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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: Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“This is most people’s reality: As soon as something is perceived, it is named, interpreted, compared with something else, liked, disliked, or called good or bad by the phantom self, the ego. They are imprisoned in thought forms, in object … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 27th, 2020 by Stuart Wilde in AFFIRMATIONS
“The way to enhance our identity with the God-Force is to begin to release ego and melt into the infinity of all things. This means practicing being alone with yourself. There is a great power in solitude, for it allows … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 by Tracy Latz & Marion Ross in SHIFT, A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO TRANSFORMATION
“It is important to recall and be aware daily that you are loved and lovable at all times no matter what is going on in your life: You are never alone or abandoned. There is never an actual separation between … Continue reading
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Tagged Marion Ross, Shift A Woman's Guide to Transformation, Tracy Latz
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 9th, 2020 by Marianne Williamson in THE GIFT OF CHANGE
“It isn’t easy giving birth to our spiritual potential. Spiritual labor can be very arduous-one holy instant at a time when we give it up, surrender, soften, don’t care if we’re right, forego our impatience, detach from the opinions and … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 6th, 2020 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“To put ourselves through continued suffering because we believe we must atone for past “evil” deeds is self-created suffering. At that point, the lesson we must learn is not related to the original error, but one of releasing ourself from … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 27th, 2019 by Marianne Williamson in ILLUMINATA
“Imagine life to be like a camera. The amount of light in the picture is determined by the size of the aperture at the time the picture is taken. For most of us most of the time, our experience of … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 26th, 2019 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE
“The only person you are in competition with is yourself. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to first realize that even if you win the rat race…you’re still a rat! Even if you think you have it … Continue reading
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Tagged John St. Augustine, Living an Uncommon Life
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 by David Simon in THE TEN COMMITMENTS
“Playwright, poet and first president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel once said, “Keep the company of those who seek the truth, and run from those who have found it.” If you keep this in mind as you search for … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 29th, 2019 by Neale Donald Walsh in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK 2
“I tell you this: Your feelings will never get you into”trouble,” because you feelings are your truth. If you want to live a life where you never follow your feelings, but where every feeling is filtered through the machinery of … Continue reading
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Tagged Conversations with God Book 2, Neale Donald Walsch
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 28th, 2019 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH
“Choose what information and situations you agree with and want as your truth. What you accept as your truth will create your reality. If you read something you don’t like or don’t agree with, don’t accept it; it isn’t true … Continue reading
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Tagged Sanaya Roman, Spiritual Growth
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“If you are wearing a mask, you created it; and you did this for a reason. A mask, just as any other creation, is made of energy. You once made a decision, or a movement, in the direction of this … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 21st, 2019 by John Van Auken in BORN AGAIN AND AGAIN
“The deeper self is so natural that we often miss it and build an elaborate image of some angel-like figure to which we can’t completely relate. The deeper self sees with the same eyes, hears with the same ears and … Continue reading
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Tagged Born Again and Again, John Van Auken
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 by Rosanna Ienco in AWAKENING THE DIVINE SOUL
“Do you ever feel like the Universe is trying to get your attention? Have you ever had a series of events steering you towards something?…We sometimes forget to listen to that quiet voice within, or that loud knock on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Awakening the Divine Soul, Rosanna Ienco
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“We each live within a comfort zone of beliefs and knowledge we have been given thus far by people in our lives. If you’re not creating a life you love with the recipe you’ve been given, you may need ingredients … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 15th, 2019 by Stuart Wilde in SIXTH SENSE
“If you are a positive, loving person, and if you stay away from shady deals and so forth, you’ll rarely become greatly entangled with scumbags, as they usually exist in a world of their own. But there are a lot … Continue reading
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