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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.
Spirituality Simplified by Jeff Maziarek
An Ideal Starting Point for those New to the Spiritual Path. A Handy Reference Guide for Experienced Seekers.
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 30th, 2009 by Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J. in AWARENESS
“Anytime you’re practicing renunciation, you’re deluded. How about that? You’re deluded. What are you renouncing? Anytime you renounce something, you are tied forever to the thing you renounce…As long as you’re fighting it, you are giving it power. You give … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Awareness, Fr. Anthony DeMello
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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 by Stuart Wilde in SIXTH SENSE
“If you are a positive, loving person, and if you stay away from shady deals and so forth, you’ll rarely become greatly entangled with scumbags, as they usually exist in a world of their own. But there are a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Sixth Sense, Stuart Wilde
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“Somewhere in our cultural psyche we have developed an image of a very serious God, and this notion has hurt us greatly. We believe that God is an old man with a white beard who sits on a cloud and … Continue reading
Posted in God
Tagged Alan Cohen, Dare to Be Yourself
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PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 27th, 2009 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“Post this affirmation in as many places as possible: “In my world, nothing ever goes wrong.” Look at it each day, and let it remind you that everything that is happening to you is in divine order and comes with … Continue reading
Posted in Witnessing
Tagged Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Your Sacred Self
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 24th, 2009 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“The hormones released by the body during the stress response are great in times of emergency – when your life may really be at stake. But stress hormones are harmful to your body at other times – causing weight gain … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“Are you a habitual “waiter”? How much of your life do you spend waiting? What I call “small-scale waiting” is waiting in line at the post office, in a traffic jam, at the airport, or waiting for someone to arrive, … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 by Arnold Patent in YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL
“Anytime we experience someone whose behavior causes us discomfort, we know that person represents someone, or is himself someone, whom we haven’t forgiven. By forgiving the person in our present experience, we are also forgiving whomever that person might represent, … Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness, Judgment
Tagged Arnold Patent, You Can Have It All
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PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 20th, 2009 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“There is a role for intellect, and that is to formulate plans, to decide where to go, and to carry things out with action. Intellect is like the captain of a ship, consulting maps, making plans and steering the ship. … Continue reading
Posted in Intuition
Tagged Personal Power through Awareness, Sanaya Roman
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PONDER on THIS for Sunday, July 19th, 2009 by Sol Luckman in CONSCIOUS HEALING
“Looking at the human body as a congealed thought, which at first may strike the reader as strange, is in the final analysis deeply empowering. Repeatedly, quantum physicists have demonstrated that a scientist always and inevitably affects the outcome of … Continue reading
Posted in Healing
Tagged Conscious Healing, Sol Luckman
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 17th, 2009 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“It never fails to amuse me when I hear declarations such as, “That’s not possible!” or people engaging in telling others what God means by, or feels about, a certain thing. For example, to isolate something as being impossible, you … Continue reading
Posted in God
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 16th, 2009 by Stuart Wilde in THE LITTLE MONEY BIBLE
“All ideas that are holy and good and honest, ideas that serve humanity and yourself, will have a positive energy of their own. When you head out to materialize a money-making plan, it will gather momentum. It’s as if the … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Stuart Wilde, The Little Money Bible
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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 by Gloria Wendroff in HEAVENLETTERS
“You are not dependent upon the companionship of others as much as you tend to think you are. You are not any more integral to others’ lives than they are to yours. Yet how you want to keep everyone and … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged Gloria Wendroff, Heavenletters
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“Nothing will crucify you faster than your own thoughts. Better not to think at all, if you can do it. And if you can’t, if you must think, think about simple things. Think about washing the dishes or doing the … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Paul Ferrini, The Silence of the Heart
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PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 13th, 2009 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK 2
“The greatest challenge as human beings is to Be Here Now, to stop making things up! Stop creating thoughts about a pre-sent moment (a moment you “sent” yourself before you had a thought about it.) Be in the moment. Remember, … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Conversations with God Book 2, Neale Donald Walsch
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