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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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Category Archives: Body and Health
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 17, 2025 by Danielle Rama Hoffman in THE COUNCIL OF LIGHT
“Even if you experience a lack of health in your perception you can look for the well-being that exists in that moment. This is a skill you develop. Let’s say you have a pain in your body. What would happen … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health, Healing
Tagged Danielle Rama Hoffman, The Council of Light
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 by Eugenia Oganova in MISSION ALPHA
“But what is physical pain? Pain is a message. Yes, please re-read the last sentence. We give a lot of power to pain because of the separation from the body (victimhood); this only makes the pain scarier. But physical pain … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health, Healing
Tagged Eugenia Oganova, Mission Alpha
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 by Shakti Gawain in CREATIVE VISUALIZATION
“One of the basic principles of holistic health is that we cannot separate our physical health from our emotional, mental, and spiritual states of being. All levels are interconnected and a state of “dis-ease” in the body is always a … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health, Healing
Tagged Creative Visualization, Shakti Gawain
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 23rd, 2024 by Dr. Irina Koles in TASTE OF THOUGHTS
“It’s true that changes take time and nothing happens overnight. It requires lots of energy, efforts and coordinated actions on a regular basis. Sometimes, a new idea sounds so odd that you can’t even consider taking it seriously. However, when … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health
Tagged Dr. Irina Koles, Taste of Thoughts
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 16th, 2024 by Caroline Myss in WHY PEOPLE DON’T HEAL AND HOW THEY CAN
“Refusing to let go of past events, whether positive or negative, means throwing away some part of your daily energy budget. If you start losing energy and don’t do anything about it, you will inevitably develop a weakness in your … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health, Healing, Letting go
Tagged Caroline Myss, Why People Don't Heal And How They Can
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 by Rhonda Joy Eagle in DISCOVER YOUR SOUL SONG
“For millennia, music and voice has been a way to move us. It exhilarates us, excites us, saddens us, and mellows us. It has a profound effect on the very way we function from moment to moment. If you think … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health, Healing, Soul
Tagged Discover Your Soul Song, Rhonda Joy Eagle
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 11th, 2023 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“An illness can either strengthen or weaken the ego. If you complain, feel self-pity, or resent being ill, your ego becomes stronger. It also becomes stronger if you make the illness part of your conceptual identity: “I am a sufferer … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health, Ego
Tagged A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 28th, 2023 by Donald Altman in ONE MINUTE MINDFULNESS
“When was the last time you thanked your body for all it does for you on a daily basis? The “inward smile” is an ancient practice, a way to deeply honor the body by acknowledging it and sending it gratitude. … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health
Tagged Donald Altman, One Minute Mindfulness
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 24th, 2023 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Practices such as meditation are designed to help you let-go of those thoughts which upset your health by causing noise and stress in your nervous system and stimulating the systems of your body in a chaotic and disruptive manner. Medical … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health, Healing, Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged Pete Koerner, The Belief Formula
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 13th, 2023 by Gerry Hopman in LIGHTEN UP!
“The physical benefits of laughter are phenomenal. Laughter stimulates the brain, the nervous system, the respiratory system, the hormonal system, and the body’s muscles. Health and laughter combine, because when a person laughs, all of the body systems are involved. … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health, Laughter, Stress
Tagged Gerry Hopman, Lighten Up!
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 12th, 2023 by Caroline Myss in ANATOMY OF THE SPIRIT
“We all have negative feelings, but not all negativity produces disease. To create disease, negative emotions have to be dominant, and what accelerates the process is KNOWING the negative thought to be toxic, but giving it permission to thrive in … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Body and Health, Success
Tagged Anatomy of the Spiri, Caroline Myss, Christopher Morley
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 1st, 2023 by Brenda J. Bentley, in EAT, GUILT, REPENT, REPEAT
“The key principle to eating intuitively is about getting back in rapport with your body. To listen, understand and respond to the many ways your body lets you know it’s time to eat and when you’ve had enough. As a … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health
Tagged Brenda Bentley, Eat Guilt Repent Repeat
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“This excerpt from Deepak Chopra’s book Ageless Body, Timeless Mind provides some revealing insights regarding the multitude of events that are taking place within your body, literally every second you are alive: “A hundred things you pay no attention to … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health
Tagged Jeff Maziarek, Spirituality Simplified
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 1st, 2017 by Donald Altman in ONE MINUTE MINDFULNESS
“The body is not different from spectacular castles and monuments that also must eventually lose their luster. Aging and wrinkles are simply signs that we have lived in the castle. They do not diminish the purpose, wonder, and loveliness of … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health
Tagged Donald Altman, One Minute Mindfulness
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 by Wayne W. Dyer in WISDOM OF THE AGES
“This body of yours is like a curriculum in school, only this is your curriculum to God. This is your house of God, and it is in this body, while it is here on this planet, that God can be … Continue reading
Posted in Body and Health
Tagged Wayne W. Dyer, Wisdom of the Ages
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