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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, September 12th, 2016 by Michael Tamura in YOU ARE THE ANSWER
“You may not have enough actual food to feed everyone in the world but you certainly have some form of nourishment to share with each person you meet. You may be much more capable of nourishing another’s soul hunger than … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 9th, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOU’LL SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT
“Work each day to clear yourself of the two factors that do the most to inhibit your personal transformation: negativity and judgment. The more negative your thoughts, the more likely you are to look exclusively at the physical side of … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 8th, 2016 by Marilyn Jenett in FEEL FREE TO PROSPER
“Your business or job is not your source of income. I’ll bet you’ll read that again. But that’s right. Your business is not your source of income. Your clients are not your source of income. Your job is not your … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“When people speak to you in anger, saying unkind or untrue things, it is best to learn to forgive them. It is wise to learn not to respond to the negativity or fear in others. Keep your heart open and … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 by Paul Selig in THE BOOK OF MASTERY
“The dilemma you face, when you see things you do not like, is to assume that they are not of the Creator, and you create a dilemma for yourself because you cannot believe in a God that would allow suffering, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 5th, 2016 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 1
“Worry is just about the worst form of mental activity there is – next to hate, which is deeply self-destructive. Worry is pointless. It is wasted mental energy. It also creates bio-chemical reactions which harm the body, producing everything from … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 2nd, 2016 by Stuart Wilde in THE FORCE
“How often have you begun a project only to have a well-wisher take the tools from your hands, and you wind up with a gate painted green when, in fact, you only wanted to change the hinge? That frustration is … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 1st, 2016 by Stuart Wilde in THE LITTLE MONEY BIBLE
“Being light-hearted is angelic, and being angelic is being infinite. And being infinite is easier that being stuck with a bunch of boring grownups who fret over their investments, and who strut and work hard to pay out money for … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“Do you know what eternal life is? You think it’s everlasting life. But your own theologians will tell you that that is crazy, because everlasting is still within time. It is time enduring forever. Eternal means timeless – no time. … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE
“Remember the words to this Tom Petty song: “Well, I know what’s right. I got just one life in a world that keeps on pushing me around, but I’ll stand my ground…and I won’t back down.” That’s character. More than … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 29th, 2016 by Hugh Prather
“When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can become surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 26th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in THE DRAGON DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
“The aspect of human beings that sets us off from all other creatures is that of imaginative wisdom. Animals see things as they are, but we see them as they can be. We have been given the Divine ability to … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 25th, 2016 by Wayne W. Dyer in wISDOM OF THE AGES
“When you are born into this world your work is born with you. You have been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work was put into your heart at the moment you showed up here. If … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 24th, 2016 by Caroline Myss in WHY PEOPLE DON’T HEAL AND HOW THEY CAN
“The process of retrieving energy from the past begins by making a shift in awareness and vocabulary; simply put, you have to outrun your past. Learn to become conscious, as often as possible, of what you are thinking about and … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 by Neale Donald Walsch in COMMUNION WITH GOD
“Decide what your experience of failure means. Choose to call your failure a success. Then, re-create yourself anew in the face of this failure. Decide Who You Are in relationship to the experience you are having. Do not ask yourself … Continue reading

