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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 Monday, October 24th, 2016 by Bill Bryson in A SHORT HISTORY OF EVERYTHING
“To begin with, for you to be here now, trillions of drifting atoms had to somehow assemble in an intricate and intriguingly obliging manner to create you. It’s an arrangement so specialized and particular that it has never been tried … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 21st, 2016 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“In recent years there has been a great deal of attention paid to near-death experiences. You have probably read or heard some of the many fascinating accounts of people who have been clinically dead for short periods of time, and … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 by Richard Eyre in SPIRITUAL SERENDIPITY
“If we have to think about every detail of our lives, we ought to sometimes think about them after they have been lived (when we can learn from experience), not always before (when the very thought may intercept or alter … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
“One thing that most of you have forgotten is that all things exist in the Eternal Moment of Now. All solutions, all answers, all experiences, all understanding. In truth, there is nothing for you to have to create. All that … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 17th, 2016 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“The degree to which you feel responsible for other peoples’ happiness is the degree to which they can pull on you and take from you. They can only use guilt and manipulation because you allow them to by believing you … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 14th, 2016 by Imelda Shanklin in WHAT ARE YOU?
“Never say that you have failed. You may have ceased to try, and so did not complete the matter that you began. It is quite impossible that you should fail, but it is quite possible that you may desert a … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 13th, 2016 by Michelle Bersell in F.E.E.L.: FEEL EVERY EMOTION AS LOVE
“You believe that if others were different you would feel much better than you currently do. You tell yourself if it weren’t for my parents being so closed-minded, or my husband being so stubborn, or my children being so oblivious, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Dump the concept of luck. Lucky people attract positive events because they think lucky. People who continually attract negative events hold patterns of thought that match them. What you dwell on, you dwell in. Your stars and numbers do not … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
“Simply by using common sense we can figure out that chemical-laced and processed foods harm the body and brain, so that the brain is not able to do its best work. The fact that these goods may appeal to our … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 10th, 2016 by Vadim Zeland in REALITY TRANSURFING STEPS I-V
“Allow yourself the luxury of deserving the best. If someone tries to persuade you that you must work for the good of someone or something else do not believe them. If someone tries to prove to you that everything in … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 7th, 2016 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“Look at the world and be satisfied. See it as eternal, and understand that you don’t have to push against the way it is. If you don’t like things, walk away. Generally speaking, it’s too much effort to change things. … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 6th, 2016 by Jonathan Parker in THE SOUL SOLUTION
“Your life as it is now has emerged from the thoughts, words, actions, beliefs, and feelings you’ve energized in the past. Although thinking about what your life has been is a good start, it’s also important to have an idea … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 by David R. Hawkins in POWER VS. FORCE
“There are many sides to the question of karma, but every choice of who and how to be is a choice of great consequence, as all of our choices reverberate through the ages. Thousands of reports of near-death experiences, as … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in RELAX INTO WEALTH
“Wanting something dearly need not be a source of tension or frustration. It can be a source of rich empowerment. When you deeply desire a goal, it mobilizes a great deal of energy. When that energy hits a resistance within … Continue reading

