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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 Friday, March 1st, 2013 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS
“The reason you suffer from your depression and your anxieties is that you identify with them. You say, “I’m depressed.” But that is false. You are not depressed. If you want to be accurate, you might say, “I am experiencing … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Fr. Anthony DeMello
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 10th, 2013 by Donald Altman in THE MINDFULNESS CODE
“What if you have a racing mind that just won’t stop worrying about all those little problems waiting for you the next day? As part of your sleep ritual, you many want to place a pad of paper next to … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Altman, The Mindfulness Code
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 by Tony Burroughs in THE LAW OF AGREEMENT
“Commiseration is a particularly enticing kind of agreement that is so subtle that we can be up to our neck in it before we realize what’s happening. You know how it goes: someone starts complaining about something, and, like the … Continue reading
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Tagged The Law of Agreement, Tony Burroughs
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 by JB Lewis in THE MIRACLE OF YOU: BACK TO CONSCIOUSNESS
“I realize that some of the readers out there reading in these pages might be struggling with all of the things in your life that are bad. I put bad in italics to highlight the incongruity of it with reality. … Continue reading
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Tagged JB Lewis, The Miracle of You: Back to Consciousness
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 31st, 2012 by Dan Millman in THE LAWS OF SPIRIT
“Pain has many faces; even the wealthy know suffering. All anyone can do is to make the best possible choices available within a particular set of circumstances-choices toward life, toward love, toward service, toward connection. But no matter what life … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Millman, The Laws of Spirit
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 27th, 2012 by Stuart Wilde in THE QUICKENING
“The mind of thinking-man contains a myriad of opinions as to what should be. Each opinion is an affirmation of thinking-man’s pathetic state of weakness. It is only an opinion that says one’s body should be strong and healthy. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Stuart Wilde, The Quickening
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 24th, 2012 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON
“When we talk about settling the world’s problems, we’re barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It’s a mess. It has always been a mess. We are not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out … Continue reading
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Tagged Diane K. Osbon, Joseph Campbell, Reflections on the Art of Living
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 by John Randolph Price in LIVING A LIFE OF JOY
“Without true Self-identity we’ll find that living for the fun of it is nothing more than an impossible dream. And the nose goes back to the grindstone, the heavy backpack of responsibilities is shouldered once again, and the trudge through … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 10th, 2012 by Albert Schweitzer in THE SEARCH FOR MEANING
“You know the disease in Central Africa called sleeping sickness…There also exists a sleeping sickness of the soul. Its most dangerous aspect is that one is unaware of its coming. That is why you have to be careful. As soon … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Schweitzer, The Search for Meaning
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 by Alan Cohen in RELAX INTO WEALTH
“For everything you want to sell, there is someone out there who wants to buy it. For everything you want to buy, there is someone who needs to sell it. The universe functions in perfect balance and timing. Do not … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Cohen, Relax Into Wealth
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 25th, 2012 by Dr Wayne W. Dyer in REAL MAGIC
“In your mind, right here and now, whatever age you are, think back ten years and imagine yourself at that age. Examine what you thought about at that time, how you dressed, what you felt, whom you admired. How much … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Real Magic
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 6th, 2012 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“New paradigm spiritual teachers claim no authority over others. They do not pretend to have the answers for others. They speak only of their own experience. They invite others to share in what they have learned from their experience, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Paul Ferrini, The Silence of the Heart
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 by Patrick McNally in HOW TO LIVE AN AMAZING LIFE
“People today think they have something. That’s because people have to find a label for a feeling. If they don’t give it a name the drug companies can’t sell you the drug to trick you into thinking you feel okay … Continue reading
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Tagged How to Live an Amazing Life, Patrick McNally
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