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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: Fear
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 15th, 2023 by Michelle Bersell in F.E.E.L.: FEEL EVERY EMOTION AS LOVE
“The truth of the matter is that fear is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable. You are expanding, and to do so means you have to move out of your comfort zone. When you learn to listen to your inner … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Monday, April 17th, 2023 by William Murtha in CREATE YOUR OWN LIFE STORY
“In everyday behaviour change, you must accept that regular but temporary setbacks will be part of your life journey. Mini failures and stumbles will occur as you try to painfully let go of unwanted behaviours that trip you up. Whenever … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 17th, 2023 by FRIEDEMANN SCHAUB IN THE FEAR & ANXIETY SOLUTION
“…The current paradigm of allopathic medicine doesn’t encourage us to trust or utilize our own innate wisdom and healing potential. Instead it fosters a sense of dependency, disempowerment, and fear of illness. In new mind-body-spirit healing perspectives, illness is not … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 19th, 2022 by John Randolph Price in THE ANGELS WITHIN US
“Are you afraid of financial insufficiency in your old age, of the sudden appearance of a particular disease in your body, of some calamity befalling you, of losing your loved ones? Is there a fear of failure, loneliness, accidents, death? … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 by Eliza Mada Dalian in IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS
“Your fear is a blessing. It is giving you an opportunity to dis-identify from your mind and learn to trust the unknown. The mind can never trust or surrender. Trust always happens through intelligence and consciousness. The mind always asks … 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 Monday, August 1st, 2022 by Florence Scovel Shinn in THE SECRET DOOR TO SUCCESS
“That loving our enemies is good for our spiritual health is widely known and accepted. But that negation and poisonous emotions destroy physical health, is a relatively new discovery. The problem of health is often an emotional one. Wrong emotions … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 4th, 2022 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE
“Most of us go through life afraid – and with good reason. We are shown images every single day that validate our suspicion that the world is a place to be feared!…We have programmed ourselves into a constant state of … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 by Norman Vincent Peale in THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
“The importance of freeing your mind of fear cannot be overemphasized. Fear something over a long period of time and there is a real possibility that by fearing you may actually help bring it to pass. The Bible contains a … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 7th, 2022 by Emmet Fox in YOUR HEART’S DESIRE
“There is only one Fundamental Energy in the Universe, but this energy may be applied by us either constructively or destructively, because God has given us Free Will. When we use it constructively, we are acting in harmony with God, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 31st, 2021 from A COURSE IN MIRACLES
“Everyone experiences fear. Yet it would take very little right thinking to realize why fear occurs. Few appreciate the real power of the mind, and no one remains fully aware of it all the time. However, if you hope to … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 24th, 2021 from an Ancient Hindu Scripture
“The content of fear may be intense and gripping, so much so that it overwhelms us completely. But when we look beyond that content at the fear itself, what do we find? Pure energy, energy which, if we focus on … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 by Jonathan Parker in THE SOUL SOLUTION
“When we realize that we draw to us what we fear, or what we focus on, it may at first seem like a negative scenario, but when we really grasp this fundamental process, it’s actually quite empowering. As Joseph Campbell … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 27th, 2021 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“When you act without regard for others, you do not honor yourself. Every time you attack, you have something to defend. You are always looking over your shoulder to see who or what might be sneaking up on you. This … Continue reading