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Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi's Journey, available in both print and eBook formats, launched Pondercentral.com in May 2007 as a web-based forum for "PONDER on THIS," a series of weekday inspirational email messages he began sending to subscribers in March 1999.
Selected from a vast library of spiritual growth books, the messages are currently received by hundreds of people all over the world. Please note that in addition to Pondercentral.com, Jeff occasionally posts to his Spirituality Simplified blog. To contact Jeff via email please click here.
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Category Archives: God
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 2nd, 2020 by Amit Goswami in GOD IS NOT DEAD
“Spiritual traditions of the East understand the individual movements of consciousness very well, and that is what they emphasize. Living in the world produces an individual identity (ego) superimposed upon the cosmic God-consciousness. This is the ignorance that obscures the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amit Goswami, God is Not Dead
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
“If you knew that God would appear to you and give you anything you asked for at the moment of your passing, what would you ask for? Consider the following fable: An old woman carrying a heavy load dropped it … Continue reading
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Tagged Live Your Bliss, Terry Cole-Whittaker
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 22nd, 2021 by Betsy Otter Thompson in WALKING THROUGH ILLUSION
“I believe that God is a power within – not a power that is only met upon death. If that’s true, it simplifies things, don’t you think? No more dialogues about whose God is valid and whose God is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsy Otter Thompson, Walking Through Illusion
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 3rd, 2020 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“True knowing does not come from any book, but from the heart. If a belief is the tool you use to draw lines in the sand in order to set yourself apart from the rest of God’s creation, you might … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, God
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 8th, 2020 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“If you currently have a concept of God outside of yourself, then mentally bring God home – allow its enormous power back into your heart. And even though you may not necessarily feel the infinity of the God Force within … Continue reading
Posted in Co-Creation, God
Tagged Infinite Self, Stuart Wilde
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, April 13th, 2020 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Every prayer is a thought and every thought is a prayer. The point is, we have thoughts traveling through our heads all the time; those we dwell on – those that receive extra attention and, therefore, extra energy – become … Continue reading
Posted in God, Power of Positive Thinking, Prayer
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 by Dean Shrock in WHY LOVE HEALS
“What does it mean to know that you are the vibration of God? For one, if God has no limits, then we have no limits. We say that God can heal. In fact what can God not do? We also … Continue reading
Posted in God, Healing
Tagged Dean Shrock, Why Love Heals
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK 3
“All of your life you have been told that God created you. I come now to tell you this: You are creating God. That is a massive rearrangement of your understanding. I know. And yet it is a necessary one … Continue reading
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Tagged Conversations with God Book 3, Neale Donald Walsch
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“If you say that dreams don’t come true, I would have to ask you at what point you stopped dreaming and started doubting, and what made you choose that particular time frame as a completion date for your prayer? What … Continue reading
Posted in God, Power of Positive Thinking, Prayer
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 2nd, 2020 by John Randolph Price in LIVING A LIFE OF JOY
“When a violent, judging, punishing God is talked about in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, the reference is not to the Supreme Deity but to a god created in the image of man and projected into the world as … Continue reading
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Tagged John Randolph Price, Living a Life of Joy
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 28th, 2020 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“What we call love is something that is so generic that it’s not even what love really is. Love is much more than words can describe….We we cannot really talk about the truth; we need to experience the truth. The … Continue reading
Posted in God, Love
Tagged Don Miguel Ruiz, The Voice of Knowledge
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 24th, 2020 by Richard & Mary Alice Jafolla in THE QUEST
“God’s power is within you, available at all times to help you and to bring more good into your life. It is the nature of God to create perfection and to continually make new. Once you accept this basic truth, … Continue reading
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Tagged Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla, The Quest
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 17th, 2020 by Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. in THE WAYS OF THE MYSTIC: SEVEN PATHS TO GOD
“God helps those who help themselves. If you are not manifesting creativity and abundance in your work, relationships, and finances, take a look at the practical side of things. It is one thing to plant seeds, another to follow through … Continue reading
Posted in Co-Creation, God
Tagged Joan Borysenko, The Ways of The Mystic
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Let things you have asked for unfold for you. You have already created them with your desire and ensured their arrival with your belief; you need only allow what comes naturally without resisting. Most people get into trouble here because … Continue reading
Posted in God, Surrender
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 3rd, 2020 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
“You can’t really know Me if you think about Me too much. That’s because your thoughts contain nothing more than your previous ideas about God. Yet the reality of Me will not be found in your previous ideas, but in … Continue reading
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Tagged Friendship with God, Neale Donald Walsch
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