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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: Labeling
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“Another illusion: You ARE all those labels that people have put on you, or that you have put on yourself. You’re not, you’re NOT! So you don’t have to cling to them. The day that somebody tells me I’m a … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“Do you want to change the world? How about beginning with yourself? How about being transformed yourself first? But how do you achieve that? Through observation. Through understanding. With no interference or judgment on your part. Because what you judge … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 2nd, 2023 by Annemarie Greenwood and Marissa Campbell in LIFE: LIVING IN FULFILLMENT EVERY DAY
“Limiting beliefs create a mold, a fabrication, very much like creating a papier mache ball from a newspaper and a balloon…Labels and judgments, experiences and impressions accumulate over time. Layer by layer, we take these truths and plaster them over … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“The truth about labels is that they really say nothing about the essence of the person to whom we apply them…What is particularly paradoxical is that of all the labels we humans apply, it is perhaps the “religion” label that … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 26th, 2017 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“Ego is “I”; it is your singular point of view. In innocence this point of view is pure, like a clear lens. But without innocence the ego’s focus is extremely distorting. If you think you know something—including yourself—you are actually … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 3rd, 2017 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOU’LL SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT
“Take a look at the lives of many who are most admired in history. Those who were fixed on revenge led us into war after war, killing indiscriminately, destroying everything in their path, all in the name of blame and … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“As there are no problems in the NOW, there is no illness either. The belief in a label that someone attaches to your condition keeps the condition in place, empowers it, and makes it a seemingly solid reality out of … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 2nd, 2015 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“You are NOT your country, race, or religion. You are an eternal spirit, not an American or a Chinese or an African. It matters not what sort of body you showed up in, where you arrived geographically, or what religion … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 21st 2014 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“Another illusion: You ARE all those labels that people have put on you, or that you have put on yourself. You’re not, you’re NOT! So you don’t have to cling to them. The day that somebody tells me I’m a … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 2nd, 2013 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“Do you want to change the world? How about beginning with yourself? How about being transformed yourself first? But how do you achieve that? Through observation. Through understanding. With no interference or judgment on your part. Because what you judge … Continue reading
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 20th, 2013 by Annemarie Greenwood and Marissa Campbell in LIFE: LIVING IN FULFILLMENT EVERY DAY
“Limiting beliefs create a mold, a fabrication, very much like creating a papier mache ball from a newspaper and a balloon…Labels and judgments, experiences and impressions accumulate over time. Layer by layer, we take these truths and plaster them over … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 31st, 2012 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“The truth about labels is that they really say nothing about the essence of the person to whom we apply them…What is particularly paradoxical is that of all the labels we humans apply, it is perhaps the “religion” label that … Continue reading
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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“Ego is “I”; it is your singular point of view. In innocence this point of view is pure, like a clear lens. But without innocence the ego’s focus is extremely distorting. If you think you know something—including yourself—you are actually … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, April 26th, 2007 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOU’LL SEE IT, WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT
“Take a look at the lives of many who are most admired in history. Those who were fixed on revenge led us into war after war, killing indiscriminately, destroying everything in their path, all in the name of blame and … Continue reading
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