Letter # 16: "Gur Prasad"

When children are traumatized teachers and school administrators can play a major role in the healing process. Click the link below for more information: http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/index.aspx?puid=2f93a35a-191e-4cfd-8fef-ad8b9e7e36b1&p=5

But where do you, the helping adult, get your help? You can get help from family, friends, self-help groups, counsellors, therapists, and ministers. Well-meaning persons often say to me, "God bless you" and nervously qualify it " ... in the God of your choice." I reply, God is one but the choices of Name are infinite. But people's intentions are good and true. Seeking a connection with the Supreme is something that one can do to get peace. But where is that Supreme? 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night?" Job 35.10. The Koran says that we can see His signs. "Whatever is in the heavens and earth hallows the glory of God; His is the Kingdom, and to him all praise is due, and He (alone) has the power over all things." Ch65:1. The Srimad Bhagavatum says: "The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no beginning, no end, and no middle. Nor does He belong to a particular person or nation. He has no inside our outside. The dualities found within this material world, such as beginning and end, mine and theirs, are all absent from the personality of the Supreme Lord. The universe, which emanates from Him, is another feature of the Lord. Therefore the Supreme Lord is the ultimate truth, and He is complete in greatness." C8:1:12. Guru Nanak sings that connection with the Supreme is attainable only through a Guru or Teacher : "Gur (teacher) prasad (blessing)".So, just as a teacher can help a traumatized child, so we adults must have a a support system to navigate us through the trials and tribulations of life. Or if we are truly blessed we might have a Guru or Teacher.

God Bless; Allah Hu Akbar; May The Forces Of The Universe Bring You Harmony; Hare Krishna; Radha-Swami; and Nanak Naam Chardi Kala Tere Bhane Sarbat Dha Bhalla.

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References: "The Holy Bible" Online version; "The Koran" as translated by SV Mir Ahmed Ali 2005 ISBN 0-9761870-0-0); "The Bhagavad Gita As it Is" as translated by Srila Prabhupada ISBN 0-89213-268-X; The Srimad Bhagavatum as translated by Srila Prabhupada ISBN0-89213-259-0; "I Am That. Talks With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj” ISBN 0-89386-022-0; The Dhammapada ISBN-10:1-84483-344-5; The Sacred Sukhmani ISBN 81-7205-098-4; Wikipedia.