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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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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 by Wayne W. Dyer in WISDOM OF THE AGES
“Most of the suffering we experience outside of outright physical pain occurs because of our identification with our own self-importance. As I was planning how I would approach this topic of ego and suffering I recalled a conversation I had … Continue reading
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Tagged Wayne W. Dyer, Wisdom of the Ages
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 19th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Belief underlies experience. Prayer is an experience. Prayer is simply thought; and if you have a thought that you believe in, you will soon experience that thought as a reality of some sort. You will see an answered prayer. When … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Prayer
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 16th, 2019 by Paul Ferrini in THE ECSTATIC MOMENT
“If you want to God’s work, find the light that lies in your mind and heart. Feel the heat that comes into the heart center when you breathe and bless your experience. Feel the fire in the heart that comes … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Paul Ferrini, The Ecstatic Moment
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 15th, 2019 by AlanCohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS…AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Riches are fame are highly seductive; they rarely turn out to be what they appear. Some of the richest and most famous people in the world are the unhappiest. And some are very happy. It’s not whether you are rich … Continue reading
Posted in Money
Tagged Alan Cohen, Why Your Life Sucks And What You Can Do About It
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 by Stuart Wilde in AFFIRMATIONS
“Never, ever give your word to anyone in order to accommodate them…only do so if you endorse the promises you make. If people want you to do something against your wishes, you will explain lovingly and politely, that you do … Continue reading
Posted in Integrity
Tagged Affirmations, Stuart Wilde
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 by Joseph Murphy in THE AMAZING LAWS OF COSMIC MIND POWER
“You must appreciate the fact that your desire, idea, dream, new play, book, script, trip, enterprise, or adventure are all real in your mind, though invisible. To know that your idea is real, that is has form, shape, and substance … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking, Taking Responsibility
Tagged Dr. Joseph Murphy, The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 12th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“To surrender means to stop trying and start allowing. Joseph Chilton Pearce relates stories of what he calls “un-conflicted behavior” in which doubts give way to a knowing or belief that the task at hand is already accomplished. The outcome … Continue reading
Posted in Surrender
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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CORRECTION TO Special Ponder on This Update sent Saturday, August 10, 2019
NOTE: When this was initially published on Saturday 8/10 and then emailed to subscribers it was missing the link to the article because yours truly was in a hurry and failed to attach it. That issue has been corrected with … Continue reading
Posted in About Jeff Maziarek, About Pondercentral
Tagged Fit for Joy, Jeff Maziarek, Spirituality Simplified, Valeria Teles
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 9th, 2019 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“When we are following our path, we are bound to rub some people the wrong way. Criticism and rejection are a healthy sign that you are doing something real and alive. If no one is upset with what you are … Continue reading
Posted in Authenticity
Tagged Alan Cohen, Dare to Be Yourself
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 8th, 2019 by Neale Donald Walsch in COMMUNION WITH GOD
“Health is an announcement of agreement between your body, mind, and spirit. When you are not healthy, look to see which parts of you disagree. Perhaps it is time for you to rest your body, but your mind doesn’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Self-love
Tagged Communion with God, Neale Donald Walsch
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“You may have heard the phrase “turn the other cheek,” which a great teacher of enlightenment used 2,000 years ago. He was attempting to convey symbolically the secret of nonresistance and non-reaction. In this statement, as in all his others, … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET
“When I discovered The Secret I made a decision that I would not watch the news or read newspapers anymore, because it did not make me feel good. The news services and the newspapers are not in any way to … Continue reading
Posted in Law of Attraction
Tagged Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 5th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“If you feel resistance, you created it. You have either put your feet down in an attempt to slow the passage of time, or you have turned around in the current, facing the past – from whence ye came – … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 2nd, 2019 by Deepak Chopra in THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS
“Intention combined with detachment leads to life-centered, present-moment awareness. And when action is performed in present-moment awareness, it is most effective. Your intent is for the future, but your attention is in the present. As long as your attention is … Continue reading
Posted in Detachment, Intention, Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 1st, 2019 by Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in IF LIFE IS A GAME THESE ARE THE RULES
“My friend Laura keeps an “inspiration box” on her dresser, in which she stores quotes written on scraps of paper and objects that inspire her. She has everything in there from a Chinese fortune that says “You are your own … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherie Carter Scott, If LIfe is a Game These Are the Rules
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