PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 25th, 2013 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD

“Every time you have a hunch about something and ignore it, you turn ME down. Every time you receive an offer to put an end to bad feelings, or cease a conflict, and ignore it, you turn ME down. Every time you do not return the smile of a stranger, walk under the awesome wonder of a night sky and don’t look up, pass a flower bed without stopping to behold its beauty, you turn ME down.

Every time you hear My voice, or feel the presence of a departed loved one, and say it’s your imagination, you turn ME down. Every time you feel love for another in your soul, or feel a song in your heart, or see a grand vision in your mind, and do nothing about it, you turn ME down. Every time you find yourself reading just the right book, or hearing just the right sermon, or watching just the right movie, or running into just the right friend, at just the right time in your life, and write it off to coincidence or serendipity or “luck,” you turn ME down.”

God, as spoken to Neale Donald Walsch, “Friendship with God”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 24th, 2013 by Annemarie Greenwood and Marissa Campbell in LIFE: LIVING IN FULFILLMENT EVERY DAY

“Consider each and every thought you have as a prayer, or a personal wish, that gets sent out into the world and is always answered. If we could all rationalize and accept that concept , we would realize the importance of choosing our thoughts and words very carefully! Positivity begets positivity; negativity begets negativity.

When we constantly send out the same types of signals into the world, they begin to coalesce, to join together, and with their combined weight they generate a powerful gravitational force that attracts like to like back into our experience. In other words, depending on what our overall focus is – whatever we are feeling and thinking positive thoughts and emotions or whether we are focused on negative ones – we will essentially have our sentiments, our prayers, answered.”

Annemarie Greenwood & Marissa Campbell, in “LIFE: Living in Fulfillment Every Day”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 by Stuart Wilde in MIRACLES

“There are no accidents or victims. Each person is responsible for his own evolution. Each pulls to himself the circumstances experienced in life. He puts in an order, so to speak, and gets back three cracked cups. That is a part of the learning pattern, trial and error.

That is why adversity is so useful. It allows people to look for something beyond day-to-day reality, and this brings them in touch with their true inner selves. In desperation, they begin to pull on their unlimited power, and they realize that anything can be changed, that suffering is a product of the inner self, and by looking at their inner selves, they can transform them.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Miracles”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 by Theresa Crabtree in MAYAN MESSAGES: DAILY GUIDE TO SELF-EMPOWERMENT

“The manifestation process is a learned behavior. The word “infestation” is defined as a presence of a large number of pest organisms in or on a host. As a word play, we can look at the word “man-infestation” as applied to the large number of pesty thoughts that flow into your conscious and unconscious mind every moment.

How to control your thoughts? The first step is simple observation. Pay attention to your thoughts. How do you feel when you have this or that thought? Which thoughts do you respond to, which do you ignore? The next step is to look closer at your thoughts. Are some persistent? Which ones give you joy? Which ones create fear? Which ones would you like to act upon? Which ones would you like to ignore? Before manifestation occurs, you must first set your intention, to know and declare what you wish to experience. Once you have this clear vision, it is your responsibility to take your e-motions and put that energy into motion.

As you pay attention to your thoughts, nurture only those that lead to your desired outcome. When you have thoughts of fear, emotions you don’t like or persistent negative thoughts, then literally, think again. This is where practice makes perfect. When you have thoughts that lead you away from your intention or anything less than love, choose something else to think about. It is rather simple, but like any habit, it takes practice to change behaviors.”

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

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 21st, 2013 by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, “This is what I need.” It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment – not discouragement – you will find the strength is there. Any disaster or setback you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege!

This is when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow. Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures or setbacks followed by wreckage were the incidents that shaped the life you have now. You’ll see that this is really true.

Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.

The dark night of the soul comes just before revelation. When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 18th, 2013 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

“In all instances, what religious ideology claims as truth has been handed down over generations from one person to another, with each new storyteller or writer likely adding their own bit of journalistic license to the mix. In the end, what we are told is the “Word of God” is something that we had to have been introduced to by someone else, and based on that introduction, we are expected to blindly accept it because that is what a good Christian, or Muslim, or Hindu, etc. should do. Yet, haven’t you ever wondered how the God-Force could apply different rules to different groups of people?

To dare question the source of the information provided in religious texts is often considered by many religions to be at least inappropriate, and at worst sinful. The reality is that individual religious dogma cannot prove its own truth is actually the truth, nor can it prove that another religion’s truth is not the truth. Once you open your mind to this fact, it becomes easier and easier to be more open-minded about spirituality in general.”

Jeff Maziarek, in “Spirituality Simplified”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 17th, 2013 by Edwin Harkness Spina in MYSTIC SECRETS REVEALED

“You need not blindly accept whatever fate or expectation your parents, siblings, teachers, political leaders, media commentators, friends or co-workers have dictated for you. You not only have the right, but the responsibility, to decide, for yourself, what you think. To do so, you must become aware of your thoughts. You may well discover that the majority of thoughts that you think every day are not even your own. You may further discover that many of these thoughts are dis-empowering, intended to induce fear or otherwise direct your behavior.

You did not incarnate on earth to “play it safe” or be a robot that simply “follows the rules, hoping to fit in.” You were created in the image of God. This means you were born to create. Your life’s mission is to tap into your inner self and express the wisdom from within – not to blindly accept the viewpoint or doctrine of some expert, guru or societal program as the default setting.”

Edwin Harkness Spina, in “Mystic Secrets Revealed”

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 16th, 2012 by Brenda J. Bentley, in EAT, GUILT, REPENT, REPEAT

“The key principle to eating intuitively is about getting back in rapport with your body. To listen, understand and respond to the many ways your body lets you know it’s time to eat and when you’ve had enough. As a result, intuitive eaters are able to retain their healthy, default, natural weight effortlessly. This means you need to work from the inside-out and this starts with changing what you’ve learned so far. You came into this world eating intuitively according to the natural rhythm of your hunger and satiety cycles and along the way you’ve learned differently. You became out of touch with your body, your feelings and yourself. You’ve learned to ignore what you want and desire, and put in its place things you think you should want and eat or shouldn’t want and don’t eat.

You already know yourself better than anyone else. So you need to learn to trust in yourself to distinguish between emotional and physical hunger and respond accordingly. You can return to eating without struggle, guilt, deprivation or obsession with food. If you were to eat based on internal signals of biological hunger instead of external signals of schedule, time, stress or other triggers you would be able to return to your body’s natural weight and maintain it.”

Brenda J. Bentley, in “Eat, Guilt, Repent, Repeat”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 by Eliza Mada Dalian in IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS

“To help your mind relax, change your hostile attitude towards your mind. Instead of saying: “Oh no, here’s that thought and feeling again!” say, “Okay, I see the thought, I see my frustration, and I know that it will pass. I trust that existence knows when it’s the right time for me to wake up and it will give me the gift when I’m ready.” This kind of attitude will bring you closer to your being, which is always peaceful. Keep remind yourself that everything in life is transitory.

Watch your thoughts when you feel happy, and watch them when you feel sad or frustrated. Remember, just as the positive thoughts and feelings pass, the negative thoughts and feelings also pass…When you remain a witness to both the ups and downs of life, you relax. You know that when you are experiencing a peak, a valley will soon follow. Witnessing everything allows you to let go of your attachment to any outcome and accept life with all its colors.”

Eliza Mada Dalian, in “In Search of the Miraculous”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 14th, 2013 by Stuart Wilde in THE QUICKENING

“We learn about ourselves through relationships because they reflect what we are back to us. If you are surrounded by nonsense that means you have allowed nonsense to establish itself in your life. Simple really. If your relationships are loving and empowering that means that you are also. The name of the game is to review all your relationships from time to time to assess what it is you contribute and what it is you receive in return.

Relationships change so quickly that it should be a part of your modus to institute quality control into every aspect of your life. If you are not getting what you want, or if you are putting in all the efforts and the others are contributing little, it will become obvious. Then you must decide if that is acceptable to you or not. If not, you will diplomatically indicate what your needs are and suggest that they fulfill them. In turn you find out what they want. If both of you want something different and things can’t be resolved, do not be afraid to release them or to walk away yourself.”

Stuart Wilde, in “The Quickening”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 11th, 2013 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

“Learning to be fully in the present is a skill that requires constant practice, because as you well know, your mind has strong tendencies to migrate both forward and backward. The key to mastering this skill is to regularly remind yourself of the importance of truly focusing on what you are doing or experiencing ‘right now’.

As Dan Millman so eloquently says in his book The Laws of Spirit:

“Embrace this moment, put one foot in front of the other, and handle what’s in front of you. Because no matter where your mind may roam, you body always remains here and now. When in haste, rest in the present. Take a deep breath, and come back to here and now.”

This, of course, requires some conscious effort on your part, but over time you will get more and more adept at it. To help you develop this skill, I have found that it is a good idea to create a simple reminder phrase such as “am I fully in the present?” and paste it up in conspicuous places within your house (e.g., a bathroom mirror or refrigerator). You can even place one somewhere within your workspace at the office, and on your car dashboard. At first glance this may appear to be a bit silly, but I can assure you from personal experience that it does help to keep you more focused in the “now.”

Jeff Maziarek, in “Spirituality Simplified”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 10th, 2013 by Donald Altman in THE MINDFULNESS CODE

“What if you have a racing mind that just won’t stop worrying about all those little problems waiting for you the next day? As part of your sleep ritual, you many want to place a pad of paper next to the bed so you can write down all those thoughts. Knowing that you have recorded them for reflection the next day can help to ease their grip on your mind so that you can surrender to sleep. If you get anxious about not being able to sleep at any time during the night, try using your awareness to loosen anxious thoughts while breathing diaphragmatically.

Sometimes it can be helpful to choose a calming word or phrase to repeat with each breath, such as “quiet mind,” “restful sleep,” or “one,” to repeat with each breath replacing the thoughts of a racing mind.”

Donald Altman, in “The Mindfulness Code”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 9th, 2013 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF

“Guilt is a worthless energy. If you’ve messed up or failed, grant yourself absolution. Then draw a line in the sand and say, “From now on, I’m going to act in a better way. I’m going to act in a more honorable way.” The important thing is to truncate the emotion of that guilt before it becomes overwhelming. Forgive yourself, and realize that in the eternal spiritual sense, there isn’t any real sin; there is only forgiveness. Yes, there are low-energy actions that infringe and restrict, and there are high-energy actions that love, liberate, inspire, and release people. But that’s all there is. We come to experience both types of action in this lifetime.

Naturally, as a spiritual person working on yourself, you’re going to try to choose as many high-energy, liberating attitudes and actions as you can. But if sometimes you go the other way and fail, you haven’t really failed. All you’ve done is gone up the other end of the scale. You have to understand contrast in order to learn. Bit by bit, you will strengthen, become more, and learn a better way.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Infinite Self”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 by Tony Burroughs in THE LAW OF AGREEMENT

“Commiseration is a particularly enticing kind of agreement that is so subtle that we can be up to our neck in it before we realize what’s happening. You know how it goes: someone starts complaining about something, and, like the bobble-head doll on the dashboard, you find yourself nodding and agreeing with them – and perhaps even telling a story about how you’ve had some of the same problems they’re talking about. On the surface it seems harmless enough, but underlying it all is the reinforcement of situations that really don’t do anybody any good. It’s just another way we sabotage ourselves.”

Tony Burroughs, in “The Law of Agreement”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 7th, 2013 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in THE WAY TO LOVE

“Here is something that you must understand: There are two sources for change within you. One is the cunningness of your ego that pushes you into making efforts to become something other than you are meant to be so that it can give itself a boost, so that it can glorify itself. The
other is the wisdom of Nature. Thanks to this wisdom you become aware, you understand it. That is all you do, leaving the change – type, the manner, the speed, the time of change – to Reality and to Nature.

Nature is not a technician. Nature is creative. You will be a creator, not a wily technician when there is abandonment in you – no greed, no ambition, no anxiety, no sense of striving, gaining, arriving, attaining. All there is, is a keen, alert, penetrating awareness that
causes the dissolution of all one’s foolishness and selfishness, all one’s attachments and fears. The changes that follow are not the result of your blueprints and efforts, but the product of Nature that spurns your plans and will, thereby leaving no room for a sense of merit or achievement or even any consciousness on the part of your left hand of what Reality is doing by means of your right.”

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

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