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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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Category Archives: Ego
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 30th, 2022 by Karen Monteverdi in LIVING CONSCIOUSLY IN AN EGO DRIVEN SOCIETY
“…Emotions can be a barometer of how one experiences life. Signs of being in ego include feelings and language of blame, shame, judgment, domination, guilt, and a disproportionate need to compete. The list goes on and on. When we recognize … 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, June 7th, 2022 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“When your drop your ego beliefs, you are on the way to becoming one of those people Jean Houston describes who have managed to grasp their spiritual identity and fulfill their sacred questions. In a taped interview with New Dimensions … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 29th, 2021 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“The absurd overvaluation of fame is just one of the many manifestations of egoic madness in our world. Some famous people fall in to the same error and identify with the collective fiction, the image people and the media have … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 5th, 2021 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“What is spiritual realization? The belief that you are spirit? No, that’s a thought. A little closer to the truth than the thought that believes you are who your birth certificate says you are, but still a thought. Spiritual realization … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 7th, 2021 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“To become free of the ego is not really a big job but a very small one. All you need to do is be aware of your thoughts and emotions – as they happen. This is not really a “doing,” … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“People unknowingly sabotage their own work when they withhold help or information from others or try to undermine them lest they become more successful or get more credit than “me.” Cooperation is alien to the ego, except when there is … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“The ego identifies with having, but its satisfaction in having is a relatively shallow and short-lived one. Concealed within it remains a deep-seated sense of dissatisfaction, of incompleteness, of “not enough.” “I don’t have enough yet,” by which the ego … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 22nd, 2019 by Clint Bridges in SPIRIT WISDOM FOR DAILY LIVING
“The ego knows that its world-view is an illusion that has been created around its emotional reaction to the events and people in its environment. Perhaps we grew up poor or rich. Perhaps someone said we were stupid or ugly, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 30th, 2018 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“If you think you are the “doer,” you will feel justified in making endless plans. Now, I do not suggest that you try to stop making plans. I ask you instead to watch carefully what happens to your plans. See … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“Taking a spiritual view of life gives you automatic humility. You can’t fake humility. You are either a humble person or you aren’t. But the wonderful thing is, once you’ve stopped talking about yourself, showing off, demanding observers, cackling on … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“All struggle is ego. It is the pain and anguish that the ego creates—yearning and demanding and fighting to sustain itself. Pull back and get yourself into a position that you can control. If, let’s say, your problem is money, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 8th, 2017 by Sanaya Roman in Living with Joy
“There is a fine line between egotistical and humble. Walking that line brings the expression of power into balance. Do you brag about yourself? Do you go around wanting to tell people when you did something great? Or do you … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“It is a common trait of the ego-driven person to judge others by the external measures of their possessions, appearance, and conduct. Frequently, judgment is polite and without mean-spiritedness when you classify and choose not to encourage friendliness with someone … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“The initiation of the awakening process is an act of grace. You cannot make it happen nor can you prepare yourself for it or accumulate credits toward it. There isn’t a tidy sequence of logical steps that leads toward it, … Continue reading