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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, January 20th, 2023 by Edwin Harkness Spina in MYSTIC SECRETS REVEALED
“A wide variety of physical stimuli and sensory input can affect your being. Are you filling your body with artificial sweeteners, fake fats, junk food and other toxins? Do you subject your objective senses to a non-stop barrage of mainstream … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Edwin Harkness Spina, Mystic Secrets Revealed
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 19th, 2023 by JB Lewis in THE MIRACLE OF YOU: BACK TO CONSCIOUSNESS
“Since time is not a real factor in the Absolute, creation appears instant since all that exists, exists right now. That would explain why God is never in a hurry because, to be in a hurry, God would have to … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged JB Lewis, The Miracle of You: Back to Consciousness
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“Just imagine if you really have free will, which is the power to make your own choices. Do you really choose to sabotage your own happiness or your own love? Do you choose to judge yourself, to blame yourself, to … Continue reading
Posted in Freewill choice
Tagged Don Miguel Ruiz, The Voice of Knowledge
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 16th, 2023 by Gary Spinell in BEYOND INTENT
“We are not the best judges of when we are ready to receive and reach our goal. Here’s the key ingredient on how to assure you obtain your goal, and why most people do not achieve their goal: Regardless of … Continue reading
Posted in Goals
Tagged Beyond Intent, Gary Spinell
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 13th, 2023 by Laura Alden Kamm in INTUITIVE WELLNESS
“Here is a simple way to release mind chatter. You can do this practice alone or with a partner. Take ten minutes out of your day and sit and just let your thoughts roll from your mind and out of … Continue reading
Posted in Healing
Tagged Intuitive Wellness, Laura Alden Kam
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 12th, 2023 by Nan Yielding in THINGS I NEVER LEARNED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
“For over two thousand years, Christians have seen Jesus through the eyes of the gospel writers, believing they were disciples of Jesus and eyewitnesses to the events they described. Many may be surprised, as I was, to learn this is … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Nan Yielding, Things I Never Learned in Sunday School
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“The past only has an impact on the present when you continue to waste your powerful thought and feeling energies on something that no longer exists at all, other than in your own mind. Whatever it was that happened is … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Jeff Maziarek, Spirituality Simplified
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 by Richard A. Singer in YOUR DAILY WALK WITH THE GREAT MINDS
“A vast amount of human beings destroy precious moments throughout their lives due to unnecessary worry. The important thing to realize is the fact that worry does absolutely nothing productive for the past, present, or future. Why continue to do … Continue reading
Posted in Worry
Tagged Reverend Theresa Crabtree, Richard A. Singer, Your Daily Walk with the Great Minds
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 9th, 2023 by Rev. Christian Sorenson in GRATITUDE, A WAY OF LIFE BY LOUISE HAY AND FRIENDS
“Life is an abundant broadcasting system, just waiting for us to tune in to its infinite varieties. As we turn our attention to the positive side through praise and appreciation, we bring ourselves into harmony with this giving frequency. There … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude
Tagged Gratitude A Way of Life, Rev. Christian Sorenson
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 6th, 2023 by Gary Spinell in IT WAS YOU, ALL ALONG
“Many people make no attempt to move forward, thinking, “But what if I try and fail?” or “What if I try and end up losing everything?” Remember, you create it all of it. When you believe you have the power … Continue reading
Posted in Persistence, Taking Responsibility
Tagged Gary Spinell, It Was You All Along
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 5th, 2023 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH
“Compassion is helping people understand what they are learning and empowering them to see the gifts in what they are experiencing. It is watching others go through their lessons the way they have chosen to experience them, knowing that though … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion
Tagged Rainer Maria Rilke, Sanaya Roman, Spiritual Growth
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 4th, 2023 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“Remember that every cause you initiate leads to an effect. So, when you give from the heart, you set energy into motion that must in turn find its way back to you in some form. I say in some form, … Continue reading
Posted in Giving and Receiving
Tagged Jeff Maziarek, Spirituality Simplified
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 2nd, 2023 by Annemarie Greenwood and Marissa Campbell in LIFE: LIVING IN FULFILLMENT EVERY DAY
“Expectations are just labels we project into the future and they are…a recipe for disaster. When we tell ourselves, ‘Oh, it will be so good if this happens,’ the consequence of this type of thinking is that if it doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Expectations
Tagged Annemarie Greenwood, LIFE: Living in Fulfillment Every Day, Marissa Campbell
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