PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 by Gary Spinell in BEYOND INTENT

“When we let go and have faith that the process will work to our highest good, we allow other opportunities to arrive. We also allow God and the Universe to find the best possible solutions and answers. Letting go and giving up control are often the most difficult actions for people to implement. This process is uncomfortable for most people because doing so requires not taking action. In a world where we are always “doing,” this is the one time we stop taking action, or rather the action is to stop and rest.

Give God and the Universe the opportunity to find the best path for your success. God and the Universe will show you the best path to take if you listen and observe. Have faith that the answers you seek in order to achieve your goals are always around you and within you.”

Gary Spinell, in “Beyond Intent”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 16th, 2014 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS

“There’s a lovely saying of Tranxu, a great Chinese sage: “When the archer shoots for no particular prize, he has all his skills; when he shoots to win a brass buckle, he is already nervous; when he shoots for a gold prize, he goes blind, sees two targets, and is out of his mind. His skill has not changed, but the prize divides him. He cares! He thinks more of winning than of shooting, and the need to win drains him of power.” Isn’t that an image of what most people are? When you’re living for nothing, you’ve got all your skills, you’ve got all your energy, you’re relaxed, you don’t care, it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose.

Now there’s HUMAN living for you. That’s what life is all about. That can only come from awareness. And in awareness, you will understand that honor doesn’t mean a thing. It’s a social convention, that’s all. That’s why the mystics and the prophets didn’t bother one bit about it. Honor or disgrace meant nothing to them. They were living in another world, in the world of the awakened. Success or failure meant nothing to them. They had the attitude-I’m an ass, you’re an ass, so where’s the problem.”

Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J., in “Awareness”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 13th, 2014 by Debbie Ford in THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIGHT CHASERS

“The hardest words to own are always related to incidents where we feel someone has wronged us. Our egos resist owning characteristics that would make us give up blaming someone else for the condition of our life. Most of us have spent a long time building cases against the people who have harmed us. Oprah Winfrey once said in a commencement speech, “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

Instead of holding on to resentments, learn from them. Look to see how you’ve benefited from your wounds. Where have they led you? Who is in your life now that might not have been if you hadn’t had a particular bad experience? And how does holding onto your wounds keep you from fulfilling your dreams? When you use your wounds to grow and learn, you don’t have to continue to be the victim. Look at the person who has harmed you; examine what aspects of this person plug in. And when you can find those things within yourself, you will no longer be attached to or affected by the other person.”

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

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 12th, 2014 by Donald Altman in ONE MINUTE MINDFULNESS

“It takes courage to change routines, even minor ones, but more fully living each moment is what’s at stake. Even if a routine is useful, that doesn’t mean it has to be mind-numbing. Enter each routine today with the intention and freedom to experience it directly, consciously – without falling into habit or letting your mind travel elsewhere while your body moves automatically. For example, do you know what color socks you are wearing at this moment? What color are the buttons on your blouse our shirt? Is there anything unique about the stitching or fabric?

Lots of unexpected – and sometimes unfortunate – things can happen when we get robotic. I have a good friend who told me that he got dressed one morning, made his coffee, got into his car, and headed to work. He had traveled several miles when he noticed his legs were cold. He glanced down and discovered that he had forgotten to put on his pants! Now there was a wake-up call to be present – fortunately, not a disastrous one. If we’re not careful, routines can rob us of the experience of the next minute.”

Donald Altman, in “One Minute Mindfulness”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 by Neale Donald Walsch in MOMENTS OF GRACE

“Awareness is everything. If you aware of what you are doing, and why you are doing it, you can change yourself and change the world. If you are unaware, you can change nothing. Oh, things will change in your life and in your world all right, but you will not have the experience of having had anything to do with that. You will see yourself as an observer. As a passive witness. Perhaps even as a victim.

That is not what you are, but that is what you will think that you are. This is how it is when you are creating yourself and your world unconsciously. You are doing things, you are putting energy out into the world, but you have no idea what you are doing.

On the other hand, if you are aware, if you know and understand that every thought, word, and deed places creative juice into the machinery of the universe, you will experience your life in a totally different way. You will see yourself as George Bailey in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” understanding at last that there can be incredible end-of-the-line impact from your in-the-moment choices and actions. You will have stood back from the tapestry to see the beauty of its design, and you will be keenly aware of the interweavings that were required to produce it.”

Neale Donald Walsch, in “Moments of Grace”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 by Mary Beth Ford in WISDOM FROM THE GARDENS: LIFE LESSONS

“The world’s wisdom traditions teach us that a Divine Essence flows through all creation. Once we accept this truth, then it follows that we are one. We belong to the web of life. From belief in our unity flows appreciation for the incredible diversity of the universe. Such diversity within a garden community nurtures its growth and balance. Diversity within the human family promotes abundance and harmony in the world. Each member of a garden community has a necessary role in creating its oneness. Each one of us has a life purpose to collaborate with our Creator. Whatever work we do to use our talents, we each have a part to fulfill that is essential for the world’s renewal and for our own happiness. This shared purpose unites us. It makes each one of us equally responsible to the whole of creation.”

Mary Beth Ford, in “Wisdom from the Gardens: Life Lessons”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 9th, 2014 by Swami Muktananda in WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

“Everyone should learn how to welcome others with love and respect. There is only one God for everyone in this world. It is not that God lives in the seventh heaven or that God dwells only in a temple, in a mosque, or in a place where bigots who have forgotten the true essence of religion follow the teaching of one sect or another. God is one for all. God lives in all groups, in all temples, in all mosques, and in all churches. Although God is everywhere, He dwells specifically in the human heart. The heart is the divine temple of God.

Although God has many names, He is One. Therefore, we should learn how to cultivate the awareness of universal brotherhood. We should not pursue religions in order to murder one another with distinctions. All countries, all languages, all races, and all religions belong to God. God exists in all religions, but He did not create them. If God had, we could not call Him God; we would have to call Him a politician. Why would God create so many religions and make people fight with one another? It is WE who have drawn religious boundaries.”

Swami Muktananda, in “Where Are You Going?”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 6th, 2014 by Shakti Gawain in LIVING IN THE LIGHT

“People frequently ask me how to differentiate the true voice or feelings of the intuition from all the others. Unfortunately, there’s no simple, sure-fire way at first. Most of us are in touch with our intuition, whether we know it or not, but we’re usually in the habit of doubting or contradicting it so automatically that we don’t even know it has spoken. The first step is to pay more attention to what you feel inside, to the inner dialogue that goes on within you.

As you learn to live from your intuition, you give up making decisions with your head. You act moment by moment on what you feel and allow things to unfold as you go. In this way, you are led in the direction that is right for you. Decisions are made easily and naturally; you don’t need to try to make big decisions concerning future events. Focus on following the energy in the moment and you’ll find that it will all get handled in its own time and way. If you MUST make a decision related to something in the future, follow your gut feeling about it at the time the decision needs to be made.”

Shakti Gawain, in “Living in the Light”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 5th, 2014 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF

“If we carry a sense of sadness or victimization long enough, we begin to identify with it. If we receive enough attention or pity for a drama we continually glamorize, we may be tempted to use it as a suit of armor behind which we can hide from true intimacy. We develop a personality or even a mission around our pain, and we feel justified in exacting vengeance from ourself or others for a past crime. Yet the sad irony of such a morbid quest is that every time we glorify the crime by repeating its horrid details, we recreate it in our experience and hold the movie over for many repeated engagements in the theater of our mind. Thus we miss the beauty of the current moment, which is where the glory of life lies.”

Alan Cohen, in “Dare to Be Yourself”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF

“The people you meet regularly – friends and relatives, workmates who bug you, people who are particularly awkward to deal with – let them be your teachers. When they make you uncomfortable and drive you crazy, use that as a test of your composure and strength. Step back and watch; don’t react. Bit by bit you’ll see how, perhaps, you’ve let others exert control over you in the past because they knew they could trigger your negative reaction. When you don’t react, you are free; you’ll get a clearer perception of how best to handle difficult situations.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Infinite Self”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 by Mystic Pete in MYSTIC PETE CHRONICLES

“Souls are not sent to Hell because there is no Hell. Some preach that you will be condemned to suffer eternal damnation in Hell if you incorrectly worship God. Is eternal damnation really necessary? Wouldn’t a thousand years of damnation suffice? How about we compromise: a million years of relentless torture.

The spiritual dimensions cannot be Hell-like, because Hell needs two conditions, which are absent on the celestial plane: duality and separation. Devilishness can only happen in the dualistic material world. The only possible address for Hell is here on earth. Those in abject poverty, prison, war zones, or abusive relationships may indeed inhabit the slums of Hades. People afflicted with mental illness and inner torment, or victims of crime or disease, may well live in Hell.

Since the spiritual dimension permeates this world, even someone in the most pitiful condition can find release and illumination. Prisoners have found God inside their cells; soldiers have seen miracles on the battlefield; and, politicians have even had “confirmation conversions” during Senate hearings. No matter how bad our circumstances, we always have options because of Heaven’s proximity. Reach out and touch an Angel.”

Mystic Pete, in “Mystic Pete Chronicles Book 1: Sex and Mysticism”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 2nd, 2014 by David Spangler in EVERYDAY MIRACLES

“The secret of receiving lies first in giving. The only things we keep are those we first give away. When we act, the universe reacts. This is the law of causation, or karma. What comes to you is the result of what you have given, either through service or perhaps as an actual gift. That which enters your experience is directly equated to the causes you set in motion by the action of head, heart, and hand. As a result, the more you give of that which is beneficial and helpful, the more you receive.”

David Spangler, in “Everyday Miracles”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, May 30th, 2014 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in THE WAY TO LOVE

“Observe the wisdom that operates in doves and in flowers and trees and the whole of Nature. It is the same wisdom that does for us what our brain could never do: It circulates our blood, digests our food, pumps our hearts, expands our lungs, immunizes our bodies and heals our wounds while our conscious minds are engaged in other matters. This kind of Nature-wisdom we are only now beginning to discover in so-called primitive peoples who, like the dove, are so simple and wise.

We who consider ourselves more advanced have developed another kind of wisdom, the cunningness of the brain, for we have realized that we can improve on Nature and provide ourselves with safety and protection and length of life and speed and comfort unknown to primitive peoples. All of this thanks to a fully developed brain. Our challenge is to recapture the simplicity and wisdom of the dove without losing the cunningness of the serpentine brain.

How can you achieve this? Through an important realization, namely, that every time you strive to improve on Nature by going against it, you will damage yourself, for Nature IS your very being.”

Fr. Anthony DeMello, in “The Way to Love”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 29th, 2014 by William L. Murtha in DYING FOR A CHANGE

“When we fight for something more than we need, it surely makes sense to realize that another is missing out somewhere. Can you not see the connection? Can you not join the dots? This doesn’t just apply to your world. This applies to everything in the world, be it food, water, clothing, shelter, oil…What I am demonstrating is that need and want are not the same. And neither are passion and fighting. Fighting is usually grounded in the misplaced and fearful notion that there is not enough to go around. It is buried in the false belief that life and the universe will not deliver to us what we need. So, instead, we constantly fight for everything tooth and nail.

Yet life will always deliver us what we need. It always has. This is demonstrated throughout the natural kingdom. Do birds starve in the winter? Do wild animals go hungry in the spring? No, so long as nature spreads its bounty around, everything is supported. Nature has an inherent, built-in belief that there will always be sufficient to share. Unfortunately, there is one species on this earth that forgets this wonderful dance going on. There’s only one dominant species that imagines it is going short. Humanity. Humans confuse need with want, and passion with fighting. Passion is born in the heart. Fighting derives from the fear of lack.”

William L. Murtha, in “Dying For A Change”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM

“We are subject to many illusions in our daily life. The greatest one is the one that keeps us trapped in giving our energy to what always has been. This illusion is characterized by the belief that “The past is the reason why I am continuing to believe in these ways.” In some of my earlier writing, I have referred to the wake of a fast moving boat. The wake is the trail that is left behind and nothing more, just a trail that is in back of the boat. You don’t need to be a nuclear physicist to understand that the wake does not drive the boat. Nor does the wake of your life. It is simply the trail that is left behind.

The greatest illusion is the one in which you look into your past (wake) and put your energy on what is there, even if you find it reprehensible, and then you act upon those thoughts and continue to produce more and more of what has always been. To transcend this illusion you must see what it is that makes it an illusion in the first place. The wake cannot drive the boat. The wake of your life does not drive you today. But the present moment energy that you put into the events and actions of your past, explaining or excusing your continuing problems does affect your life today. That is the source of those problems, and nothing more.”

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

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