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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: Present Moment Awareness
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 5th, 2017 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“So much of our life is spent trying to get somewhere, striving for the next reward, conquering the upcoming hurdles, protecting ourself from future danger. Happiness always seems to be just around the next bend, slightly beyond our reach. The … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 29th, 2017 by Paul Ferrini in THE 12 STEPS OF FORGIVENESS
“Every moment we live is a moment that asks us to make some gesture of forgiveness. Every time we judge ourselves or another, every time we feel fear and attack, every time we want to attack but force ourselves not … Continue reading
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in REAL MAGIC
“Know that if anyone has gone from sickness to health, fat to slim, addiction to choice, poor to rich, clumsy to agile, miserable to happy, or discontentment to fulfillment, then that capacity is part of the universal human condition. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Manifesting, Present Moment Awareness
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“Think of the railroad track as time. Our narrow sense of time is directly tied to our narrow beliefs. A pessimist believes that nothing will turn out right, which provides a single-minded model for the future. An idealist believes that … Continue reading
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Tagged Deepak Chopra, The Way of the Wizard
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 15th, 2017 by David Simon in THE TEN COMMITMENTS
“Accepting life as it unfolds does not imply that we relinquish our desires for things to be different. We would not do or accomplish anything if we relinquished our needs, goals, and intentions. Spirituality does not imply inaction. Spiritually oriented … Continue reading
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Tagged David Simon, The Ten Commitments
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 21st, 2017 by Paul Ferrini in THE ECSTATIC MOMENT
“If you are not joyfully expressing yourself in this moment, when do you propose to do it? Tomorrow? Next week? Perhaps you feel you have to go back to school and get another degree to give yourself permission to be … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Joy, Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Paul Ferrini, The Ecstatic Moment
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“Be present as the watcher of your mind—of your thoughts and emotions as well as you reactions in various situations. Be at least as interested in your reactions as in the situation or person that causes you to react. Notice … Continue reading
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Tagged Eckhart Tolle, Eckhart Tolle. The Power of Now
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 by Lisette Larkins in DIFFICULT PEOPLE
“If the mind is not the same as your true essence, it would seem then that you have been split in two. What has really occurred is that the still, quiet, powerful true essence of you has been covered up. … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, April 14th, 2017 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“If there is no joy, ease or lightness in what you are doing, it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you are doing. It may be sufficient to change the how. “How” is always more important … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 10th, 2017 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET
“It really does take many negative thoughts and persistent negative thinking to bring something negative into your life. However, if you persist in thinking negative thoughts over a period of time, they will appear in your life. If you worry … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking, Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 9th, 2017 by Rhonda Byrne in ‘THE SECRET”
“Your mind can be like a runaway steam train if you let it. It can take you off to thoughts of the past, and then take you off to thoughts of the future by taking past bad events and projecting … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“The pain that you create now is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 21st, 2016 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“In recent years there has been a great deal of attention paid to near-death experiences. You have probably read or heard some of the many fascinating accounts of people who have been clinically dead for short periods of time, and … Continue reading
Posted in Feelings, Present Moment Awareness
Tagged Alan Cohen, Dare to Be Yourself
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 by Richard Eyre in SPIRITUAL SERENDIPITY
“If we have to think about every detail of our lives, we ought to sometimes think about them after they have been lived (when we can learn from experience), not always before (when the very thought may intercept or alter … Continue reading
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Tagged Richard Eyre, Spiritual Serendipity
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