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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, October 24th, 2018 by Stuart Wilde in AFFIRMATIONS
“The mind gets bogged down by its expectations. It decides when or where something is to happen and then becomes frustrated if things do not work out. Yet all of life is guesswork. The mind extrapolates from past experience and … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance
Tagged Affirmations, Stuart Wilde
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 by Sonia Choquette in TRUE BALANCE
“Living under the direction of Divine Power requires that we surrender all personal control and take a deliberate leap of faith, suspending our need for guarantees of any kind. This will be far easier if we are committed, honest, and … Continue reading
Posted in Doing What You Love, Surrender
Tagged Sonia Choquette, True Balance
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 22nd, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“We often do things out of spite – sometimes just to spite ourselves. When we are feeling better about things, we usually come to regret those moments when we acted out of some negative feeling or patterning. What good comes … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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PONDER on THIS for Sunday, October 21st, 2018 by Starr Weldon in LEARNING TO TRUST: THE STAR CHILD AWAKENING, BOOK 1
“We hold ourselves back by hanging on to old issues, grievances, and hurts. Sometimes the person (or persons) we have issues with has changed, but we resent that change because we are busy hanging on to something that hurt or … Continue reading
Posted in Letting go, Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Learning to Trust: The Star Child Awakening Book 1, Starr Weldon
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 19, 2018 by Danielle Rama Hoffman in THE COUNCIL OF LIGHT
Compiler’s Note: I was inspired to share this “fresh” Ponder on This message today after I came across it in this book last night. “We know that there is always a focus on getting somewhere. You want to move from … Continue reading
Posted in Allowing, Joy, Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Danielle Rama Hoffman, The Council of Light
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 18th, 2018 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE
“There isn’t a plant on Earth that can survive without taking in water in through its root system. Over millions of years, every type of grounded growing thing, from lichen to cactus to the mighty oak, has nourished itself from … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged John St. Augustine, Living an Uncommon Life
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 by John Randolph Price in LIVING A LIFE OF JOY
“The essence of the Emerson philosophy that influenced me was the idea that there are no limitations except the ones that we place on ourselves through the failure to know the Essential Self within – and that our vision to … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged John Randolph Price, Living a Life of Joy
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“When you begin to view people in terms of their divine essence, and literally see the fullness of God in each and every person that you encounter, you stop comparing. The idea that other people should be judged based upon … Continue reading
Posted in God, Judgment
Tagged Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Your Sacred Self
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 15th, 2018 by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
“The words we speak have a direct and definite effect upon our thoughts. Thoughts create words, for words are the vehicles of ideas. But words also affect thoughts and help to condition if not to create attitudes. In fact, what … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 12th, 2018 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“Beliefs form the foundation for a person’s life, so changing any fundamental belief in particular can be very challenging, and even more so if your family’s opinion remains a dominant influence in your life. However, once you make the decision … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, God
Tagged Jeff Maziarek, Spirituality Simplified
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 11th, 2018 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“For a newborn baby the problem of holding on to ‘bad’ or unhealthy feelings doesn’t exist. The instant you throw something negative into a baby’s environment, it will cry or turn away. This is an extremely healthy reaction, because by … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Deepak Chopra, The Way of the Wizard
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 by Asara Lovejoy in THE ONE COMMAND
“We all agreed to be born, and to be infants. We all agreed to be affected and programmed by our early childhood; every one of us has had this experience of our humanness. Yet we seem to identify ourselves as … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Asara Lovejoy, The One Command
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 by Tom T. Moore in THE GENTLE WAY
“Your guardian angel is there to assist you every minute of the day, but you have to ask. We can use the metaphor of your guardian angel and angelic guides sitting around watching a TV set of your life as … Continue reading
Posted in Angels
Tagged The Gentle Way, Tom T. Moore
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 8th, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Dwelling on the negative will produce a miracle in your life of a like nature. Trust me when I say that a downward spiral of depression is likely to result from dwelling on the negative. This is why it is … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 5th, 2018 by Neale Donald Walsch in COMMUNION WITH GOD
“You may think that you need a particular person to be happy, or a job to be successful, or some other emotional or physical gratification to be content. That is when you may wish to notice that you are here, … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Communion with God, Neale Donald Walsch
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