PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 by Stuart Wilde in THE TRICK TO MONEY IS HAVING SOME

Posted on May 22, 2017 by jmaz479

“As you detach emotionally from life, you will naturally drift away from those you know and love. You will find yourself out on your own. That can be scary. People would rather live in a jail with their mates and the things they know than to be free, but on their own. Unless you strip away most of the emotion in your life, it’s hard for you to become really clear about who you are and what your true calling is. You can see how confused people generally are, which confirms – to me anyway – that clarity is not a concept that many understand.

You are an individual and you came here on your own as a child and you will die on your own. The fact that you may live in a community or with your family does not change the solitude of your spiritual journey. By cluttering your life with many things, you soon lose sight of who you are and what you came for.”

Stuart Wilde, in “The Trick to Money is Having Some”

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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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PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 22nd, 2017 by Danielle Rama Hoffman in THE TABLETS OF LIGHT

Posted on May 21, 2017 by jmaz479

“We understand that you have different areas of your life and that you may perceive that some areas are going better than others. We want to play a game here, as you’re doing this exercise. We want you to say, “I have chosen, I am choosing, I choose,” I have been choosing to…” – whichever feels the most resonant for how you going to finish that sentence. Then look at an area of your life. “I have been choosing to be exhausted. I have been choosing to be too busy. I have been choosing to be the victim. I have been choosing to be in this loving relationship. I have been choosing to have a career that I love.”

There will be aspects that you will feel you’ve been choosing correctly, because you like those areas that are going well in your life. There will also be some that you will write about from the place of negativity or consider to not be going well in your life. Continue this exercise: “I have chosen, I am choosing, I choose,” “I have been choosing to…” Go through the various areas of your life: your health, your emotions, your thoughts, your ways of being, your family, your home, your career, your hobbies – whatever they are. Spend ten to fifteen minutes on this exercise.

Ready to know the punch line before the joke? It’s that the purpose of this exercise is to indicate to you that what’s been going on in your life is a reflection of your capacity to choose. When you tie together what’s going on in your life with your capacity to choose, you’re able to realize that you have a choice. You are able to access your capacity to choose in a way that allows you to choose something new.”

Danielle Rama Hoffman, in “The Tablets of Light”

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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, May 19th, 2017 by Dan Millman in EVERYDAY ENLIGHTENMENT

Posted on May 18, 2017 by jmaz479

“Those who view money as an incidental benefit of work they enjoy for its own sake seem to be the most satisfied with their lives. As yourself this: ‘If I had enough money to live on for the rest of my life, what would I do with my time?’ When you have the answer, find work in that area if you can. If you became wealthy and would nevertheless spend some of your time doing just what you now do for a living, you are fortunate indeed.

Every kind of work that provides a service has innate meaning. It doesn’t have to make you famous, or dispense charity, or be connected directly to healing or spiritual teaching. If you provide a helping hand, whether behind the counter of a grocery store, building automobiles, cleaning someone’s home, doing market research, mowing lawns, working in sales, or practicing law, your work, and the relationships you develop with the people you meet through it, can shed light and provide a vehicle of transformation.”

Dan Millman, in “Everyday Enlightenment”

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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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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 18th, 2017 by Lynn Grabhorn in EXCUSE ME, YOUR LIFE IS WAITING

Posted on May 17, 2017 by jmaz479

“Fearing death is a deplorable learned response we picked up long ago from a bunch of power-hungry fanatics, religious and otherwise, who wanted to play the game of “Let’s Control the Masses.” And they did, brilliantly. Get a bunch of people to fear something like death, and you’ve got them right where you want them – under your oppressive thumb.

That’s how all the stupid rumors about devils and evil and hell and some big judge in the sky got started, by using fear as a mechanism of control. But since energy can’t die, and all of us are most assuredly energy-based, fearing death is nothing but a monumental waste of time that evokes nothing but more negative energy. The sad thing is, we’ve been so cleverly taught to fear death, we’ve totally forgotten how to live.”

Lynn Grabhorn, in “Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting”

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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, May 17th, 2017 by Paul Ferrini in THE ECSTATIC MOMENT

Posted on May 16, 2017 by jmaz479

“Ecstasy is possible right now or in any other moment of time. But it cannot be experienced when you are finding fault with another person or with yourself. Ecstasy cannot be experienced when you have the perception that something is wrong, that something needs to be improved, fixed, or changed. Ecstasy happens only when you get down to your essence, which is at peace, which is in acceptance of all that life brings.

The only obstacle to an ecstatic life lies in your own mind. How you think, you perceive things, determines whether you are happy or sad, fulfilled or dissatisfied. Ecstasy, happiness, peace are not dependent on anything in the external world. They are dependent only on the content of your consciousness at any given time. If you can stop seeing lack, if you can stop finding fault, if you can stop trying to fix, you will connect with the ecstatic life energy which is moving through you.”

Paul Ferrini, in “The Ecstatic Moment”

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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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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 by Gary Spinell in BEYOND INTENT

Posted on May 15, 2017 by jmaz479

“Having fear about abundance is a spiritual lesson. Greed and the concern for having enough money are generated out of the belief that there is not enough abundance for everyone. This is evidenced by politicians continually stating that they are taking from one group (usually the rich) and giving to another group (usually the poor, the elderly, or those in ill health). We are left with the belief that if there is only a specific amount of wealth in the world, then when some millionaire gets more of it, there must be less to go around for the rest of us.

This thinking is what actually creates poverty and lack of abundance in the first place. If we understand that we create our reality, then we are the ones in direct connection with the Universe to generate the wealth and abundance we desire. Yes, it is valuable to work with other people to help you reach your goals. But if you believe that your wealth can be created only by eventually taking wealth from others, you create a reality of never having enough.”

Gary Spinell, in “Beyond Intent”

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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, May 15th, 2017 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOU’LL SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT

Posted on May 14, 2017 by jmaz479

“If you feel that you deserve only a minimal share of happiness, then that is what you will expand. If you know that you are worthy of it all, and your intention is to keep abundance circulating and serving others, then you will attract high levels of happiness into your life. If you think you deserve very little, you will attract this to yourself. If you feel self-important, taking what you think you deserve, at the expense of others, the results will be the same as if you felt you deserved very little. In both scenarios, you are undermining yourself in the process.

Believing you deserve nothing, or that you deserve it all at the expense of others, is a self-destructive path that not only leads away from abundance but toward scarcity in your life. Know that you deserve it all, and so does everyone else, and that in the process of helping others to get it all, you serve yourself and all others simultaneously.”

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, in “You’ll See It When You Believe It”

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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, May 12th, 2017 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Posted on May 11, 2017 by jmaz479

“Your intellect wants to plan everything to turn out a certain way; it wants to be the captain of the ship. Although it is fine to set goals, trust your Higher Self to bring you the essence of everything you want at the perfect time and in the perfect way. Your Higher Self is the real ‘captain,’ and It always puts you in perfect circumstances.

It takes a lot of energy to try to make the world work in the way your intellect thinks it should work. Put down the burden of trying to plan every small detail. You don’t have to hang on tightly and watch over everything every minute to make sure nothing goes wrong. Simply pay attention, act on any inner messages you are receiving, and stay in the higher flow. Things will turn out better than you even imagined.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Spiritual Growth”

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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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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 11th, 2017 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM

Posted on May 10, 2017 by jmaz479

“If God is good and God made everything, then everything is good. God cannot behold iniquity. So where does all this stuff that we lump into the category of problems come from? The answer is obvious. When we come to believe that we are separate from God we experience this feeling of separation in our mind, and our mind tells us that we have a problem. The problem, created by our beliefs and existing in our mind, causes us to feel an absence of peace or love. Those beliefs can manifest as disease in our bodies. We begin searching for a solution.

But in reality, since God is only about good, and God is everywhere, what we have done is separate ourselves in our mind from God. Though we find ourselves suffering with these problems, everything that we label a problem is an illusion.”

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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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 10th, 2017 by Richard Carlson PH.D., in DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF

Posted on May 9, 2017 by jmaz479

“In terms of personal happiness, you cannot be peaceful while at the same time blaming others. Surely there are times when other people and/or circumstances contribute to our problems, but it is we who must rise to the occasion and take responsibility for our own happiness. Circumstances don’t make a person, they reveal him or her.

As an experiment, notice what happens when you stop blaming others for anything and everything in your life. This doesn’t mean you don’t hold people accountable for their actions, but that you hold yourself accountable for your own happiness and for your reactions to other people and the circumstances around you. When the house is a mess, rather than assuming you’re the only person doing your part, clean it up! When you’re over budget, figure where you can spend less money. Most important, when you’re unhappy, remind yourself that only you can make yourself happy.”

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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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 by Thich Nhat Hanh in NO DEATH, NO FEAR

Posted on May 8, 2017 by jmaz479

“Look into a plum tree. In each plum on the tree there is a pit. That pit contains the plum tree and all previous generations of plum tree. The plum pit contains an eternity of plum trees. Inside the pit is an intelligence and wisdom that knows how to become a plum tree, how to produce branches, leaves, flowers and plums. It cannot do this on its own. It can only do this because it has received the experience and heritage of so many generations of ancestors. You are the same. You possess the wisdom and intelligence of how to become a full human being because you inherited an eternity of wisdom not only from your blood ancestors, but from your spiritual ancestors, too.”

Thich Nhat Hanh,  in “No Death, No Fear”

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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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PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 8th, 2017 by Michelle Paisley Reed in PEACE IS POWER

Posted on May 7, 2017 by jmaz479

“Every single problem or obstacle you’ve ever seen is your conception. When you fear, you create situations in which to fear. When you are angry, you create violence. When you are resentful, you create sickness for your body vehicle. When you doubt, you interfere with your soul’s purpose to remember its true nature – LOVE. When you ask how you get in your own way, this is it. We are NOT saying to not have these emotions. Bottling them inside will only serve to also get in your own way. We are saying to acknowledge those feelings are there, and to choose a new feeling rapidly before that emotion gains momentum and attracts a less-than-positive result.”

Michelle Paisley Reed, in “Peace is 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 Friday, May 5th, 2017 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

Posted on May 4, 2017 by jmaz479

“If we look more closely at religious customs, we can see how attachments to them can have a very negative effect on a person’s spiritual growth potential…Organized religion essentially wraps things up in a tight package that requires little if any contemplation on the part of the individual church member. While this tends to simplify life, it clearly limits one’s ability to strike out and discover his or her own perception of the truth. Moreover, when someone in the congregation does choose to pursue a different path, the response from those remaining firmly in the fold, especially parents, relatives, and friends, is generally not very positive.

If you are a person that truly wants to explore new spiritual path(s), recognize right now that you simply need to drop any concerns that you may have about what those who remain firmly attached to religious traditions will think of you. If you are ever to come to a meaningful awareness of who you really are, you must be willing to leave no stone unturned in your quest.”

Jeff Maziarek, in “Spirituality Simplified”

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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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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 4th, 2017 by Debbie Ford in THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIGHT CHASERS

Posted on May 3, 2017 by jmaz479

“You deserve to have whatever it is you see and truly desire. The only difference between you and the people you idolize is that they are manifesting one of the qualities you desire and probably fulfilling their dreams When you are not living up to your potential, it’s easy to project your positive traits onto other people who are living up to theirs. When you start to fulfill your own dreams and goals you’ll become less interested in what are people are doing. We each need to become our own hero. The only way to do this is to take back the parts of us that are plugged into someone else, the parts of us that we have given away.”

Debbie Ford, in “The Dark Side of the Light Chasers”

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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, May 3rd, 2017 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF

Posted on May 2, 2017 by jmaz479

“There is one awareness that gives us the energy and power to keep going and make our dream come true: Remember the vision. Remember why you decided to do this in the first place. Remember the excitement and enthusiasm you had before things got tougher. Remember the gift you want to deliver to the world, and the way that only you can deliver it. If you remember the vision, you will have all the power you need to complete the project and triumph over all kinds of adversity. Fear would tell you to quit when hurdles confront you, but wisdom will give you the strength and the energy to surpass them.”

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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