What is the role of Maya, or illusion, in worldly existence, and how can one awaken from it?

According to the wisdom in Chapter 19, the universe is described as a false play of Maya in pure consciousness, and all worldly affairs are likened to the arrangements of a dream. This illusion distracts the spiritual traveler, who can become bewildered. Liberation from this is described as an 'awakening.' Just as a dream disappears upon moving into wakefulness, one who is situated in their true self no longer remembers worldly affairs. The text states that without the science of the oneness of the Self and the revelation of the Soul's true nature, there is no other 'awakening' that can break the bonds of grief and delusion caused by Maya.