Best of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 8th, 2013 by Dr. Joseph Murphy in THE POWER OF YOUR SUBSCONSCIOUS MIND

Posted on March 8, 2013 by jmaz479

“There are people who claim that they are always trying to make ends meet. They seem to have a great struggle to meet their obligations. Have you listened to their conversation? In many instances their conversation runs along this vein: They are constantly condemning those who have succeeded in life and who have raised their heads above the crowd. Perhaps they are saying, “Oh, that fellow has a racket; he is ruthless; he is a crook.” This is why they lack; they are condemning the thing they desire and want. The reason they speak critically of their more prosperous associates is because they are envious and covetous of the other’s prosperity. The quickest way to cause wealth to take wings and fly away is to criticize and condemn others who have more wealth than you.”

Dr. Joseph Murphy, in “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, March 7th, 2013 by Marilyn Strong in GETTING PAID TO PAY ATTENTION

Posted on March 7, 2013 by jmaz479

“When was the last time you watched the players on a sports team when they scored a goal? Professional or amateur, there is always some instant and physical recognition by their peers of their accomplishment. There is a ritual to every goal, every touchdown, every hit and every win. Celebrating the small wins and the big ones creates positive energy for the team and builds momentum.

That momentum builds in each player, fueled by adrenaline, and is transferred to the other team members when they congratulate each other. As more momentum is built, someone else is energized to capitalize on the momentum and score a goal…You may think that celebrating your goal—the completion of a project or task—is no big deal…You might rarely celebrate the small victories at the milestones along the route because, well, you just don’t think it’s all that important…Too often we denigrate our accomplishments with negative self-talk. We tell ourselves we “should’ve” done something different, better, faster, prettier than what we did do…It’s time to stop “shoulding” on ourselves and celebrate all our wins!”

Marilyn Strong, in “Getting Paid to Pay Attention”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 by Ching Ning Chu in THICK FACE BLACK HEART

Posted on March 6, 2013 by jmaz479

“When drastic change and chaos occur in your life, a very effective antidote is inactivity. During the period of chaos, when everything you attempt to do to remedy a situation backfires, or you have to undo everything that has been done and start all over again, stop immediately and do nothing. Wait until the dust settles and most likely, you will see a clear path obviously laid in front of you.

Doing nothing is easier said than done, especially when one’s life has been turned upside down. It requires tremendous power of endurance and the ability to act against every instinct of our nature, which attempts continuously to repair the situation.

When you immerse yourself in inactivity, you are also gathering and nurturing your inner strength. By doing so, without anxiety and with a detached spirit, you are able to focus yourself and thus create a force of powerful momentum and unshakable clarity. When you recognize the proper time to act, this new found energy will aid you in realizing your desired result.”

Chin-Ning Chu, in “Thick Face, Black Heart”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 by Nan Yielding in THINGS I NEVER LEARNED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL

Posted on March 5, 2013 by jmaz479

“From a strictly historical viewpoint, unless ancient texts come to light, we will never know exactly who Jesus was. But as scholars have researched and gathered information about him over the years, it becomes more and more evident his primary mission was to deliver a special message from God to the Jewish people. He wanted them to know that God’s kingdom was present now, not in some nebulous future. There was no need to wait for some cosmic cataclysm, nor was there any ritual, law, or sacrifice to fulfill. God’s love and mercy were immediately accessible.

As I considered this new perspective of Jesus, I thought of something he reportedly told his listeners: “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). To me, he was saying we should enjoy the richness of life in the here and now. There is no need to wait for some future event to occur. We can be in God’s presence at this very moment. I believe this is the “good news of the kingdom” that Jesus came to proclaim.”

Nan Yielding, in “Things I Never Learned in Sunday School”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 4th, 2013 by Theresa Crabtree in MAYAN MESSAGES: DAILY GUIDE TO SELF-EMPOWERMENT

Posted on March 4, 2013 by jmaz479

“Polarity has an important purpose for without it, our world could not exist. Although the key to living a life filled with joy and happiness is being able to remain balanced in all situations, there are times when experiencing extremes such as addictions actually strengthens us. For when we learn to balance the extremes and become more centered, we are then able to empathize with others who have been where we were and can now be a role model for them.

Every thing in the physical world has an opposite. We each have the ability to choose how to react to each experience that comes our way. This often happens on a subconscious level, especially when we are not being aware and living in the moment. Start anew and leave behind the polarity extremes that are stopping you from living a joy filled life. Take time daily to quiet your inner and outer mind. Look at the things that are happening in your life: your actions and reactions, your re-creation, your relationships, your eating habits, your belief codes, etc.

If it is joy you wish to experience, look carefully at each of your behaviors and step by step, begin to walk towards the goal of the most blessed and bountiful life that you can possibly imagine. Play John Lennon’s song, Imagine, and dare to create that kind of life and more for yourself and your comrades on Earth.”

Reverend Theresa Crabtree, in “Mayan Messages: Daily Guide to Self-Empowerment”

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Best of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 1st, 2013 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS

Posted on March 1, 2013 by jmaz479

“The reason you suffer from your depression and your anxieties is that you identify with them. You say, “I’m depressed.” But that is false. You are not depressed. If you want to be accurate, you might say, “I am experiencing a depression right now.”

But you can hardly say, “I am depressed.” You are NOT your depression. That is but a strange trick of the mind, a strange kind of illusion. You have deluded yourself into thinking – though you are not aware of it – that you ARE your depression, that you ARE your anxiety, that you ARE your joy or the thrills that you have.

Clouds come and go some of them are black and some white, some of them are large, others small. If we want to follow the analogy, you would be the sky, observing the clouds. You are a passive, detached observer. You’re not interfering. Don’t “fix” anything. Watch! Observe! The trouble with people is that they’re busy fixing things they don’t even understand. We’re always fixing things aren’t we? It never strikes us that things don’t need to be fixed. They really don’t. This is a great illumination. They need to be UNDERSTOOD. If you understood them, they’d change.”

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

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 28th, 2013 by Sanaya Roman in LIVING WITH JOY

Posted on February 28, 2013 by jmaz479

“Other people respond to you in whatever way their programs and beliefs dictate. Power comes in knowing that you have a choice. You do not need to change other people; you can change your reaction to them. When you choose to feel good you are not dependent on other people acting in certain ways to make you feel good. Before you can attract people who will support, appreciate and acknowledge you, you must choose to do that for yourself. The degree to which you support and acknowledge yourself will be the degree to which you receive support.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Living with Joy”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wedneseday, February 27th, 2013 by Caroline Myss in ANATOMY OF THE SPIRIT

Posted on February 27, 2013 by jmaz479

“We all have negative feelings, but not all negativity produces disease. To create disease, negative emotions have to be dominant, and what accelerates the process is KNOWING the negative thought to be toxic, but giving it permission to thrive in your consciousness anyway. For instance, you may know you need to forgive someone, yet you decide that remaining angry gives you more power.

Remaining obsessively angry makes you more likely to develop a disease because the energy consequence of a negative obsession is powerlessness. Energy is power, and transmitting energy into the past by dwelling on painful events drains power from your present-day body and can lead to illness.”

Caroline Myss, in “Anatomy of the Spirit”

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“There is but one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

Christopher Morley

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, February 26th, 2013 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS

Posted on February 26, 2013 by jmaz479

“Earth is abundant, and so are we when we take care of the earth and each other. This happens to be our lesson: that we must work together in love. We must do our research and find out what is true instead of being led like sheep to go against our divine nature, which makes us feel bad and develop cruel ways of speaking and treating other humans and animals. With the poverty concept of scarce supply controlling us, we remain frightened about what will happen to us in the future. Remember that there is no greater terrorist weapon than our minds.

Scarcity theories pervade the work climate and cause people to be cutthroat in order to destroy their so-called competition and ruin them by “making a killing” – interesting words to use in business. Our work may appear to be the production and distribution of goods and services, but really our work is love, helping people.”

Terry Cole-Whittaker, in “Live Your Bliss”

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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, February 25th, 2013 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

Posted on February 24, 2013 by jmaz479

“If what you are following is your true adventure, if it is something appropriate to you deep spiritual need or readiness, then magical guides will appear to help you. If you say, “Everyone’s going on this trip this year, and I’m going too,” then no guides will appear. Your adventure has to be coming right out of your own interior. If you are ready for it, then doors will open where there were no doors before, and where there would not be doors for anyone else. And you must have courage. It’s the call to adventure, which means there is no security, no rules.”

Joseph Campbell, in “Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion” by Diane K. Osbon

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Best of PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 22nd, by Sanaya Roman in LIVING WITH JOY

Posted on February 22, 2013 by jmaz479

“When you catch people complaining this week, simply say to them, “Stop.” Learn to use your voice to halt people’s energy when they are giving you their complaints. If you listen to people gripe, if you listen to their negativity, you are putting yourself in a position of being affected by their lower energy. You do not need to listen. By stopping people from telling you their stories, particularly if they are not good ones, you assist them in coming out of it.

Watch people this week. Do they go on and on about their sad stories? If so, you are connecting with them at the personality level when you could be relating to them in a higher way. Ask them what they want and where they are going. What higher purpose can they create? Refocus them on the positive and you will be doing the same for your own energy.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Living with Joy”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 21st, 2013 by Richard & Mary Alice Jafolla in THE QUEST

Posted on February 21, 2013 by jmaz479

“Rather than striving for power, isn’t it better to strive for humility? Rather than striving to be somebody, isn’t it better to strive only to be yourself? Who could be better at being you than you? If you are dissatisfied with what you are, it is not a spiritual dissatisfaction. It is really s dissatisfaction with what you have allowed yourself to become. Humility puts you back on track. Humility is an admission to yourself that God did a better job than you did and that you want to reclaim your true identity. Humility is simply being yourself. It is the acceptance of the one Presence and one Power that is God in you and in the world.

Since humility is the key to releasing the one Presence and one Power that God is, humility then becomes the only road to true power. When you admit to yourself your true powerlessness, when you get yourself out of the way, you are automatically putting yourself in touch with the power of God in you, allowing it to move through you.”

 Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla, in “The Quest”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wedneseday, February 20th, 2013 by Arnold Patent in YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jmaz479

“Energy flows out of our bodies like a signal or wave length from a radio or television station. Each of us emits a very precise signal. Everyone and everything in our environment picks up certain of these signals. However, only those who are on the same wave length respond to them. The result is then that we attract into our lives those people and those circumstances which are in alignment with the energy signals we emit. If we are emitting signals of anger, we attract people and circumstances that bring anger into our lives. If we emit signals of happiness, we attract people and circumstances that bring happiness into our lives. It’s that simple, and it works all of the time, with no exceptions.”

Arnold Patent, in “You Can Have It All”

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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, February 19th, 2013 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT

Posted on February 19, 2013 by jmaz479

“If you are trying to undo a past behavior pattern, there are two ways you unintentionally keep it alive: The first way is by judging and resisting it. What you resist persists. If you keep bringing it up, it will keep bringing you down. Guilt is resistance to the presence of love, persecution turned inward. (A good definition of guilt is, “punishing yourself before God doesn’t.”) If you want to make sure you keep doing something, just keep feeling guilty about it. If you want to remove its hold on you, find evidence for your innocence. Keep trying different perspectives on for size until you find relief. Try to understand why you were drawn to the behavior.

Perhaps anyone who had the experiences that led up to that behavior might have chosen the same route. Was there any good that came out of the experience? Did (or do) you actually enjoy it, but according to societal standards, you are not supposed to? Have you learned through the experience? Are you stronger, wiser, deeper, or more compassionate? Did the experience and its results move you to a new place in your life that you would not have come to otherwise? How would someone who truly loved you view the behavior? Do anything you can to shift your regard of the event(s) from judgment to compassion and empowerment.

The second way you keep your past in force is by broadcasting it. The more you call others’ attention to it, the more you reinforce its power over you. Now their thoughts, feelings, and expectations are added to the mix.”

Alan Cohen, in “Why Your Life Sucks…And What You Can Do About It”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 18th, 2013 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF

Posted on February 17, 2013 by jmaz479

“The whole function of money is not to HAVE it; its function is to USE it. The main reason for generating money is to buy experiences. You want to get to the end of your life with zilch in the bank, and look back and say, “My God, look at this huge pile of experiences,” because none of your memories are ever lost. Everything you’ve ever done is in your eternal memory somewhere. So what you’re looking to do is not to covet and acquire things, because that will make you neurotic and often keeps you poor. Come instead from the concept of experiencing.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Infinite Self”

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