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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 by Richard Carlson, PH.D., in DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
“The truth is, if you have destructive mental habits — if you get annoyed and bothered easily, if you feel angry and frustrated a great deal of the time, or if you’re constantly wishing things were different, these identical tendencies … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 by Gloria Wendroff in HEAVENLETTERS
“The truth is that you have no control. You cannot control life. Your control is only resistance, and your resistance comes from a precluded idea or two. Nothing has to be the way you thought it had to be. Your … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 29th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“When you free your mind of illusions, and the doubt and fear that sustains them, all that will be left is belief; and that is what drives the mechanism of manifestation. You would be surprised at how many people will … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 26th, 2019 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“When you are afraid, imagine that you are being held and embraced by the most loving friend you have ever had, one who cares for you unconditionally, who loves you whether you have high thoughts or low, who is by … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 25th, 2019 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM
“We have been trained to think in terms of sin and punishment. These ideas dis-empower us by stressing that we are weak and wrong. The empowering way is to view trials as lessons and opportunities to choose differently. We can … Continue reading

