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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 Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 by John Van Auken in BORN AGAIN AND AGAIN
“When you aren’t sure about where you’re going or how well you’re doing, RELAX. Becoming uptight, worried, skeptical or depressed is natural and to some degree, healthy; but don’t let it drag on too long. RELAX. Forget about your concerns … 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 Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 by John. St.Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE
“Literally, when was the last time you had some dirt under your fingernails? For most of us, the ground on which we walk is something to fertilize, plow, or shovel. Just beneath the first couple layers of grass, rock, and … Continue reading
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Tagged John St. Augustine, Living an Uncommon Life
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 12th, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“When we speak of the Great Secret of Life, we are speaking of what some call the Law of Attraction; but others simply quote Jesus, or the prophets of the Old Testament, and say that the Secret to Life is: … Continue reading
Posted in Law of Attraction, Power of Positive Thinking, Prayer
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 9th, 2018 by Asara Lovejoy in THE ONE COMMAND
“We generate an electro-magnetic field of attraction or repulsion with our thoughts through the release, from our endocrine system, of hormones and chemicals known as peptides. We generate electro-magnetic charges with our thoughts that either attract to us or repel … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Asara Lovejoy, The One Command
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 8th, 2018 by Thomas Moore in CARE OF THE SOUL
“Taking an interest in one’s own soul requires a certain amount of space for reflection and appreciation. Ordinarily we are so identified with movements of the psyche that we can’t stand back and take a good look at them. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Care of The Soul, Thomas Moore
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 by Anthony DeMello, S.J. in THE WAY TO LOVE
“Look into yourself and examine your reactions to persons and situations, and you will be appalled to discover the prejudiced thinking behind your reactions. It is almost never the concrete reality of this person or thing that you are responding … Continue reading
Posted in Judgment
Tagged Fr. Anthony DeMello, The Way to Love
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 2018 by Wayne W. Dyer in MANIFEST YOUR DESTINY
“Think of your own desires to manifest as having been placed there by spirit, and that those desires, which are housed in love and service, are precisely what God wants to give you, and that your desire is the direct … Continue reading
Posted in Deservedness, Manifesting
Tagged Manifest Your Destiny, Wayne W. Dyer
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 5th, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Suffering comes from thinking about the future, the past, or the self – or from the attachment to ideas about how these things should be. We can worry about the future and ask our God to protect us; or we … Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Prayer
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 2nd, 2018 by Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla in THE QUEST
“While it’s true that every cause you have set into motion will eventuate in a corresponding effect, don’t start looking over your shoulder for your past to catch up with you! Know why? Because you can always put a new … Continue reading
Posted in Cause and Effect
Tagged Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla, The Quest
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 1st, 2018 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“What is a negative emotion? An emotion that is toxic to the body and interferes with its balance and harmonious functioning. Fear, anxiety, anger, bearing a grudge, sadness, hatred or intense dislike, jealousy, envy – all disrupt the energy flow … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions, Feelings
Tagged A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 by Stuart Wilde in THE LITTLE MONEY BIBLE
“Concentrate on the abundance you do have. Make it solid and real by acknowledging it. It’s easy to overlook the many things we are granted – oxygen, the blood rushing through our veins, the food we eat; the people we … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude
Tagged Stuart Wilde, The Little Money Bible
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 by Marianne Williamson in THE GIFT OF CHANGE
“Enlightenment is not a learning but an unlearning, a letting go of all the fears we’ve gathered as we’ve walked the path of life. As taught in A Course in Miracles, “miracles are everyone’s right, but purification is necessary first.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Marianne Williamson, The Gift of Change
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 29th, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“All physical, or formed, things come from the unformed, or non-physical, realm. What brings that energy here and assembles it for us is the overarching principle of the Universe in which we live. Our essence is desire, or the desire … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking, Prayer
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 26th, 2018 by Deepak Chopra in AGELESS BODY, TIMELESS MIND
“Know that the world “out there” reflects your reality “in here.” The people you react to most strongly, whether with love or hate, are projections of your inner world. What you most hate is what you most deny in yourself. … Continue reading
Posted in Shadow Work
Tagged Ageless Body Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 25th, 2018 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET
“In his book The Master Key System, Charles Haanel claims that there is an affirmation that incorporates every single thing any human being can want, and that this affirmation will bring about harmonious conditions to all things. He adds, “The … Continue reading
Posted in Law of Attraction, Manifesting
Tagged Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
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