Hi Dan:
I wrote another response, lost it then found it. It may add to your knowledge or confuse you even further.... I prefer the latter.
Maya is a lovable ****. Everywhere in this dream. She will pull and use energy that might be spent on better things, like seeking T/R. Early on I found that if I love and admire her she just doesn't bother me. I do understand you concerns though and I think you are lying about them.
You don't really want sex and money, you want acceptance/love and the assurance of continuity in the dream. Within the dream is the context that you are currently in. The more you understand what is going on the less you will be affected by it. I have met very few circumstance which could not be ''corrected'' (not the right word) by awareness. It's all entertainment and while you could just be enjoying it you are continually experiencing the arising of importances installed in the non-existent past mostly by well meaning, immature and incompetent people and organizations. Forgive them, they know not what they do (and did).
How do you deal with any dream? I suggest the ultimate solvent, awareness.
Now, where do all your problems go when there is no ''you'' or ''I''? Everything in this dream hinges on that concept, and there is no ''I''. Try to find it and you will fail for a thousand lifetimes.
All you desires will go unsatisfied because you are missing that one desire that will take care of it all... the desire (de-of the, sire-father) for your source, your origins, the true reality, and any other word folks might use to describe the indescribable.
There is a way of being in this dream where you see all (including Maya) as a pointer back to that true desire. Maya will never stop showing you what isn't... now focus on what is and in the meantime enjoy the show... it's all entertainment.
Love ya, Jed.