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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.
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, May 27th, 2016 by Shakti Gawain in CREATIVE VISUALIZATION
“Take a look at your belief system and see if you are holding yourself back by not believing sufficiently in the universal good. Can you actually, realistically imagine yourself as a successful, satisfied, prosperous, fulfilled person? Can you really open … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 4th, 2016 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION
“Acceptance does not mean that we have to allow things into our lives that aren’t good for us. Obviously, we wouldn’t go out and commit a crime because we believed there was something to be gained by learning to confront … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 7th, 2015 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION
“Of course, taking action is a vital part of bringing our consciousness into form and making real change. Direct, powerful, and committed action is extremely important both on a personal and social/political level. Whether or not we commit ourselves to … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 27th, 2015 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION
“Pay attention to whatever feedback you get from the way things unfold in your external experience. See how things work out when you follow your own inner guidance. If things don’t seem to be working out, it may be because … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 3rd, 2015 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION
“As you may have noticed, it often takes a personal crisis of some kind to catalyze real change and growth in our lives. Upon reflection, you can probably remember how a period of great upheaval, filled with confusion and pain, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 1st, 2015 by Shakti Gawain in LIVING IN THE LIGHT
“Most people do have some sense, at least deep inside, of what they would love to be doing. This feeling is often so repressed, however, that it is experienced only in the form of some wildly impractical fantasy, something you … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, April 16th, 2015 by Shakti Gawain in LIVING IN THE LIGHT
“The spirit always tends toward expansiveness, depth, greater energy, and aliveness. The form (ego/personality) always tends toward what it perceives to be safety, security, and the status quo, which is usually a deadening experience. If you are able to observe … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 by Shakti Gawain in LIVING IN THE LIGHT
“When we choose not to follow our intuitive promptings, we close off our channel and our cells receive less energy. The body begins to deteriorate faster. When we aren’t following the flow of energy, life becomes a struggle. Stress and … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 1st, 2014 by Shakti Gawain in LIVING IN THE LIGHT
“What does it mean to trust your intuition? How do you do it? It means tuning in to your “gut” feelings about things – that deepest inner sense of personal truth – in any given situation, and acting upon them, … Continue reading
Best of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 7th, 2014 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION
We must remember that trying to solve the world’s problems through a primarily external focus is not very effective. The world is full of people attempting to find solutions to community and planetary problems with little success and much struggle, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 8th, 2014 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION
“How DO we create real change in our personal lives and in the world? The simple answer to this question is this: We change the world most effectively by changing our own consciousness. There is a quote attributed to Mohandas … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 6th, 2014 by Shakti Gawain in LIVING IN THE LIGHT
“People frequently ask me how to differentiate the true voice or feelings of the intuition from all the others. Unfortunately, there’s no simple, sure-fire way at first. Most of us are in touch with our intuition, whether we know it … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, May 16th, 2014 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION
“Chances are that our higher purpose is already showing in our lives. It is usually there from the very beginning, expressing itself through who we are even as children. Whatever things we do naturally and easily, whatever our innate talents … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 16th, 2013 by Shakti Gawain in CREATIVE VISUALIZATION
“One of the basic principles of holistic health is that we cannot separate our physical health from our emotional, mental, and spiritual states of being. All levels are interconnected and a state of “dis-ease” in the body is always a … Continue reading