BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 26th, 2011 by Rich Work in GOD THIS IS A GOOD BOOK

Posted on August 26, 2011 by jmaz479

“In the life of each individual there are parents, friends, loved ones and, for many, children. Individuals become attached, creating a strong bond between parent and child. Friends create bonds through life experiences that sometimes seem inseparable. There is nothing wrong in creating the bond of love, but the bond of attachment can stifle the very bond of love that you cherish.

As a child grows, the soul chooses to strike out on its own. The greatest act of love parents will ever give their children is to let them go. As parents pass on, the greatest act of love their children will ever give them is to let go. As friends move on in the journey of their souls, the greatest act of love you will ever give them is to let them go.”

Rich Work, in “God This is a Good Book”

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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, August 25th, 2011 by Alan Cohen in RELAX INTO WEALTH

Posted on August 25, 2011 by jmaz479

“Sometimes a challenging experience or an adventure that stretches you brings you a benefit that is not obvious at the moment, but bears fruit over time. One of my clients lost his job as an entertainer and sought a new one over two years’ time. This period was quite trying for him, for his self-esteem was tied up in his performance and the approval of others. In our coaching it became apparent to both of us that he had given his power away to his role, and much of his life’s reward had depended on other people’s opinion of him.

His jobless time afforded him the tremendous opportunity to recognize his worth not for what he does but for who he is. Though difficult at first, the lesson eventually sank in and he developed a sense of self-acceptance and self-respect that he never would have enjoyed if he continued to let other people be the source of his validation. When he finally returned to the workforce, he had grown and solidified so much that he was like a new person, his performance was far superior to what it had been, and most important, he bore a sense of wholeness he had previously not owned.”

Alan Cohen, in “Relax into Wealth”

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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, August 24th, 2011 by Robert H. Hopke in THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS

Posted on August 24, 2011 by jmaz479

“If we bring a symbolic attitude to our lives, searching out the meaning of what happens to us and thereby allowing our own capacity to make wholeness out of the random and disparate events of our lives, then no matter what happens in the plot, whatever the setting, whoever the characters, major and minor, we will see that indeed, there are no accidents in the stories of our lives.”

Robert H. Hopke, in “There Are No Accidents”

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“And when the farmer has got his house, he may not be the richer but the poorer for it, for it may be the house that has got him.”

Henry David Thoreau, in “Walden”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS

Posted on August 23, 2011 by jmaz479

“Wishful thinking does not serve others. It’s mainly about what we will get, rather than what we can give. Until we become absorbed in the process of contributing to the welfare of others, all we have a wishes and shattered dreams. Once we activate and set in motion the opulent flow of divine energy by offering our knowledge, expertise, and life-enhancing products, then the floodgates open and all sorts of expected and unexpected gifts, money, and opportunities start flowing to us. If we stop giving or receiving, we experience stagnation.

Do it, now. Stop waiting for a better time or for when you have more money, your bills are paid, your children are grown, you lose weight, get a boyfriend or husband, the economy is better, or there is peace in the world. Start doing what you love as you life’s work. Do what generates your sweet feelings and creates a space for others to also feel good. Begin to offer your goods and services.”

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
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 22nd, 2011 by John Krishnamurti in THINK ON THESE THINGS

Posted on August 22, 2011 by jmaz479

“To love is the most important thing in life. But what do we mean by love? When you love someone because that person loves you in return, surely that is not love. To love is to have that extraordinary feeling of affection without asking anything in return. You may be very clever, you may pass all your examinations, get a doctorate and achieve a high position, but if you have not this sensitivity, this feeling of simple love, your heart will be empty and you will be miserable for the rest of your life.

John Krishnamurti, in “Think on These Things”

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“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

Joseph Campbell

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
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PONDER on THIS for Saturday, August 20th, 2011 by Jonathan Parker in THE SOUL SOLUTION

Posted on August 20, 2011 by jmaz479

“When we realize that we draw to us what we fear, or what we focus on, it may at first seem like a negative scenario, but when we really grasp this fundamental process, it’s actually quite empowering. As Joseph Campbell puts it on the DVD A Hero’s Journey: “When you follow your bliss…doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors and where there wouldn’t be a door for anybody else,…and the world moves in and helps.”

Rather than living with fear, if we can find a way to live with bliss, wonderful things open up for us. And bliss is readily available; it’s just that most people haven’t yet figured out how to feel blissful. Your bliss is not only a wonderful inner feeling that generates positive outcomes; it’s also a natural characteristic of your soul. Yes, your very own soul is always happy, so when you’re connected with your soul, you feel happy and often even blissful, and therefore, your life is an experience of goodness.

When you’ve integrated the bliss, happiness, and goodness of your soul, you can easily manifest the wonderful results you want in your life because your thoughts, beliefs, and feelings have come into alignment and harmony with your true goals.”

Jonathan Parker, in “The Soul Solution”

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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
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 19th, 2011 by Sanaya Roman in LIVING WITH JOY

Posted on August 19, 2011 by jmaz479

“Every time you think of a bad memory that makes you feel sorry for yourself, or bad about how you acted, or makes you see yourself as a victim, or makes you hold a negative picture of yourself – Stop! See what good you created from that experience. It may be that you learned so much from it you never again brought that kind of behavior back into your life. It may be that because of that situation, you changed your path. It may have brought you an important connection, or helped develop new qualities and personality traits. You may have served and helped many people in that job. Your parents may have developed your strength, or your inner will, by creating obstacles for you.

Everything in your past happened for your good. If you could believe that the universe is friendly, that it is always helping you to create your highest good, you could live a life of more peace and security.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Living with 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
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 18th, 2011 by Richard A. Singer in YOUR DAILY WALK WITH THE GREAT MINDS

Posted on August 18, 2011 by jmaz479

“Narcissism, which is holding oneself so high and superior to others, but truly feeling horrible about oneself, is the great façade of countless human beings. We hide behind masks, hide from ourselves, but refuse to make changes because we are constantly right about everything. This view and description obviously contradicts itself but this is the great veil we hide behind; one part of ourselves so in love with our perception, our intellect and our creations, but the other part truly loathing ourselves. The solution: be your true self, continue to advance and make improvements, and never think you are inferior or superior to anyone else in the human race.”

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

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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
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 1

Posted on August 17, 2011 by jmaz479

“All people are special, and all moments are golden. There is no person and there is no time one more special than the other. Many people choose to believe that God communicates in special ways and only with special people. This removes the mass of the people from responsibility for hearing My message, much less receiving it (which is another matter), and allows them to take someone else’s word for everything. You don’t have to listen to Me, for you’ve already decided that others have heard from Me on every subject, and you have them to listen to.

By listening to what other people think they’ve heard Me say, you don’t have to think at all.”

God, as spoken to Neale Donald Walsch, in “Conversations with God, Book 1”

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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
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 by Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in IF LIFE IS A GAME THESE ARE THE RULES

Posted on August 16, 2011 by jmaz479

“Your time here on Earth is brief. Time passes and things change. You have options and choices in which to make your wishes, dreams, and goals become reality. When you ask yourself, “Why am I here?” or “Why is this happening to me?” or “What’s it all about?” Turn to your spiritual primer. Ask yourself, “What is the lesson?” If you hear a defensive reactions using the words “never” or “always” in your response, you haven’t yet learned the lesson. Next, go a little deeper and ask, What is there for me to learn from this experience?

Each time you view your circumstances as possessing value, regardless of the apparent confusion or hardship, you grow. Your personal evolution will depend on how readily you embrace your lessons and integrate them into your life. Remember, the only consequence for resisting lessons, is that they will keep repeating themselves until you learn them. When you have learned a lesson, you will always be tested. When the lesson is learned, the test will be easily passed and you then move on to more complex and challenging ones.”

Cherie Carter-Scott, in “If Life Is A Game, These Are The Rules”

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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
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 15th, 2011 by White Eagle in HEAL THYSELF

Posted on August 15, 2011 by jmaz479

“The power of the Spirit is within YOU. It is creative and knows no limitation. Never allow your earthly mind to cramp your thinking or restrict your vision. In your daily life, in your contacts with your fellow creatures, in your work, never allow yourself to feel the limitations of physical matter. You see, dear brethren, it is all a question of consciousness. As you think, so you are.”

White Eagle, in “Heal Thyself”

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“The mind…in itself, can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heav’n.”

John Milton

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
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PONDER on THIS for Saturday, August 13th, 2011 by Donald Altman in ONE MINUTE MINDFULNESS

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“The next minute is not what we think it will be – not even close. But it can be what we decide to focus on. If we constantly look for what’s missing from our lives – that big house, dream car, perfect relationship, ideal job – then the upcoming minute might be filled with regret, remorse, sadness, frustration, and hopelessness. If we consistently appreciate what is currently before us and available in our lives – the car that runs, the roof over our head, the job that provides resources, and the relationships we do have, most importantly with ourselves – then we spare ourselves disappointment.”

Donald Altman, in “One Minute Mindfulness”

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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
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 12th, 2011 by Dan Millman in WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR

Posted on August 12, 2011 by jmaz479

“It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others or circumstances for your predicament. As your eyes open, you’ll see that your state of health, happiness, and every circumstance of your life has been, in large part, arranged by you – consciously or unconsciously.”

Dan Millman, in “Way of the Peaceful Warrior”

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“It’s a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life, and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than “Try to be a little kinder.”

Aldous Huxley

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
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 11th, 2011 by Megan Don in MEDITATIONS WITH TERESA OF AVILA

Posted on August 11, 2011 by jmaz479

“Doubt is one of the most common states experienced by humanity, and it knows no discretion in who it choose to afflict. We doubt ourselves, our lovers, our workmates, and ultimately, we doubt the universal and divine power. In this way, said Teresa, we stop the magnitude of the beloved working in our lives and fall back into relying on ourselves to work out the solutions. If we did not doubt, the solution would automatically be supplied, but this concept is difficult for the mind to fully grasp. Being a people of little patience, we demand the answer now and are not prepared to wait for the natural unfolding of the situation.”

Megan Don, in “Meditations with Teresa of Avila”

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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
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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 by Carl Bozeman in ON BEING GOD, BEYOND YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE

Posted on August 10, 2011 by jmaz479

“There is a saying often quoted: “Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat its mistakes.” We refer to this while standing in the rubble of numerous repeated mistakes. Perhaps we should forget history, or at least our personal history, since the real tendency is to not only repeat it but also to perpetuate it. It is the law of attraction at work. That which we focus on, we attract. Actually, it is more accurate to say, that which we focus on, we create. If we are continuously stuck in a realm of thinking that asks “Why me?” we are forever creating the circumstances around which this questioning occurs, and it will not end until we change the question.

The question can only change when our thinking changes. If our thoughts are conceived and then analyzed (thought about) from a historical premise we believe to be negative, we are doing nothing more than creating more of the negative. Even if we think our thoughts are constructive and conceived with a newly positive attitude, if they are derived from that historical pool, we will create only more of the same. History should be left where it is, in the past, especially as it relates to our own creative processes. Now is all there is and is the only point in time or space where we have total creative control and the ability to free ourselves from the junk of past thinking.”

Carl Bozeman, in “On Being God, Beyond Your Life’s Purpose”

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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
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