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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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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“The story you’re dreaming today is not the same story that you were dreaming yesterday, or even half an hour ago. Every time you talk about your story, it changes depending on who you’re telling the story to, depending on … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“The presence of the infinite is everywhere, but if you’re in darkness, you don’t see what is there. You don’t see it because you only see your own knowledge. You guide your creation through that dream, and when your knowledge … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 15th, 2015 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“If you use your awareness, you will see everything you believe, and this is how you live your life. Your life is totally dominated by the system of beliefs that you learned. Whatever you believe is creating the story that … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“Making assumptions and then taking them personally is the beginning of hell in this world. Almost all of our conflicts are based on this, and it’s easy to understand why. Assumptions are nothing more than lies that we are telling … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 24th, 2014 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“You were programmed to deliver a message, and the creation of that message is your greatest art. What is the message? Your life. With that message you create mainly the story of you, and then a story about everything you … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 9th, 2014 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“The truth is that all knowledge 100 percent of it, is nothing more than symbolism or words that we invent for the need to understand and express what we perceive. Every word in our mind and on this page is … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 14th, 2013 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“Now it’s easy to understand why there is so much conflict between humans. The world is populated by billions of dreamers who aren’t aware that people are living in their own world, dreaming their own dream. From the point of … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 9th, 2012 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“Humans have a need to explain and justify everything; we have a need for knowledge, and we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know. We don’t care whether the knowledge is true or not. Truth or fiction, we believe … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 31st, 2012 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“You don’t need to compete with anybody; you don’t need to compare yourself with anybody. You just need to be what you are, to be love, but real love, not the kind of love that possessed you and makes you … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 12th, 2012 by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“Can you see all the judgments that you have about yourself? Every judgment is just an opinion – it’s just a point of view – and that point of view wasn’t there when you were born. Everything you think about … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 10th, 2011 by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“You are here to enjoy life. You are not here to suffer over your drama or your personal importance. It’s not you, it doesn’t belong to your presence. You are here to be a dreamer, to be an artist, to … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 1st, 2011 by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
Be impeccable with your word really means never use the power of the word against yourself. When you’re impeccable with your word, you never betray yourself. You never use the word to gossip about yourself or to spread emotional poison … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“Once you accept yourself just the way you are, you no longer have any judgments about yourself. Once you accept everybody else just the way they are, you no longer have any judgments about them. Then something incredible happens in … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“As children, we invest our faith in almost everything that we learn, and this is how we lose power over our own lives. By the time we grow up, our faith is already invested in so many lies that we … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“Have you ever noticed that since you arrived in this world, you’ve always been delivering a message? Even before you were born, when you mother became aware that she was pregnant, your message was there. Your parents couldn’t hardly wait … Continue reading