To Brian on knowledge and the guru

[Guest guest]

Brian wrote:

Is it through the grace of Guru that I learned that I am of no value

unless I please people, that I am merely a person, merely a husband,

merely a son, or merely an engineer?I speak of the things I learned

that were simply not true.Is it guru who spreads falsehoods?I feel

that guru only brings truth. So when I learn untruths, it is not guru

who is teaching me, it is maya tricking me into a false belief.Guru is

he who iluminates darkness, not she who casts shadows, also known as

Maha Maya.

Dear Brian ~ it is interesting that you make this disctinction and I'm

glad that you did. I didn't even think of the question this way, but

just assumed it meant anything I learned that was good, useful, etc.

But then as you say, and as the Chandi says, Durga is the Remover of

Confustion and also the essence of the form of Confustion. So does it

all come from God/Guru, even the stuff we have to work to rid

outselves of? You raised a very interesting point. Jai Ma ~ Linda