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About Pondercentral, PONDER on THIS, and me, author Jeff Maziarek
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, November 22nd, 2024 by Esther and Jerry Hicks in GETTING INTO THE VORTEX
“Everyone wants to feel good, to be of value, to be engaged with life, to feel progress, to learn new things, and to feel love. But many people are looking for love in all the wrong places. When you witness … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Esther and Jerry Hicks, Getting Into the Vortex
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 21st, 2024 by Deepak Chopra in THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS
“Acceptance simply means that you make a commitment: “Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur.” This means I will know that THIS MOMENT IS AS IT SHOULD BE, because the whole universe is as it … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 by Debbie Ford in THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIGHT CHASERS
“When left unhealed, the past will destroy our lives. It buries our unique gifts, our creativity, and our talents. And when these parts of ourselves go unclaimed they stagnate inside us: we use them against our world instead of in … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Debbie Ford, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 19th, 2024 by Marianne Williamson in ILLUMINATA
“Many times we don’t share the truth because we’re afraid it would upset the other person to see how we feel: “I’m feeling claustrophobic,” “I feel ignored,” etc. Negative emotions, however, have a place in intimacy. They need to be … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions, Feelings
Tagged Illuminata, Marianne Williamson
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 18, 2024 by Neale Donald Walsch, in ABUNDANCE AND RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
“When we tithe as a regular thing, we make an enormous statement to the universe. And that statement is, “there’s more where this came from.” There is so much of this that I can literally give away, on a planned … Continue reading
Posted in Tithing
Tagged Abundance and Right Livelihood, Neale Donald Walsch
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 15th, 2024 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
“We have a dysfunctional dream of the planet, and humans are mentally sick with a disease called fear. The symptoms of the disease are all the emotions that make humans suffer: anger, hate, sadness, envy, and betrayal. When the fear … Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness
Tagged Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 14th, 2024 by James Van Praagh in TALKING TO HEAVEN
“So often in life it is our desire to be loved, and we tend to fall victim to our own making. We try so hard to be the best wife, mother, father, child, employer, lover, or friend. Because we believe … Continue reading
Posted in Approval from Others
Tagged James Van Praagh, Talking to Heaven
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 by Sanaya Roman in LIVING WITH JOY
“In many ways your past acts as an anchor until you release and let go of any negative beliefs about it or memories of it. Some of you have relationships from the past you feel you did not handle in … Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness
Tagged Living with Joy, Sanaya Roman
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH
“Open to receive and believe you deserve even more than you can imagine yourself having. If you received a check for an enormous sum of money from a friend who wanted to give to you, would you accept it freely? … Continue reading
Posted in Allowing, Giving and Receiving
Tagged Sanaya Roman, Spiritual Growth
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 11th, 2024 by Stuart Wilde in THE LITTLE MONEY BIBLE
“Nobody out there is perfect. We’re not trying to compete in the perfection stakes. You can love yourself and be imperfect, as God loves us unconditionally. I really like the image of the water rat, this scruffy little rat sniffles … Continue reading
Posted in Self-acceptance
Tagged Stuart Wilde, The Little Money Bible
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 8th, 2024 by Donald Altman in THE MINDFULNESS CODE
“Being judgmental is not the same as being discriminating and discerning and not the same as evaluating and analyzing in order to arrive at a decision or to make comparisons. A judgmental mind can be a dangerous thing. It gets … Continue reading
Posted in Judgment
Tagged Donald Altman, The Mindfulness Code
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 7th, 2024 by Rich Work in GOD THIS IS A GOOD BOOK!
“Separation creates judgment. You are either a Yankee or a Rebel; you MUST choose one side or the other. These are the rules of separation. However, when you honor one another, you truly understand that these are only choices. Imagine … Continue reading
Posted in Freewill choice, Oneness
Tagged God This is a Good Book, Rich Work
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM
“Harboring anger and hatred toward anyone guarantees that YOU remain in low energy fields where problems will continue to crop up repeatedly in your life. I suggest that you examine every relationship in which you feel judgmental thoughts of anger … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Relationships
Tagged There's, Wayne W. Dyer
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
“You were programmed to deliver a message, and the creation of that message is your greatest art. What is the message? Your life. With that message you create mainly the story of you, and then a story about everything you … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Don Jose Ruiz, Don Miguel Ruiz, The Fifth Agreement
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 4th, 2024 by Stuart Wilde in WHISPERING WINDS OF CHANGE
“If you’re surrounded by a bunch of incredibly negative, rather grim people, sometimes called relatives, or perhaps friends or co-workers, whatever – rather than fighting that ugliness around you and seeing it as misfortune, LOVE IT. Look at the people, … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance
Tagged Stuart Wilde, Whispering Winds of Change
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