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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 Monday, November 25th, 2019 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in A PROMISE IS A PROMISE
“Often there is a tendency to resort to anger or physical manipulation to get a point across. We have all raised our voices and yelled at someone who was not doing our bidding the way we wanted it done. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Anger
Tagged A Promise Is A Promise, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 22nd, 2019 by Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in IF LIFE IS A GAME THESE ARE THE RULES
“How can we move from resistance to openness? By first recognizing the feeling of resistance. Resistance usually manifests itself physically in a clenched jaw, a tightness in the chest, or sighing. Mentally, it shows up in thoughts like, “Why do … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance
Tagged Cherie Carter Scott, If LIfe is a Game These Are the Rules
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 21st, 2019 by John Van Auken in BORN AGAIN AND AGAIN
“The deeper self is so natural that we often miss it and build an elaborate image of some angel-like figure to which we can’t completely relate. The deeper self sees with the same eyes, hears with the same ears and … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Born Again and Again, John Van Auken
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 by Rosanna Ienco in AWAKENING THE DIVINE SOUL
“Do you ever feel like the Universe is trying to get your attention? Have you ever had a series of events steering you towards something?…We sometimes forget to listen to that quiet voice within, or that loud knock on the … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Awakening the Divine Soul, Rosanna Ienco
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“We each live within a comfort zone of beliefs and knowledge we have been given thus far by people in our lives. If you’re not creating a life you love with the recipe you’ve been given, you may need ingredients … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 18th, 2019 by Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J. in AWARENESS
“Anytime you’re practicing renunciation, you’re deluded. How about that? You’re deluded. What are you renouncing? Anytime you renounce something, you are tied forever to the thing you renounce…As long as you’re fighting it, you are giving it power. You give … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Awareness, Fr. Anthony DeMello
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 15th, 2019 by Stuart Wilde in SIXTH SENSE
“If you are a positive, loving person, and if you stay away from shady deals and so forth, you’ll rarely become greatly entangled with scumbags, as they usually exist in a world of their own. But there are a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Sixth Sense, Stuart Wilde
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 14th, 2019 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“Somewhere in our cultural psyche we have developed an image of a very serious God, and this notion has hurt us greatly. We believe that God is an old man with a white beard who sits on a cloud and … Continue reading
Posted in God
Tagged Alan Cohen, Dare to Be Yourself
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“Post this affirmation in as many places as possible: “In my world, nothing ever goes wrong.” Look at it each day, and let it remind you that everything that is happening to you is in divine order and comes with … Continue reading
Posted in Witnessing
Tagged Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Your Sacred Self
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“The hormones released by the body during the stress response are great in times of emergency – when your life may really be at stake. But stress hormones are harmful to your body at other times – causing weight gain … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 11th, 2019 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“Are you a habitual “waiter”? How much of your life do you spend waiting? What I call “small-scale waiting” is waiting in line at the post office, in a traffic jam, at the airport, or waiting for someone to arrive, … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Eckhart Tolle, Practicing the Power of Now
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 7th, 2019 by Arnold Patent in YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL
“Anytime we experience someone whose behavior causes us discomfort, we know that person represents someone, or is himself someone, whom we haven’t forgiven. By forgiving the person in our present experience, we are also forgiving whomever that person might represent, … Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness, Judgment
Tagged Arnold Patent, You Can Have It All
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“There is a role for intellect, and that is to formulate plans, to decide where to go, and to carry things out with action. Intellect is like the captain of a ship, consulting maps, making plans and steering the ship. … Continue reading
Posted in Intuition
Tagged Personal Power through Awareness, Sanaya Roman
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 by Sol Luckman in CONSCIOUS HEALING
“Looking at the human body as a congealed thought, which at first may strike the reader as strange, is in the final analysis deeply empowering. Repeatedly, quantum physicists have demonstrated that a scientist always and inevitably affects the outcome of … Continue reading
Posted in Healing
Tagged Conscious Healing, Sol Luckman
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