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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.
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: God
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“I love and respect all of God’s creation. How can I say, “God, you have created billions of people and they are not perfect?” For me to say that I am not perfect or that you are not perfect is … Continue reading
Posted in Authenticity, God
Tagged Don Miguel Ruiz, The Voice of Knowledge
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 12th, 2016 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“If you are going to let God be in charge of your life, you have to give up the idea that you “know.” Increasingly, you develop the attitude that your job is just to show up, to be present, to … Continue reading
Posted in God, Surrender
Tagged Paul Ferrini, The Silence of the Heart
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 18th, 2016 by Richard & Mary Alice Jafolla in THE QUEST
“It’s well and good to know about your spiritual nature – to talk about it and learn about it – but that in itself is not enough. The object is to experience your spirituality, to feel your oneness with the … Continue reading
Posted in God, Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
Tagged Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla, The Quest
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 19th, 2016 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
“There is no time that you are ever alone. I am always with you, and you are always with Me. That’s number one. And it’s an important place to begin, because it changes everything. If you think you are really … Continue reading
Posted in God, Oneness
Tagged Friendship with God, Neale Donald Walsch
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 by Paul Selig in THE BOOK OF MASTERY
“The dilemma you face, when you see things you do not like, is to assume that they are not of the Creator, and you create a dilemma for yourself because you cannot believe in a God that would allow suffering, … Continue reading
Posted in God, Judgment
Tagged Paul Selig, The Book of Mastery
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 29th, 2016 by Hugh Prather
“When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can become surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate … Continue reading
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Tagged Hugh Prather
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 5th, 2016 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
“People are forever calling the good outcomes in life breaks, luck, coincidence, serendipity, fate, or whatever. The bad outcomes – the hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, sudden deaths – they call “acts of God.” No wonder you had this idea that you … Continue reading
Posted in God
Tagged Friendship with God, Neale Donald Walsch
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 4th, 2016 by Catherine Ponder in OPEN YOUR MIND TO PROSPERITY
“Scientists tell us that we live in a sea of universal wisdom. This universal wisdom seems to be both immanent and transcendent – within and without. We can begin tapping this sea in far greater ways than ever before just … Continue reading
Posted in God
Tagged Catherine Ponder, Open Your Mind to Prosperity
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 8th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Over the course of history, more pain and suffering have been inflicted by zealots attempting to impose their religious, political, and moral beliefs on others, than any other cause. More people have been killed in religious wars and inquisitions than … Continue reading
Posted in God, Religion
Tagged Alan Cohen, Why Your Life Sucks And What You Can Do About It
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016 by Marianne Williamson in THE GIFT OF CHANGE
“We’ve created a God in our own image: angry and judgmental because we are. God Himself is merciful and all-loving, but we have projected onto Him our fear. This separates us from His love, from His healing, and from each … Continue reading
Posted in God
Tagged Marianne Williamson, The Gift of Change
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 4th, 2016 by Neale Donald Walsch in THE NEW REVELATIONS
“Neale Donald Walsch: What is the difference between religion and spirituality? God: One is an institution and the other is an experience. Religions are institutions built around a particular idea of how things are. When those ideas become hardened and … Continue reading
Posted in God, Religion
Tagged Neale Donald Walsch, The New Revelations
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 25th, 2016 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF
“People ask, “How can there be a God if there’s so much evil on the earth plane?” The fact is, God isn’t involved in the evil. God is detached and just watching it. God isn’t saying that there should be … Continue reading
Posted in God
Tagged Infinite Self, Stuart Wilde
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 30th, 2015 by Neale Donald Walsch in THE NEW REVELATIONS
“There is not a country and there is not a group of people on Earth that imagines itself to be an aggressor. Everyone who enters into war does so saying that they are defending something. Do you see this now? … Continue reading
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Tagged Neale Donald Walsch, The New Revelations
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 5th, 2015 by Eric Butterworth in DISCOVER THE POWER WITHIN YOU
“One of the commonest causes of weakness in man’s pursuit of the good life is the plaguing doubt, “perhaps it’s not God’s will”. The term “God’s will” has so long been considered in the light of a capricious and whimsical … Continue reading
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Tagged Discover the Power Within You, Eric Butterworth
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 by Neale Donald Walsch in THE NEW REVELATIONS
“Most of you spend much of your adult lives searching for the “right way” to worship God, to obey God, to serve God. The irony of all this is that I do not want your worship, I do not need … Continue reading
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Tagged Neale Donald Walsch, The New Revelations
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