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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 Friday, April 4th, 2025 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“A guru was once attempting to explain to a crowd how human beings react to words, feed on words, live on words, rather than on reality. One of the men stood up and protested; he said, “I don’t agree that … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 by Stuart Wilde in SIXTH SENSE
“We derive security from logic. We plan and think, and hope we have covered all the bases. But the insecurity of logic and left-brain thinking disempowers us. Logic operates in a linear way; it can’t see around corners. At best, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 by Sara Chetkin in THE HEALING CURVE
“In the name of being happy, we have become a society of doers. We have even turned the state of “being” into a process by endlessly creating and recreating our self-image. Who are you? You can communicate that to everyone … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 by Danielle Rama Hoffman in THE COUNCIL OF LIGHT
“Everyone that you come in contact with is there on purpose. It is no accident who is bagging your groceries, who you are married to, who your child is, who you are walking down the street with, or who is … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 31st, 2025 by Bonnie Glass-Coffin and don Oscar Miro-Quesada in LESSONS IN COURAGE
“The consciousness that we cultivate as we deeply connect to the beauty all around us is open to everything that comes through. We do not silence or reject any emotion, fear, or lower impulse. We simply observe it. This is … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 28th, 2025 by Lynn Grabhorn in EXCUSE ME, YOUR LIFE IS WAITING
“When you stop to think that we’ve spent decades questioning what’s wrong with everything, therefore focusing on all the things in our world we didn’t like, didn’t want, or wanted to change, it’s little wonder we’ve attracted such a barrelful … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday,March 27th 2025 by Dan Millman in EVERYDAY ENLIGHTENMENT
“If we never suffered pain or loss – if death did not await us – we might never need to seek a higher understanding, might never wonder about the soul, the hereafter, or the ultimate meaning of life. But life … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 by David R. Hawkins in POWER VS. FORCE
“Enlightened beings have always described the general populace as being “trapped in a dream”; the majority of people are driven by unseen forces, and for a great deal of our lives, most of us are in despair over this fact. … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 by Debbie Ford in THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIGHT CHASERS
“The decision to alter your life is serious. After years of working with people, I’ve discovered that many people like to talk about change but are unwilling to let go of behaviors that keep them stuck in negative patterns. Ask … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 24th, 2025 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
“Guilt comes along as the administrator of self-punishment. Guilt is our refusal to accept a positive outcome because, deep down, we feel we don’t deserve it. But guilt stops the flow. This form of self-sabotage prevents us from using our … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 21st, 2025 by Shakti Gawain in LIVING IN THE LIGHT
“What does it mean to trust your intuition? How do you do it? It means tuning in to your “gut” feelings about things – that deepest inner sense of personal truth – in any given situation, and acting upon them, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, March 20th, 2025 by Dan Millman in LIVING ON PURPOSE
“Because our attention is often distracted, obscured, or lost in thought, we fail to notice many things. That is why the ability to pay attention to what is arising in any given moment – to our actions and their results … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March, 19th, 2025 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
“Thank you Creator of the Universe, for this amazing gift of life that you have given me. Thank you for giving me all that I have every truly needed. Thank you for the opportunity to experience this beautiful body and … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
“You are not – first and foremost I want to tell you that you are not – your past. You are not your yesterdays. You are not what you did yesterday, what you said yesterday, what you thought yesterday. A … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 17, 2025 by Danielle Rama Hoffman in THE COUNCIL OF LIGHT
“Even if you experience a lack of health in your perception you can look for the well-being that exists in that moment. This is a skill you develop. Let’s say you have a pain in your body. What would happen … Continue reading

