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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: Power of Positive Thinking
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 16th, 2011 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“When you act without regard for others, you do not honor yourself. Every time you attack, you have something to defend. You are always looking over your shoulder to see who or what might be sneaking up on you. This … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 13th, 2011 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 1
“Harnessing your thoughts, exercising control over them, is not as difficult as it might seem. It is all a matter of discipline. It is a question of intent. The first step is learning to monitor your thoughts; to think about … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 5th, 2011 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
“The mind is an altar on which we place and worship thoughts and images. Whatever gets placed on this altar gets our attention and motivates us to act in service to the thought or image. Unless we know the difference … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 by Henry David Thoreau in WALDEN
“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 by Doreen Virtue in UNCONDITIONAL GRATITUDE excerpted from GRATITUDE: A WAY OF LIFE
“Every situation in which we find ourselves is an opportunity to look in the mirror and see a perfect reflection of our thought patterns. All our situations—whether we’d label them negative or positive—are products of our thoughts. It is impossible, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“The petty tyrants in your life are just as divine as those who provide you with encouragement and support. The bully in your life, pushing your fear and panic buttons, might just be God in disguise, teaching you how to … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 25th, 2011 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“The real process of learning to love yourself would be better termed learning to love your Self, meaning your spirit. If you honestly look at your past, which is now stored as thousands of memories inside, you will always find … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 14th, 2011 by Stuart Wilde in LIFE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A STRUGGLE
“To have balance and stability, you have to exercise control over every area of your life. This may not be possible as yet, but you can move toward self-realization bit by bit. This you are not going to let life … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 24th, 2011 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“Just knowing that you can choose less toxic thoughts is an important insight. Many people have never had this insight. Consequently, they spend their entire lives defending the position that their thoughts are unchangeable. You, on your sacred path, know … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in REAL MAGIC
“If you elect to constantly tell the world what is missing in your life, and how you can never get ahead, it is because you are in possession of an inner space that believes strongly in lacks. Those thoughts of … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET
“Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything. So when you think a sustained thought it is immediately sent out into the Universe. That thought magnetically attaches itself to the like frequency, and then within seconds sends the … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET
“If you are rushing or hurrying, know that those thoughts and actions are based in fear (fear of being late) and you are ‘fixing up’ bad things ahead for you. As you continue to rush, you will attract one bad … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 17th, 2010 by Jerry and Ester Hicks in GETTING INTO THE VORTEX
“If you have the developed the pattern of working hard to keep those around you happy, then when they are not happy, when they are presenting anger to you, you may feel that their anger has something to do with … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 by Marc Allen in THE GREATEST SECRECT OF ALL
“The truth is, all the practices and techniques that we’ve heard about over the years work: affirmations, prayers, declarations, positive thinking, creative visualization, self-actualization, self-realization, whatever you want to call it. They all work because every thought we have is … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 22nd, 2010 by Anonymous in IMPERSONAL LIFE
“Once you fully understand the principle I here set down, then all My Message will become clear and comprehensible. I first give you the Key that will unlock every mystery that now hides from you the secret of My Being. … Continue reading

