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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 Thursday, February 26th, 2026 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“Why do you allow yourself to be in situations throughout the day, even minor ones with store clerks, customers, or telephone calls, in which you are made to feel depreciated? It is because of a belief many of you picked … Continue reading
Posted in Self-love
Tagged Personal Power through Awareness, Sanaya Roman
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 by Richard Carlson in DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
“So many of us live our lives as if the secret purpose is to somehow get everything done. We stay up late, get up early, avoid having fun, and keep our loved ones waiting. Sadly, I’ve seen many people who … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness
Tagged Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Richard Carlson
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 by Polly Campbell in HOW TO LIVE AN AWESOME LIFE
“Some of the most awesome experiences in our lives come when we connect with others, and especially when we allow them to touch us. Think about a first kiss, or seeing a birth, or walking down the aisle, or watching … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion
Tagged How to Live an Awesome Life, Polly Campbell
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 20th, 2026 by Tess Whitehurst in HOLISTIC ENERGY MAGIC
“You’ve heard it a million times, but it bears repeating: we all make mistakes – all of us. And while guilt can sometimes be a natural side effect of a mistake, especially when we perceive that mistake to have negatively … Continue reading
Posted in Guilt, Self-forgiveness
Tagged Holistic Energy Magic, Tess Whitehurst
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 19th, 2026 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in REAL MAGIC
“Spiritual beings do not order their lives to be “against’ anything. They are not against starvation, they are for feeding the people and seeing that everyone in the world is nutritionally satisfied. They work on what they are for, rather … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance
Tagged Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Real Magic
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 by Neale Donald Walsch in THE NEW REVELATIONS
“There is not a country and there is not a group of people on Earth that imagines itself to be an aggressor. Everyone who enters into war does so saying that they are defending something. Do you see this now? … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, God
Tagged Neale Donald Walsch, The New Revelations
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 by Alan Cohen in THE DRAGON DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
“Thoughts are, most assuredly, things. They are conceived in the mind and they travel through time and space like ripples in a pond, affecting all that they touch. Thoughts are the building blocks of our experience; the world that we … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking, Thoughts
Tagged Alan Cohen, The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 16th, 2026 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“As there are no problems in the NOW, there is no illness either. The belief in a label that someone attaches to your condition keeps the condition in place, empowers it, and makes it a seemingly solid reality out of … Continue reading
Posted in Labeling, Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 13th, 2026 by Wayne W. Dyer in MANIFEST YOUR DESTINY
“When you contemplate the purpose of your life in the material plane, you will discover that the only thing you can do with this life is to give it away. You cannot hang on to anything in a constantly changing … Continue reading
Posted in Purpose
Tagged Manifest Your Destiny, Wayne W. Dyer
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 12th, 2026 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“Do you know one sign that you’ve woken up? It’s when you are asking yourself, “Am I crazy, or are all of them crazy?” It really is. Because we are crazy. The whole world is crazy. Certifiable lunatics! The only … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Awareness, Fr. Anthony DeMello
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in THE WAY TO LOVE
“Look at everything that you think and feel and say and do that you do not like in yourself. Your negative emotions, your defects, your handicaps, your errors, your attachments and neuroses and hang-ups and yes, even your sins. Can … Continue reading
Posted in Self-acceptance, Self-love, Witnessing
Tagged Fr. Anthony DeMello, The Way to Love
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“Whenever you are in a negative state, there is something in you that wants the negativity, that perceives it as pleasurable, or that believes it will get you what you want. Otherwise, who would want to hang on to negativity, … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness, Witnessing
Tagged A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 9th, 2026 by Alan Cohen in THE DRAGON DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
“As some persons begin to discover the relationship between thoughts and events, they begin to be afraid of thinking negative thoughts, worrying, “Oh, no! I just had a thought of something bad happening to me – that means I will … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Alan Cohen, The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 6th, 2026 by Stuart Wilde in WHISPERING WINDS OF CHANGE
“Why are millions of people ’round the world, who may normally have no interest in sport, mesmerized by the Olympic games? It’s because the vestiges of the old tribal mind, which has grown to become a national mind, is bolstered … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Stuart Wilde, Whispering Winds of Change
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