BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 4th, 2013 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

Posted on January 4, 2013 by jmaz479

“What is really unfortunate, as this next passage from Dr. Wayne Dyer illustrates, is that people are simply unaware that at some level that they themselves are responsible for whatever lack they are experiencing in their lives:

“If we dwell on scarcity, we are putting energy into what we do not have, and this continues to be our experience of life. The theme of so many people’s life story is “I simply do not have enough,” or “How can I believe in abundance when my children don’t have all the clothes that they need?” or “I would be a lot happier if I had _____.” People believe they live a life of lack because they are unlucky, instead of recognizing that their belief system is rooted in scarcity thinking.”

It really is a very basic principle — as an extension of the mind of God you have enormous creative power, and as such you need to be very careful about what it is you choose to believe. So, if you are not experiencing all of the abundance you desire in your life, recognize this moment that somewhere along the line you adopted beliefs that have caused you to literally push it away from yourself. Once you come to acknowledge this fact, you can then move forward to carefully examine exactly what you have accepted as your truth about abundance. From there you can proceed to systematically refute, and then eventually drop any beliefs that are rooted in scarcity.”

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, January 3rd, 2013 by JB Lewis in THE MIRACLE OF YOU: BACK TO CONSCIOUSNESS

Posted on January 3, 2013 by jmaz479

“I realize that some of the readers out there reading in these pages might be struggling with all of the things in your life that are bad. I put bad in italics to highlight the incongruity of it with reality. In reality there is no bad and good dichotomy, only desirable and undesirable outcomes to the experiences we choose.

Think of good and bad as labels to express the interpretation of the outcome; the ideas of good and bad in no way indicate a state of wrongness or rightness. So don’t hinge so much thought on those words. You are a good person. You are a perfect person no matter what choices you make. The only way to see what I am saying clearly is to step back and see yourself for who you are in Spirit. In Spirit you now understand that you can never be damaged, injured or die. The only part of you that changes is the physical form you take.”

JB Lewis, in “The Miracle of You: Back to Consciousness”

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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, January 2nd, 2013 by Dan Millman in THE LAWS OF SPIRIT

Posted on January 2, 2013 by jmaz479

“Enjoy each season of your life. Patiently prepare the soil, sow the seeds, and do the work, and you’ll harvest the abundant fruits of your labors. Accept both good fortune and adversity as you accept the shifting seasons. Enjoy the glazed beauty of a winter’s day and the sultry days of summer, for soon enough, each season, each day, each moment, passes into history, and its exact likeness shall not be seen again. So rather than longing for summer in the midst of a winter’s chill, or wishing for cool winds in the dog days of summer, embrace each season for its own gifts. Align yourself with the cycles of time and transformation, riding change as ships ride the waves.”

Dan Millman, in “The Laws of Spirit”

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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, January 1st, 2013 by Tony Burroughs in THE LAW OF AGREEMENT

Posted on January 1, 2013 by jmaz479

“Adversity comes when we’re getting something that we don’t want, or we want something that we’re not getting. Either way, life is not going exactly as we’d like it to go – or is it? What if, on a subconscious or a soul level, we set ourselves up to experience some adversity in one form or another? Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But when you think about it, it could be that maybe, just maybe, that’s what we’re doing. But why?

The Law of Adversity is the complement to the Law of Agreement, and it offers us many insights about our uncomfortable experiences, The Law of Adversity says that along with every challenge or problem we encounter, an opportunity also presents itself.

It is important for us to be alert and aware so that we can spot these opportunities and turn them into gifts for ourselves. For this to happen, though, it helps if we realize that we made an agreement to be here at this time. We set it all up – all of the chaos, adversity,
resistance, limitation, all of it – so that we could rise above it and reach our highest calling in life.”

Tony Burroughs, in “The Law of Agreement”

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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, December 31st, 2012 by Dan Millman in THE LAWS OF SPIRIT

Posted on December 31, 2012 by jmaz479

“Pain has many faces; even the wealthy know suffering. All anyone can do is to make the best possible choices available within a particular set of circumstances-choices toward life, toward love, toward service, toward connection. But no matter what life dishes out, YOU get to decide how you will RESPOND internally: You can resist and resent it, bemoaning your fate, or you can face and embrace it, expanding into the moment.”

Dan Millman, in “The Laws of Spirit”

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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, December 28th, 2012 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

Posted on December 28, 2012 by jmaz479

“There are probably millions of people who would say that the act of forgiving is nearly impossible in some circumstances, particularly when it comes to the perpetrators of heinous and/or violent crimes. While this position is of course very understandable, the fact is there is really nothing that cannot be forgiven, particularly when you fully comprehend that forgiving is about letting go of the toxic thoughts and emotions within you.

Without question, it is very difficult to forgive someone who has done something truly atrocious, yet holding on to judgment and anger can only bring greater discomfort. It may take a long time for a person to truly embrace forgiveness under such circumstances, but if one sincerely works at it long enough, they will eventually succeed in doing so. It is a matter of coming to the awareness that forgiveness is really the only sensible option, for choosing the opposite course (i.e., holding on to resentment) carries with it the prospect of continued emotional suffering, and someday perhaps even severe physical pain as well.”

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, December 27th, 2012 by Stuart Wilde in THE QUICKENING

Posted on December 27, 2012 by jmaz479

“The mind of thinking-man contains a myriad of opinions as to what should be. Each opinion is an affirmation of thinking-man’s pathetic state of weakness. It is only an opinion that says one’s body should be strong and healthy. It is only an opinion that says one should live a long life. What if you don’t? Are you going to negate the time you have spent on earth? Who says one has to be rich and wear fine clothes and be treated in a special way? Who says you have to sleep so many hours and eat so many meals? Where is it cast in stone that you have to be dry and warm and safe? What if you find yourself in a place that is freezing, wet, and dangerous? Do you moan your way into missing the experience or do you open to acceptance from strength?

Mechanical-man trots through his miserable little rhythms of life and misses it for the most part. This is way most of the people you meet are as dull as dish water. They have optioned themselves out of life and have nothing to offer. They may live to be ninety-nine but their experiences are of little worth. They still don’t accept themselves and they are still uncomfortable. It is better to live as a Warrior-Sage for thirty years and to accept the experience of life than it is to cast oneself into the living hell of the stereotype.”

Stuart Wilde, in “The Quickening”

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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, December 26th, 2012 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION

Posted on December 26, 2012 by jmaz479

“Healing crises are always uncomfortable and can often be terrifying and painful. It can feel as if our world is in danger of coming to an end. It can seem as if our lives are falling apart. We may see disaster and doom everywhere. Oftentimes we blame ourselves and fell that we’ve done something horribly wrong, or that we are terribly lacking.

In fact, we have simply outgrown an old form, an old way of relating to the world. An old way of being is dissolving, making way for a new, more expanded and more conscious way. So we may lose a job or a relationship because it is too limiting; it would not allow us to expand in the direction we need to go. We may lose a loved one through death because both our souls are moving onto new levels, one of us continuing in the physical body, the other passing into a non-physical reality. We may contract a serious illness in order to confront ourselves with the necessity for change.

If you have ever gone through crises such as these, and have taken the opportunity to grow from them, you can probably recognize, in retrospect, how vitally important the experience was.”

Shakti Gawain, in “The Path of Transformation”

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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, December 25th, 2012 by Carolyn M. Matthews in MENTORING THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE SURVIVOR

Posted on December 25, 2012 by jmaz479

“We all dream, but we don’t all have dream recall. For those who do not have easy recall, here are a few pointers. When you go to sleep, tell yourself that you will remember your dreams when you wake up. If you have to use an alarm clock, turn the sound down a bit. (For dream recall it is better not to waken suddenly.). When you do wake up, keep your eyes closed and stay still; do not think about what you are going to do when you get up, but try to recall what you were just dreaming about.

Even if you only get a small bit of the dream, start focusing on it, and more of it will be come available to you. When you have remembered as much as you are going to get, write it down before you get out of bed. Don’t try to interpret it now; it is better to come back later and read it over, as this can produce spontaneous insights.”

Carolyn M. Matthews, in “Mentoring the near Death Experience Survivor”

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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, December 24th, 2012 by Joseph Campbell in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING BY DIANE K. OSBON

Posted on December 24, 2012 by jmaz479

“When we talk about settling the world’s problems,
we’re barking up the wrong tree.
The world is perfect. It’s a mess.
It has always been a mess.
We are not going to change it.
Our job is to straighten out our own lives.”

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

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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, December 21st, 2012 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

Posted on December 21, 2012 by jmaz479

“As you proceed in your spiritual growth, you will eventually reach the point where you come to understand a simple but powerful truth about forgiveness – that in order to forgive, you must have first assigned blame. Once you do accept that at some level you do attract (or create) everything that you experience in your life, there is no longer any need to forgive anyone.

Reaching this level of awareness takes time, of course, for some nasty things can happen to you that you certainly would not have consciously chosen. Yet…the real reason you experience negative “surprises” in your life is that you are not always conscious of the signals (i.e., thoughts, feelings) you are sending out into the world. If you are unable to accept this premise, then understand that whenever you blame, you only weaken yourself. Why? Because you put yourself into a position where both your feelings and your state-of-mind are always at the mercy of someone else’s behavior.

It is therefore far better to accept complete responsibility for your life, and acknowledge that whatever circumstances you encounter contain within them a valuable lesson that you most definitely need to learn.”

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, December 20th, 2012 by Jeremy E. McDonald in PEACE BE STILL

Posted on December 20, 2012 by jmaz479

“Most of us want to debate what we know, or believe. We continue to debate and defend with others about how we believe. This is because we have a struggle and a debate still going on inside of us. What we do is debate with ourselves. Our mirror and what others mirror back, are the insecurities we have with our own belief system. If we have to defend something, then we are not strong in how we believe. If we were strong in how we believed, there would be no need to defend it. Our solid foundation in who we are and what we know would be strong enough; it would not need debate.”

Jeremy E. McDonald, in “Peace Be Still”

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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, December 19th, 2012 by John Randolph Price in LIVING A LIFE OF JOY

Posted on December 19, 2012 by jmaz479

“Without true Self-identity we’ll find that living for the fun of it is nothing more than an impossible dream. And the nose goes back to the grindstone, the heavy backpack of responsibilities is shouldered once again, and the trudge through the quicksand of life continues. Hopeless futility? Inevitable hardships? Only if that’s what we choose – and we do have a choice.

To turn our lives around takes only a moment of decision, a commitment, and the process of transformation has begun. Begin right now. We’ll let the child come out to play without worrying about images or impressions, and we’ll let the “esteem” part of self apply only to that highest aspect of our being. We’re going to stop being concerned about how others see us – I am who I am – and we’re not going to try to change to meet anyone else’s expectations.”

John Randolph Price, in “Living a Life of Joy”

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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, December 18th, 2012 by Ernie Bringas in JESUSGATE

Posted on December 18, 2012 by jmaz479

“If you’re familiar with Winnie the Pooh (who isn’t), then you’re familiar with Tigger too…He’s the only one! And that’s precisely what he unabashedly declares when he sings his catchy little tune:

The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is a wonderful, wonderful, thing.
Their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs…but
The wonderful thing about Tiggers is that I’m the only one!

Those last four words fit Tigger just fine. But these are arrogant and misguided words when they come from anyone who assumes that their “holy” book or religious leader is the only one or the only way. Sadly, the Tigger syndrome (I’m the only one) appears to be the main ingredient of most religious brews. Common sense, however, should tell believers of these various faiths that they all can’t be right in their assertions of possessing God’s ultimate truth, especially when they contradict each other. But I guess common sense is no match for the “voice” of God that they all claim to be hearing. After all, once they have God in their pocket, there’s nothing left to discuss.”

Ernie Bringas, in “Jesusgate, A History of Concealment Unraveled”

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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, December 17th, 2012 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in WALKING ON WATER

Posted on December 16, 2012 by jmaz479

“Ambition is a brainwashing that has been done on us! We’ve been told that unless we have ambition, we won’t do anything. The energy and delight in work have been forgotten. When an archer shoots for no particular reason, he applies all his skill.  When he shoots to win the gold, he becomes blind, loses his reason, sees two targets. It’s not his ability that has changed, but the prize. He is more concerned about winning than about shooting. And the need to win has hollowed out his power. Ambition has taken away his power.”

Fr. Anthony DeMello, in “Walking on Water”

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