PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 by Marianne Williamson in EVERYDAY GRACE

“Most of us wouldn’t think about beginning our day without washing the accumulated dirt from the day before off our bodies. Yet far too often we go out into the day without similarly cleansing our minds. And our minds carry more pollution than our bodies, for they carry not only our own toxicity, but that of the entire world. We carry the fear, anxiety, stress, and pain not just of our own lives, but of our families, our nation, and millions all over the planet.

Our greatest weakness is the weakness of an undisciplined mind. We need not let fear steal the morning; we can consciously choose not to allow our minds to be programmed by the worldly viewpoint that dominates the earth. We can set our day upon another course. Each of us has an inner room where we can visit to be cleansed of fear-based thoughts and feelings. This room, the holy of holies, is a sanctuary of spiritual light. The light is not a metaphor, but rather an actual energy of mystical vibration. When we begin our morning within it, the mind receives a radiance that illumines our thinking as we go through our day.”

Marianne Williamson in “Everyday Grace”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 16th, 2012 by Thich Nhat Hanh

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black curious eyes of a child – our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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“Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now.”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 13th, 2012 by Caroline Myss in ANATOMY OF THE SPIRIT

“My heart goes out to people who are working hard to release their negative attitudes and painful memories. “Just tell me how, and I’ll do it,” they say to me. We are forever looking for the easy meditation, the easy exercise, that will lift us out of the fog, but consciousness doesn’t work that way. Ironically, there is a simple way out, only it’s not easy: Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.”

Caroline Myss, in “Anatomy of the Spirit”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 12th, 2012 by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT

“Can you see all the judgments that you have about yourself? Every judgment is just an opinion – it’s just a point of view – and that point of view wasn’t there when you were born. Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it. You learned the opinions from Mom, Dad, siblings, and society. They sent all those images of how a body should look; they expressed all those opinions about the way you are, the way you are not, the way you should be. They delivered a message, and you agreed with that message. And now you think so many things about what you are, but are they the truth?”

Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz, in “The Fifth Agreement”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 by Anthony DeMello

“There’s only one reason why you’re not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it’s because you’re thinking or focusing on what you don’t have. Right now, you have everything you need to be in bliss.”

Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J.

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“Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else, lest you spoil God’s curriculum.”

Baal Shem Tov

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 by Jonathan Parker in THE SOUL SOLUTION

“The truth is the past is nothing more than a memory, and it has no real existence other than what we project on it. We benefit greatly when we no longer treat the past as a determiner of our present our future. This doesn’t mean forgetting your past – the past provides wisdom that can help prevent needless pain and suffering – but it does mean letting go of the painful aspects and struggles of the past. You can begin this process of release by tuning into any uncomfortable feelings the past is creating in the present and stating an affirmation, such as, “I release and let go of the painful feelings I am feeling about my past.”

Jonathan Parker, in “The Soul Solution”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 9th, 2012 from A COURSE IN MIRACLES

“This is the only thing that you need do for vision, happiness, release from pain and the complete escape from sin, all to be given you. Say only this, but mean it with no reservations, for here the power of salvation lies:

I AM responsible for what I see.
I choose the feelings I experience,
and I decide upon the goal I would achieve.
And everything that seems to happen to me
I ask for, and receive as I have asked.”

Deceive yourself no longer that you are helpless in the face of what is done to you. Acknowledge but that you have been mistaken, and all effects of your mistakes will disappear.”

A Course in Miracles

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, January 5th, 2012 by Richard A. Singer, Jr. in YOUR DAILY WALK WITH THE GREAT MINDS

“Figure out who you really want to be, what you really want to do with your life, and what you truly desire and begin to act “as if” these qualities already exist in your life. Act your way into your desired life. The results will certainly amaze you. If you want to run the company you’re working for, dress the part, act the part, and visualize the part. It may sound rather odd to you but many men and women who have achieved enormous success have productively applied this strategy. Try it, if it does not work toss it out. Remember, action is what we are judged by, and from thoughts and beliefs come action. Think, believe, then act according to what and who you aspire to become.”

Richard A. Singer, Jr. in “Your Daily Walk With the Great Minds”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, January 4th, 2011 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH

“One way you can tell the difference between the messages from your Higher Self and the messages from your intellect is to note if there is any fearful thought behind the message. Messages from your intellect are often based on thoughts of scarcity, guilt, or a need to protect yourself from some imagined threat. If you are asking for guidance and want answers, do not pay attention to answers you receive that are based on fear, for they are not from your Higher Self.

Higher Self guidance is often subtle and quiet, and is frequently the message that follows the first one you hear. Your intellect may quickly jump in with answers, so when you are reflecting on what action to take, the first or loudest answer you receive may not come from your Higher Self. To receive messages from your Higher Self, get silent, and wait until you sense an answer that is reassuring and loving.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Spiritual Growth, Being Your Higher Self”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE

“Every life has a rhythm to it. The important thing to remember is that creating an interchange between the coming and going, the rising and falling, the peaks and valleys, is what balance is all about. Your life may appear to be out of balance when in fact it could that the rhythm of life is changing, and you are right where you are supposed to be. You are learning what you are supposed to learn, and the scales of balance are simply adjusting themselves in your favor.

Every event in your life, every situation and challenge, serves a purpose – not to knock you off balance, but rather to help you learn how to improve it. And remember that when you do fall down – and all of us do – make sure that you have stopped your descent before you attempt your ascent. How do you know when you are ready to get back up? That’s easy: you are no longer focused on the going down, but on the getting up.”

John St. Augustine, in “Living an Uncommon Life”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 2nd 2012 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 3

“Keep in mind that what you are looking at, you are not really “seeing.” Your brain is not the source of your intelligence. It is simply a data processor. It takes in data through receptors called your senses. It interprets this energy in formation according to its previous data on the subject. It tells you what it perceives, not what really is. Based on these perceptions, you think you know the truth about something, when, actually, you do not know the half of it. In reality, you are creating the truth that YOU know.”

Neale Donald Walsch in “Conversations with God, Book 3”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 30th, 2011 by Shakti Gawain in CREATIVE VISUALIZATION

“We each have an infinite supply of love and happiness within us. We have been accustomed to thinking that we have to get something from outside us in order to be happy, but in truth it works the other way: we must learn to contact our inner source of happiness and satisfaction and flow it outward to share with others – not because it is virtuous to do so, but because it feels really good! Once we tune into it we just naturally want to share it because that is the essential nature of love, and we are all loving beings.”

Shakti Gawain, in “Creative Visualization”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 29th, 2011 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS

“All our dreams, goals, and activities have a place in the basket of our grand purpose. Challenges, failures, successes, blessings, and difficulties – all contribute to our attaining this higher purpose, because we take whatever lessons come to us and apply them, instead of allowing them to discourage or defeat us. With a grand purpose, we welcome each valuable lesson as a missing piece we needed in order to succeed at the next step.

Even a mistake of the sort that previously could have destroyed us is no longer a failure but a blessing. A grand purpose worthy of us eliminates obstacles, such as the glass ceiling that may have artificially kept us down, and it exponentially expands our possibilities for expressing the genius in the form of potential that lies within us.”

Terry Cole-Whittaker, in “Live Your Bliss”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF

“Purity is staying inside your energy, conserving it and guarding it. You’re not going to trash your energy by suddenly eating a whole bunch of junk, by going out for a week or two drinking yourself stupid, or by getting so stoned you can’t operate. You’re not going to take your energy into places where it will be trashed. You’re not going to trash your energy by fighting with people. If a confrontation looks like it’s developing, start to walk away. There isn’t a fight worth having.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Infinite Self”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART

“Most of you are in some kind of denial. That is probably because you have hardly touched your pain. It is too scary to do so. You would rather pretend to be spiritual than admit that you are having a really rough time. You don’t want people to see your dirty laundry: your judgments, your yearnings…It is far easier for you to let people see the pasteboard mask than the contorted face behind it. You are proud of the spiritual adult, but you are still ashamed of the wounded child. The worst thing about denial is that it creates a culture of pretense and shame.”

Paul Ferrini in, “The Silence Of The Heart”

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