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About Pondercentral, PONDER on THIS, and me, author Jeff Maziarek
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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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 19th, 2025 by Polly Campbell in IMPERFECT SPIRITUALITY
“Resistance, in a very real way, shows up as blocks in your life. It appears in the form of the same old problems, ongoing arguments, issues that never seem to resolve but always seem to matter – the twenty pounds … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 18th, 2025 by Neale Donald Walsch in THE NEW REVELATIONS
“Neale Donald Walsch: If religion can make people ecstatic, why can’t it heal the world? God: Because organized religion as you currently create it is largely an exclusive experience. It is exclusive to the individual or the group experiencing it. … Continue reading
Posted in God, Religion
Tagged Neale Donald Walsch, The New Revelations
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOU’LL SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT
“Know that you are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be. Know that if you use your mental energy to see yourself spending your days doing what you truly love, and if you keep that thought uppermost … Continue reading
Posted in Doing What You Love, Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, You'll See It When You Believe It
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 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
Posted in Feelings, Intuition
Tagged Shakti Gawain, The Path of Transformation
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 15th, 2025 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH
“You do not become strong by seeking those situations that keep you sheltered and protected; you become strong by learning to navigate all the different kinds of weather, finding your strength and direction from within. If you have felt any … Continue reading
Posted in Resentment
Tagged Sanaya Roman, Spiritual Growth
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 12th, 2025 by Stuart Wilde in AFFIRMATIONS
“Life was never meant to be a struggle. Yet everything is designed to control us and to limit us. The light (which is truth) is not visible to us, so we make rules and regulations, partly in an effort to … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Affirmations, Stuart Wilde
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 11th, 2025 by Stuart Wilde in LIFE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A STRUGGLE
“Do you remember being told as a child that if you wanted to make it in life you would have to work hard? That life involves pain and struggle; that you’d have to earn love and acceptance; and that, if … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Life Was Never Meant to be a Struggle, Stuart Wilde
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 10th, 20025 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 3
“You must understand that humans have many fear-based religions whose teachings surround a doctrine of a God who is to be worshipped and feared. It was through fear that your entire Earth society reformed itself from the matriarchy into the … Continue reading
Posted in God, Religion
Tagged Conversations with God Book 3, Neale Donald Walsch
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Hollywood A-List actress Renee Zellweger had no idea how she was going to pay next month’s rent when she received the telephone call informing her that she had been chosen to play Tom Cruise’s love interest in the mega-hit Jerry … Continue reading
Posted in Trust
Tagged Alan Cohen, Why Your Life Sucks And What You Can Do About It
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 8th, 2025 by Louise Hay in YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE
“How perfect you were when you were a tiny baby. Babies do not have to do anything to become perfect, they already are perfect, and they act as if they know it. They know they are the center of the … Continue reading
Posted in Self-love
Tagged Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 5th, 2025 by Caroline Myss in WHY PEOPLE DON’T HEAL AND HOW THEY CAN
“Our thoughts powerfully influence the health of our minds and bodies, and delving into our inner selves is essential to the healing process. Yet negative patterns are not always at the root of illness, and a failure to heal should … Continue reading
Posted in Healing, Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Caroline Myss, Why People Don't Heal And How They Can
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 by JB Lewis in THE SOUL & THE BRAIN
“Have you ever been in a room so dark that even your hand in front of your face is blacked out? And the only way to get through the room without hurting yourself is to feel your way along the … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged JB Lewis, The Soul and The Brain
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 2015 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“As there are no problems in the NOW, there is no illness either. The belief in a label that someone attaches to your condition keeps the condition in place, empowers it, and makes it a seemingly solid reality out of … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 1st, 2025 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“The harder you try to change, the worse it can get. Does this mean that a certain degree of passivity is all right? Yes, the more you resist something, the greater power you give to it. That’s the meaning, I … Continue reading
Posted in Change
Tagged Awareness, Fr. Anthony DeMello
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