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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 Thursday, June 19th, 2025 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
“Write this agreement on paper, and put it on your refrigerator to remind you all the time: DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY. As you make the habit of not taking anything personally, you won’t need to place your trust in what … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 by Wayne W. Dyer in MANIFEST YOUR DESTINY
“Contemplate the energy that is your life force. Forget about your body and your thoughts, and focus attention on the invisible life force that sustains your very being, which is also known as chi or prana. See if you can … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 by Richard & Mary Alice Jafolla in THE QUEST
“On the surface, we may seem very different from one another. After all, we are different races, have different politics, different religions, different philosophies, different beliefs, different nationalities, different opinions, different values. One of us may be a scraggly beggar … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 16th, 2025 by Susan Shumsky in INSTANT HEALING
“Have you ever considered that what you believe to be truth is not really truth? Your perception of reality might be skewed by false beliefs, habits, conditions, and patterns. Voices of parents, teachers, family, friends, peers, coworkers, pastors, rabbis, priests, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 13th, 2025 by Sanaya Roman in LIVING WITH JOY
“If you believe in what you see, then you are believing in the creations of the past. Everything you have right now in your life, you created from the past. Everything you have from here on out can be created … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 12th, 2025 by Michael Tamura in YOU ARE THE ANSWER
“One of the greatest thieves of your natural humor and laughter are secrets. We pretend we’re able to hide things, to keep things to ourselves and no one will ever know. How silly. We’re all on “Cosmic Camera” 24/7. If … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 by Mark Nepo in THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
“It seems impossible, but every humbled life has cried it is so: The sweetness of living comes to us when the very humanness we regret and try to hide, our seeming flaws and shameful secrets, are worked by time and … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“When someone goes to the doctor and says, “I hear a voice in my head,” he or she will most likely be sent to a psychiatrist. The fact is that, in a very similar way, virtually everyone hears a voice, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 9th, 2025 by Sara Chetkin in THE HEALING CURVE
“Acceptance is the joyful result of your awareness that God is in all things. I came to this awareness through many experiences; and in these moments, I knew that the world was wholly divine and in perfect order. Think about … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 6th, 2025 by Debbie Ford in THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIGHT CHASERS
“Every human being is born with a healthy emotional system. We love and accept ourselves when we are born. We don’t make judgments about which parts of ourselves are good and which parts are bad. We dwell in the fullness … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 5th, 2025 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“Be careful that you don’t get stuck in dogmatic perceptions of spirituality. Become the crooked tree. Stand at the back. Be silent. Don’t talk unless people ask you to. If you have perception, you can look at a person on … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“When the mind is closed, the heart shuts down, and vice versa. It doesn’t really matter which one closes first, the other one isn’t far behind. Don’t expect the mind to stay open. It won’t. An open mind is a … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 by Rich Work in GOD THIS IS A GOOD BOOK!
“Science acknowledges that you can neither create nor destroy energy, you can only change its form. As we create something, we never create MORE energy, but rather take energy that already exists and change it into that form which we … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 2nd, 2025 by Alan Cohen in RELAX INTO WEALTH
“While many people fear that following their joy is a sign of selfishness or egotism, they do not realize that they have a long way to go before they would become self-indulgent. More people suffer from a sense of unworthiness … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, May 30th, 2025 by Mada Eliza Dalian in HEALING THE BODY & AWAKENING CONSCIOUSNESS WITH THE DALIAN METHOD
“True health is beyond your thoughts, emotions, and physical body. Even if your body is challenged with illness and has reached the end of its lifespan, your being can never get old, sick, die, or disappear from existence. Your being … Continue reading

