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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, February 2nd, 2024 by Sanaya Roman in LIVING WITH JOY
“As you are on the phone during the day, speaking to your friends, do you let them talk on long past when you would like them to be gone? Do you listen to their stories that bring down your energy? … Continue reading
Posted in Authenticity, Compassion
Tagged Living with Joy, Sanaya Roman
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 1st, 2024 by Annemarie Greenwood and Marissa Campbell in LIFE: LIVING IN FULFILLMENT EVERY DAY
“The thing about repetitive, reactive behaviors is that over time they become deeply ensconced in our physiology. By always reacting a certain way to a certain stimulus, we create deep neural pathways, deep ingrained ruts. We have absolutely no concept … Continue reading
Posted in Freewill choice
Tagged Annemarie Greenwood, LIFE: Living in Fulfillment Every Day, Marissa Campbell
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
“To be alive is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Fear, Self-worth
Tagged Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in WALKING ON WATER
“SPIRITUALITY IS BEING AWAKE. Getting rid of illusions. Spirituality is never being at the mercy of any event, thing or person. Spirituality means having found the diamond inside yourself. Religion is intended to lead you there. “What good does it … Continue reading
Posted in Feelings
Tagged Fr. Anthony DeMello, Walking on Water
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 29th, 2024 by Richard A. Singer in YOUR DAILY WALK WITH THE GREAT MINDS
“Never question your unlimited power to create what you desire in life. Do not ask your ego if you can do something because it has limits, instead, ask your soul, your spirit, your higher-self and it will let you know … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Richard A. Singer, Your Daily Walk with the Great Minds
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 26th, 2024 by James Altucher in CHOOSE YOURSELF
“Honesty is the only way to make money in today’s world. Nobody believes me on this. People laugh at me. “Don’t you know anything? Of course dishonest people step on the honest people and have more success.” People want to … Continue reading
Posted in Honesty
Tagged Choose Yourself, James Altucher
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 25th, 2024 by Jeremy E. McDonald in PEACE BE STILL
“Our level of accomplishment and satisfaction does not come from measurements, it comes from a clear understanding of yourself and the magnificence of who you are as a spiritual being, not what you see yourself as in the physical world. … Continue reading
Posted in Ego
Tagged Jeremy E. McDonald, Peace Be Still
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
“Now here is how you can help God. Live your life deliberately, harmoniously, and beneficially. These three ways of living you can accomplish by using the gifts I have given you: creative energy, gentle wisdom and pure love. Creative energy … Continue reading
Posted in Co-Creation, God
Tagged Friendship with God, Neale Donald Walsch
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 by Debbie Ford in THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIGHT CHASERS
“Freedom is being able to choose whoever and whatever you want to be at any moment in your life. If you have to act in a particular way to avoid being something you don’t like, you’re trapped. You’ve limited your … Continue reading
Posted in Projection
Tagged Debbie Ford, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers
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PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 22nd, 2024 by William Murtha in CREATE YOUR OWN LIFE STORY
“What could you do to begin treating yourself with more compassion? How and where can you encourage the habit of of no longer comparing yourself to others all the time? What needs to shift in your mind so that you … Continue reading
Posted in Self-love, Self-respect, Self-talk
Tagged Create Your Own Life Story, William Murtha
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 19th, 2024 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“The most obvious thing about which you can do nothing now is your past behavior. Everything that you ever did is simply over, and while you can almost always learn from it, and sometimes change effects that are continuing into … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Pulling Your Own Strings
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 18th, 2024 by Lisette Larkins in DIFFICULT PEOPLE
“Any effective spiritual practice must assist you in noticing how frequently you become offended by others, virtually without ceasing. Although you may have labeled this habit as being “sensitive,” there’s actually nothing sensitive about it at all. True sensitivity involves … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Difficult People, Lisette Larkins
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 by Louise Hay in YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE
“Thoughts have no power over us unless we give in to them. Thoughts are only words strung together. The have no meaning whatsoever. Only WE give meaning to them. And WE choose what sort of meaning we give to them. … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 by Marianne Williamson in ILLUMINATA
“Loyalty to friends is easy when nothing rotten is in the air. But when rumors are flying, or innuendos, or betrayals – that is when the quality of true friendship becomes the stuff of heroic response. To give a friend … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship
Tagged Illuminata, Marianne Williamson
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 15th, 2024 by Daphne Rose Kingma in THE TEN THINGS TO DO WHEN YOUR LIFE FALLS APART
“We are increasingly seeing, feeling, and experiencing how unavoidably connected we all are. And we’re not just connected in the present. We can also be carried backward in time, to the music of the sixties, the sonnets of Shakespeare, the … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Daphne Rose Kingma, The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart
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