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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, June 14th, 2024 by Eugenia Oganova in MISSION ALPHA
“The universal law of giving and receiving is 50/50: as much as you give you will receive. This might not seem right, because usually we do not see the “come back” from the same source we gave to. When you … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 13th, 2024 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH
“You can create your personal reality any way you want. Right before you fall asleep is a powerful time to create a new reality. Think of the day ahead. Visualize your ideal day, and imagine yourself waking up full of … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“Inner faith can produce the people and events that you need; it will work. Even after you develop this faith in God and yourself, you will find that there still are obstacles in life. The act of doubt-free thinking and … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 by Mary Beth Ford in WISDOM FROM THE GARDENS: LIFE LESSONS
“Claiming the power of your true Self offers a life of balance between world and Spirit. You can ask your Self frequently during the day: Am I shining forth who I really am? Is this what I really want to … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 10th, 2024 by Neale Donald Walsch in MOMENTS OF GRACE
“It is the absolute refusal to consider any possibility other than the outcome you have selected that prepares the Field of Possibilities for a miracle. It is the further refusal to judge anything by its appearance that makes the moment … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 7th, 2024 by JB Lewis in LIVING IN CONSCIOUSNESS
“Sure, your soul has the same unlimited vision as the Creator since there is no separation between them; although the human experience has been deprived of this glorious information, but that doesn’t mean you can’t live like you see something … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 6th, 2024 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“The trick is to stay balanced in a society where the government and its financial policy is bouncing around perpetually. None of the stuff’s getting any better, is it? So don’t get sucked into the emotion of lack. And don’t … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“Another illusion: You ARE all those labels that people have put on you, or that you have put on yourself. You’re not, you’re NOT! So you don’t have to cling to them. The day that somebody tells me I’m a … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 by Eugenia Oganova in AWAKENING THE HARMONY WITHIN
“All events trigger an emotional response, either positive or negative, according to our perception of that event. The point of self-mastery, the “middle path,” lays in being able to notice the emotional reaction we are having, trace it back through … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 3rd, 2024 by Joan Borysenko in in THE WAYS OF THE MYSTIC: SEVEN PATHS TO GOD
“Is the glass half empty or half full? The poorest welfare recipients in the United Sates are wealthy beyond belief in the eyes of most of the rest of the world. Even street people have resources available to them that … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, May 31st, 2024 by Sara Wiseman in LIVING A LIFE OF GRATITUDE
“There may or not be a pearly gate to heaven, guarded by St. Peter. There may or not be a time of reckoning with points tallied up, sins examined under a celestial microscope. It is your choice to believe in … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 30th, 2024 by Lynn Grabhorn in EXCUSE ME, YOUR LIFE IS WAITING
“We turn our noses up at “divine guidance,” but curiously give it this wide range of names like gut-feeling, motivation, hint, intuition, sense, inspiration, impulse, urge, premonition, desire, imagination. It’s all Guidance, the real You sending messages from the infinite … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 by Dan Millman in LIVING ON PURPOSE
“Direct experience remains the most powerful teacher, but a book can provide a map of the territory, a preparation that enables us to learn more from our experience. A book can point the way, but we must still make the … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 by Mystic Pete in MYSTIC PETE CHRONICLES
“God knows this reality is arduous and wants us to succeed. He/She normally doesn’t directly meddle in our lives because that would interfere with our Free Will and go against the system He/She designed. God acts within the parameters of … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 27th, 2024 by Debbie Ford in THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIGHT CHASERS
“The key is to understand that there is nothing we can see or perceive that we are not. If we did not possess a certain quality we could not recognize it in another. If you are inspired by someone’s courage, … Continue reading

