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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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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
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE
“If one hundred people perceive the same event, you hear one hundred different stories, and everybody claims that his or her story is the true story. Of course, it’s only true for that person, and your story is only true … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 31st, 2016 by Richard Eyre in SPIRITUAL SERENDIPITY
“Too much planning can make the actual experience of living almost anticlimactic. (There may be times for reading the script, but it’s never as exciting as ad-libbing.) Too much thinking about something removes us from it – we become observers, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 24th, 2016 by Bill Bryson in A SHORT HISTORY OF EVERYTHING
“To begin with, for you to be here now, trillions of drifting atoms had to somehow assemble in an intricate and intriguingly obliging manner to create you. It’s an arrangement so specialized and particular that it has never been tried … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Dump the concept of luck. Lucky people attract positive events because they think lucky. People who continually attract negative events hold patterns of thought that match them. What you dwell on, you dwell in. Your stars and numbers do not … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 10th, 2016 by Vadim Zeland in REALITY TRANSURFING STEPS I-V
“Allow yourself the luxury of deserving the best. If someone tries to persuade you that you must work for the good of someone or something else do not believe them. If someone tries to prove to you that everything in … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 3rd, 2016 by Richard Eyre in SPIRITUAL SERENDIPITY
“We seek to control everything when real spirituality is lodged in letting the spirit control us – in noticing the beauty and opportunity of circumstance, in finding good currents instead of swimming upstream, in seeking and accepting guidance from our … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM
“There is a powerful line in A Course in Miracles which reminds me of this lesson: “It takes great learning to understand that all things, events, encounters, and circumstances are helpful.” Great learning is an understatement! It takes great faith … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 by Eric Butterworth in DISCOVER THE POWER WITHIN YOU
“The story is told of a precocious young lad standing on a street corner. A minister, passing by, stopped for a moment to play his role. Patting the lad on the head he said, “Sonny boy, who made you?”’ The … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“When people speak to you in anger, saying unkind or untrue things, it is best to learn to forgive them. It is wise to learn not to respond to the negativity or fear in others. Keep your heart open and … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 22nd, 2016 by Stuart Wilde in MIRACLES
“Miracles are not logical so the last thing you need is logical advice from the mind. When such advice is given, acknowledge the mind, thank it, and say, “I do not accept any energy that is contrary to the unlimited … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 by Alan Cohen in THE DRAGON DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
“There are very few people in the world who think originally. Most people act like puppets, mimicking the latest trends in fashion, voicing the popular opinions, and catching the same diseases, thinking at the latest sniffle, “I must be coming … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 4th, 2016 by Michael Tamura in YOU ARE THE ANSWER
“Changing your attitude from wanting something to having it is simple. You just must decide that it’s already within you, in spirit. Yet, many people have difficulty going from wanting something to having it because they believe that, if it’s … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 16th, 2016 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH
“You attract friends and loved ones whose soul development and lessons are similar to yours. There will be areas where your loved ones are more developed than you and areas where you are more advanced than they. You may increase … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 10th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Never act out of scarcity or panic. Do not allow yourself to be pressured into doing something you do not want to do or are not ready to do. Never let anyone frighten you into a decision. If you do, … Continue reading

