BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 by Joseph Murphy in THE AMAZING LAWS OF COSMIC MIND POWER

Posted on August 12, 2019 by jmaz479

“You must appreciate the fact that your desire, idea, dream, new play, book, script, trip, enterprise, or adventure are all real in your mind, though invisible. To know that your idea is real, that is has form, shape, and substance on the mental plane, and that it is as real as your hand on the objective plane, gives you scientific faith and enables you to walk over the waters of confusion, strife, and fear to a place of conviction deep in your subconscious mind. Whatever is conveyed to your subconscious is projected on the screen of space. This is the way your ideas are objectified.”

Joseph Murphy, in “The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 12th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA

Posted on August 11, 2019 by jmaz479

“To surrender means to stop trying and start allowing. Joseph Chilton Pearce relates stories of what he calls “un-conflicted behavior” in which doubts give way to a knowing or belief that the task at hand is already accomplished. The outcome is a foregone conclusion so there is nothing left but to experience the asked-for situation. By surrendering your thoughts to the moment, you surrender any doubt or fear, along with any illusions of control.

Things unfold as they have been created and feedback is experienced that lets us know which direction our thoughts and prayers are carrying us. When experiencing un-conflicted behavior, we are experiencing a place where the beliefs and programs that we carry around with us cannot us or hold us back.”

Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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CORRECTION TO Special Ponder on This Update sent Saturday, August 10, 2019

Posted on August 10, 2019 by jmaz479

NOTE: When this was initially published on Saturday 8/10 and then emailed to subscribers it was missing the link to the article because yours truly was in a hurry and failed to attach it. That issue has been corrected with this version.

Recently I was interviewed for a Podcast by an author named Valeria Teles who operates a website at FitforJoy.org. Earlier this year I included a passage from Valeria’s first book here on Pondercentral.com, and in the aftermath of that she extended her invitation to me. The interview is now live at this LINK.

We talked extensively about spirituality and personal growth that day, and the conversation flowed very smoothly. None of the answers to her questions were scripted since I purposely asked not to know in advance what she would ask. That led to a very interesting and inspiring discussion since it was truly all “in the moment,” so to speak.

As a subscriber to this site you are, of course, under no obligation to listen to this, and, I truly feel that there is solid value in the information that was shared that day so that’s why I posted this today.

Thank you.

Jeff at Pondercentral.com.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 9th, 2019 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF

Posted on August 8, 2019 by jmaz479

“When we are following our path, we are bound to rub some people the wrong way. Criticism and rejection are a healthy sign that you are doing something real and alive. If no one is upset with what you are doing, you are probably not expressing yourself fully. Albert Einstein noted that “great spirits have always encountered violent resistance from mediocre minds.” If you are not bumping up against some kind of reaction, reconsider your self-expression and find something to do that will bother someone. Then you will really be on your way!”

Alan Cohen, in “Dare to Be Yourself”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 8th, 2019 by Neale Donald Walsch in COMMUNION WITH GOD

Posted on August 7, 2019 by jmaz479

“Health is an announcement of agreement between your body, mind, and spirit. When you are not healthy, look to see which parts of you disagree. Perhaps it is time for you to rest your body, but your mind doesn’t know how. Perhaps your mind is dwelling on negative, angry thoughts, or worries about tomorrow, and your body cannot relax. Your body will demonstrate the truth to you. Simply watch it. Notice what it is showing you, listen to what it is saying.

Honor your body, Keep it in good shape. It is the most important physical tool that you have. It is a magnificent tool, an extraordinary instrument. You can subject it to untold abuse, and it will continue to serve you as best as it can. But why reduce its effectiveness? Why abuse its systems?”

God, as spoken to Neale Donald Walsch, in “Communion with God”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW

Posted on August 6, 2019 by jmaz479

“You may have heard the phrase “turn the other cheek,” which a great teacher of enlightenment used 2,000 years ago. He was attempting to convey symbolically the secret of nonresistance and non-reaction. In this statement, as in all his others, he was concerned only with your inner reality, not with the outer conduct of your life.

Do you know the story of Banzan? Before he became a great Zen master, he spent many years in the pursuit of enlightenment, but it eluded him. Then one day, as he was walking in the marketplace, he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer. “Give me the best piece of meat you have,” said the customer. And the butcher replied, “Every piece of meat I have is the best. There is no piece of meat here that is not the best.” Upon hearing this, Banzan became enlightened.

I can see you are waiting for some explanation.

When you accept what is, every piece of meat — every moment — is the best. That is enlightenment.”

Eckhart Tolle, in “The Power of Now”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET

Posted on August 5, 2019 by jmaz479

“When I discovered The Secret I made a decision that I would not watch the news or read newspapers anymore, because it did not make me feel good. The news services and the newspapers are not in any way to blame for broadcasting bad news. As a global community, we are responsible for it. We buy more newspapers when a huge drama is in the headline. The news channels’ ratings skyrocket when there is a national or international disaster. So the newspapers and news services give us more bad news because, as a society, that’s what we are saying we want. The media is effect, and we are the cause. It is just the law of attraction in action!

The news services and newspapers will change what they deliver to us when we emit a new signal and focus on what we want.”

Rhonda Byrne in, “The Secret”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 5th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA

Posted on August 4, 2019 by jmaz479

“If you feel resistance, you created it. You have either put your feet down in an attempt to slow the passage of time, or you have turned around in the current, facing the past – from whence ye came – in an apparent effort to hold onto, or recapture, a fleeting feeling. You cannot capture creation, you can only ask and receive; you need only allow what is. The past is not a thing that can be recaptured; but just as you created the moment that you long to recapture, you can create other moments even better than past remembrances. You are no longer in the past; and you are no further downstream than you are. You are right here, right now. This is what is; surrender to that reality.”

Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 2nd, 2019 by Deepak Chopra in THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS

Posted on August 1, 2019 by jmaz479

“Intention combined with detachment leads to life-centered, present-moment awareness. And when action is performed in present-moment awareness, it is most effective. Your intent is for the future, but your attention is in the present. As long as your attention is in the present, then your intent for the future will manifest, because the future is created in the present. You must accept the present as is. Accept the present and intend the future. The future is something you can always create through detached intention, but you should never struggle against the present.”

Deepak Chopra, in “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 1st, 2019 by Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in IF LIFE IS A GAME THESE ARE THE RULES

Posted on July 31, 2019 by jmaz479

“My friend Laura keeps an “inspiration box” on her dresser, in which she stores quotes written on scraps of paper and objects that inspire her. She has everything in there from a Chinese fortune that says “You are your own deepest fountain” to a sparkly blue marble given to her by her young son. Whenever she is searching for an answer to one of life’s many questions or problems, she reaches into her inspiration box and draws something out to put her in touch with her own wisdom.

What would you put in your inspiration box?”

Cherie Carter-Scott, in “If Life Is A Game, These Are The Rules”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 by Richard Carlson, PH.D., in DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF

Posted on July 30, 2019 by jmaz479

“The truth is, if you have destructive mental habits — if you get annoyed and bothered easily, if you feel angry and frustrated a great deal of the time, or if you’re constantly wishing things were different, these identical tendencies will follow you, wherever you go. And the reverse is also true. If you are a generally happy person who rarely gets annoyed and bothered, then you can move from place to place, from person to person, with very little negative impact…

Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you.”

Richard Carlson, PH.D., in “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 by Gloria Wendroff in HEAVENLETTERS

Posted on July 29, 2019 by jmaz479

“The truth is that you have no control. You cannot control life. Your control is only resistance, and your resistance comes from a precluded idea or two. Nothing has to be the way you thought it had to be. Your thoughts are wisps.

When you can accept that your calculations may have been miscalculations, you will be on a new footing. You will leave the old sticky past. You will arise to great before-unimagined heights because you will have let go of the ballast you held on to.

You have been a boat moored to shore. You paddled and paddled, and wondered why you couldn’t just leave shore. Now is the time to unmoor the boat. Cast off. You cannot stay at the safety of shore and ride the waves of the ocean at the same time. Is that not what you have been attempting to do? Have you not hobbled yourself with old ideas you fashioned?”

Gloria Wendroff, in “Heavenletters”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 29th, 2019 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA

Posted on July 28, 2019 by jmaz479

“When you free your mind of illusions, and the doubt and fear that sustains them, all that will be left is belief; and that is what drives the mechanism of manifestation. You would be surprised at how many people will hear such a thing and dismiss it immediately out of disbelief. There is nothing for sale here, you ask for it, believing, and you get it. Disbelief is self-sustaining; it doesn’t need any extra help from you. If you don’t start, right now, believing in the things that you want, then your disbelief will keep you from ever having them. Until you come to terms with this, life will continue to feel a bit heavy at times.”

Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 26th, 2019 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS

Posted on July 25, 2019 by jmaz479

“When you are afraid, imagine that you are being held and embraced by the most loving friend you have ever had, one who cares for you unconditionally, who loves you whether you have high thoughts or low, who is by your side all the time, and embraces you with constant light. This is your soul. Know that you do have this friend you can call upon when you are afraid, who will help you connect with that higher part of yourself…All you need do is ask for the help or connection, and it will be there.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Personal Power through Awareness”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 25th, 2019 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM

Posted on July 24, 2019 by jmaz479

“We have been trained to think in terms of sin and punishment. These ideas dis-empower us by stressing that we are weak and wrong. The empowering way is to view trials as lessons and opportunities to choose differently. We can transcend the old notion of being sinners cloaked in guilt, awaiting punishment.

To access a spiritual solution to a problem involves focusing on the idea of a solution. The sinner filled with guilt becomes immobilized and remains in passive inertia. When we view the sinful behavior as an obstacle to a higher level of awareness, we can still take responsibility by asking ourselves, “What is the lesson for me? And what can I do to avoid this the next time?”

Wayne W. Dyer, in “There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem”

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Jeff MJeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 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. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.

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