Bhaktivedanta Manor on Saturday 20th January 2007:

"Playing around with maya is dangerous. I remember when I was a child , I was fascinated by fire. So I would burn one blade of grass by lighting a match over it, thinking it's only one blade of grass so there can't be much damage. But then I thought ok, let me try two blades, then a bunch of grass, then before I knew it the whole meadow was on fire! Similarly, the problem we have is that we think its harmless to play with maya a little bit - but it gradually leads to worse and worse deviation and then it's too late - the fire is too big to prevent."