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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.
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 29th, 2022 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“Too much thinking is a terrible disease. It brings on awfully chronic symptoms such as seriousness. I don’t mind arrogance and self-indulgence, as I’m arrogant and self-indulgent sometimes, and I don’t mind stupidity, as I’ve done loads of stupid things … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 26th, 2022 by Lisette Larkins in DIFFICULT PEOPLE
“Existing fully in the present means to simply place your attention fully on whatever is being attended to at the moment. You effectively become a silent witness to whatever happens or arises. By remaining in a state of alert awareness, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 25th, 2022 by John Randolph Price in THE ABUNDANCE BOOK
“Money is an effect. When you concentrate on the effect, you are forgetting the cause, and when you forget the cause, the effect begins to diminish. When you focus your attention on GETTING money, you are actually shutting off your … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 by Paramahansa Yogananda in THE LAW OF SUCCESS
“Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life. Habits of thought are mental magnets that draw to you certain things, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
“U.S. money still has “In God We Trust” printed on it, both paper bills and coins. Read this every time you use this form of money to remind yourself of where your prosperity, power, and security come from. Working for … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 22nd, 2022 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“Ignorance and fear, ignorance caused by fear, that’s where all the evil comes from, that’s where your violence comes from. The person who is truly nonviolent, who is incapable of violence, is the person who is fearless. It’s only when … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 19th, 2022 by Megan Don in MEDITATIONS WITH TERESA OF AVILA
“Sometimes, Teresa said, the Beloved allows certain circumstances, even perhaps painful ones, that we would not willingly choose so that we may learn and grow. Surrender is the key word, easy to say, but far more difficult to live. We … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 18th, 2022 by Deepak Chopra in THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS
“The more you give, the more you will receive, because you will keep the abundance of the Universe circulating in your life. In fact, anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given. That which doesn’t … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday August 17th, 2022 by Ralph Waldo Emerson in SELF-RELIANCE
“Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the “personhood” of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his/her bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and the … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 by Lisa Nichols in THE SECRET by Rhonda Byrne
“The law of attraction is really obedient. When you think of the things that you want, and you focus on them with all of your intention, then the law of attraction will give you exactly what you want, every time. … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 15th, 2022 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“The great Socrates said, “The unaware life is not worth living.” That’s a self-evident truth. Most people don’t live aware lives. They live mechanical lives, mechanical thoughts – generally somebody else’s – mechanical emotions, mechanical actions, mechanical reactions. Do you … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 12th, 2022 by Esther and Jerry Hicks in GETTING INTO THE VORTEX
“The person who comes right now will be a match to the essence of the person you are right now. When you are feeling misunderstood or lonely or unloved, you cannot find a mate who will offer anything different to … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 11th, 2022 by Alice O. Howell in THE DOVE IN THE STONE
“Invite the Sacred to participate in your joy in little things, as well as in your agony over the great ones. There are as many miracles to be seen through a microscope as through a telescope. Start with little things … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
“A big ego is not the sign that one likes oneself, but just the opposite. If people “brag” and “show-off” a lot, it raises the question, what do they dislike about themselves so much that they feel they have to … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 by Richard A. Singer, Jr. in YOUR DAILY WALK WITH THE GREAT MINDS
“Do not deceive yourself by believing you are “stuck” where you are at right now. You may wish to rationalize or justify this to others, however, it is important to realize that anything is possible with hard work and persistence. … Continue reading

