The Blessing of YES
by Tony Cuckson

In Corrogue I say YES. I am not always keen to say YES. This is particularly so when I have not, for different reasons, been able to spend time with the ritual of writing. Writing a blessing or creating a story has become, for me, the creative act of the day. If I avoid this then the day has not been, or felt to have been, a YES day. It has not begun in a celebration of flow and of allowing. [More]

Turn Toward the Light
by Unknown Author

Metanoia. Literally, it is a Greek word meaning 'change of mind'. Yet the full meaning is somewhat more. In the New Testament, the word metanoia is often translated as 'repentance'. But this kind of repentance is not about regret or guilt or shame; it implies making a decision to turn around, to face a new direction. [More]

Universal Teachings
by Sri Ramakrishna

There are pearls in the deep sea, but one must hazard all to find them. If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them. Dive again and again. You are sure to be rewarded in the end. So is it with the finding of the Lord in this world. If your first attempt proves fruitless, do not lose heart. Persevere in your efforts. You are sure to realize Him at last. [More]

The Ideal of God
by Hazrat Inayat Khan

That ethical view of God which conceives of Him as a personality is really a conception of the self; the divine love, power, and inspiration are really within oneself. But when someone who has not truly studied and understood the subject of God's personality begins to talk about it, he is apt to destroy the religious beliefs of many besides his own. Not only is he apt to go astray himself... [More]

With Reference to the Good
by Wayne Ferguson

The admonition to Follow your Bliss is an affirmation of individual freedom under God. Or put another way, it is the affirmation of individual freedom with reference to the Good. [More]

Emanation
by Alan Kazlev

The word "Emanation" comes from the Latin e-manare, "to flow forth". The cosmos and finite beings are all seen as having emerged out of the Absolute Reality through a sort of "out-flowing". [More]