The text mentions forgetting our true nature due to delusion. What exactly causes this and what is the prescribed solution?

Chapter 17 explains that we forget our true nature primarily because we are ensnared by the "Maya of infatuation." This delusion fosters a confusion of bodily ego, making us believe in the false reality of "I and mine," which the text dismisses as being like a mirage. The solution proposed is a process of self-realization. One should advise oneself, recognizing that "you are the pure Brahman yourself," temporarily bound by the body like a parrot tied to a tube. The text urges you to wake up, come back to your true form, and release the tight grip of worldly entanglement to fly free in the sky of self-realization.