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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: God
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 17th, 2022 by John Randolph Price in LIVING A LIFE OF JOY
“Going all the way back to Sanskrit, we find that the root word of God is “invoked.” Invoke means “to call forth, to summon.” So in this context, God is whatever we call forth and give power to. And that’s … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 30th, 2022 by Jenniffer Weigel in I’M SPIRITUAL DAMMIT
“You remember the movie Toy Story?” “Of course I said.”… “Well, we are all like the toys in that movie. We are on the shelf, and God knows we are there. But sometimes he prefers Woody and sometimes Buzz. We … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 13th, 2022 by Helen Mellicost
“I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly God was speaking. “My name is I Am.” I waited. God continued. “When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 21st, 2022 by Ken Keyes, Jr.
“Meher Baba described the relationship between God and humanity this way: “It is for the sake of Love that the universe sprang into existence, and for the sake of Love that it is kept going.” God decided to play a … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 1
“Some of your religions have built up whole theologies around the misconception that God would – or could – create anything imperfect. And that is what it is, literally: a misconception. For anything I conceive – all that to which … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 18th, 2021 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
Compiler’s Note: Sorry, I accidentally sent the message for Friday the 19th on Thursday the 18th instead of the message below. I’ve got things straightened out now. “To learn to trust you must experiment being neutral about what happens in … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 21st, 2021 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“There is nothing to fear anymore; we don’t have to be afraid to die. There is only one force that exists, and when we die, everybody is going back to the same place. Even if we don’t want to, even … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 4th, 2021 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
“The idea that God is angry and must be pacified by means of blood sacrifice and violence against others came from the teachings of Zoroaster, an ancient prophet and religious poet from Babylon. His teachings about an angry, vengeful, and … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 23rd, 2021 by Therese Benedict in DAYS GO BY, NOT LOVE
“There is so much pain that scours this earth and demeans our way of life. All of us can help change this chain of misery. We can do this by starting with ourselves. Work from the inside out. Start within … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 30th, 2021 by Gary Spinell in IT WAS YOU, ALL ALONG
“We have been taught that there is only so much to go around for everyone, whether it is love, money, or success. Some religions teach that God has reasons that some of us fail. They teach that if we do … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 by Megan Don in MEDITATIONS WITH TERESA OF AVILA
“We are called to the ever-present and ongoing journey of surrendering ourselves to the divine will. Through this continual act of surrender we come to find our essential nature and thus our true freedom. Even though at times we may … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 18th, 2021 by Neale Donald Walsch in COMMUNION WITH GOD
“Death does not exist. To say that death exists would be to say that you do not exist, for you are Life itself. To say that death exists would be to say that God does not exist, for if God … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM
“Always remember that you are connected eternally to God. You are a divine creation, and you do not want to fear your divinity any longer. You do not have to perform to anyone else’s standard to be loved; you are … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 by Anonymous in IMPERSONAL LIFE
“It is all a matter of consciousness – of your conscious thinking. You are separated from Me only because you think you are. Your mind is but a focal point of My Mind. If you but knew it, what you … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 2nd, 2020 by Amit Goswami in GOD IS NOT DEAD
“Spiritual traditions of the East understand the individual movements of consciousness very well, and that is what they emphasize. Living in the world produces an individual identity (ego) superimposed upon the cosmic God-consciousness. This is the ignorance that obscures the … Continue reading