PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW

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“Would you choose unhappiness? If you did not choose it, how did it arise? What is its purpose? Who is keeping it alive? You say that you are conscious of your unhappy feelings, but the truth is that you are identified with them and keep the process alive through compulsive thinking. All that is unconscious.

If you were conscious, that is to say totally present in the Now, all negativity would dissolve almost instantly. It could not survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence. Even the pain-body cannot survive for long in your presence. You keep your unhappiness alive by giving it time. That is its lifeblood. Remove time through intense present-moment awareness and it dies. But do you want it to die? Have you truly had enough? Who would you be without it?”

Eckhart Tolle, in “The Power of Now”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 8th, 2011 by Deepak Chopra in CREATING AFFLUENCE

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“A truly wealth person’s attention is never focused on money alone. Moreover, a wealthy person never has money concerns. You may have millions of dollars in the bank, but if you think all the time about money, if you have concern about it, if you worry about it – about getting more, about not having enough, about losing it – then irrespective of the dollar amount you possess, you are poor. As Oscar Wilde once said, “There is only one class of people that think more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. In fact, the poor can think of nothing else.”

Deepak Chopra, in “Creating Affluence”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 5th, 2011 by Lisette Larkins in DIFFICULT PEOPLE

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“The inherent effectiveness of the power of intention and visualization is real; however, instead of using this principle to obtain a new car, start a new career path, upgrade to a better house, or to find a mate, use your intention to align with your essence. From that standpoint, once self-realization is uncovering itself, all other “things” and “destinations,” both career and personal, will be revealed as a natural outpouring of fully existing in the river of life. What is needed will come to you. It will chase you.

If it’s not really needed for your higher purpose, then the river of life won’t wash you ashore where it exists. You don’t need to chase after unsuitable spouses or lose sleep in competing for a better job. Visualize, if you must, the flowering of your own consciousness. Enlightenment truly is the only goal that, if achieved, produces guaranteed, lasting results that align with the goals of your soul. Only from that stance will you actually know and then visualize what is really needed and wanted by your essence.”

Lisette Larkins, in “Difficult People”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 4th, 2011 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART

Posted on August 4, 2011 by jmaz479

“To learn to trust you must experiment being neutral about what happens in your life. You don’t have to see things in a positive light. Just stop seeing them in a negative light. Stop imposing your expectations on the events and circumstances of your life. Just let life unfold and see what happens.

God doesn’t ask you to convert yourself. She doesn’t ask you to chop off your intellect and believe on faith. She makes a far more simple request. Just stop judging, stop finding fault, stop imposing your expectations, your will, your interpretation, your pictures of reality, and see what happens.

She says a very simple thing to you. She says: “You think you know what’s going on, but you are not happy. Your knowledge, your judgments, your interpretations are not bringing you peace or fulfillment. So set them aside for a few moments. Give life a chance. Experience it free of the limitation you place upon it.”

Paul Ferrini in, “The Silence Of The Heart”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 by Stuart Wilde in THE QUICKENING

Posted on August 3, 2011 by jmaz479

“To establish control over time you first have to slow it down. This is accomplished by balance, by living more and more in the NOW, by having fewer and fewer thoughts about the future and the past and by disengaging from thinking about how long things take or about what time it is. It is helpful not to lock your life into time schedules. It is too easy to develop a life that is so regimented that you are just “tick-tocking” through it like a wind-up toy.”

Stuart Wilde, in “The Quickening”

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“All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.”

Blaise Pascal

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 by Sanaya Roman in LIVING WITH JOY

Posted on August 1, 2011 by jmaz479

“To look at your life purpose, look beyond the mass thought-forms that exist. Many of you have grown up with a great deal of pressure to do, to accomplish, to be, to make a name for yourselves, to feel worthy in one way or another. When you look at life purpose, ask your soul and your self, “Am I doing this for me, for my highest good, or am I doing it to please others, to live up to their image of me? Am I accomplishing this purpose so that I may receive a pat on the back, or recognition? Or am I doing it because it is something I want to do, that fits who I am, that brings me joy?”

Sanaya Roman, in “Living with Joy”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 1st, 2011 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF

Posted on August 1, 2011 by jmaz479

“You are not your occupation. You are not an engineer nor teacher nor shopkeeper. These are the choices that the invisible Divine you has made as your way of fulfilling your heroic mission while visiting now-here. The more your position becomes defined as who you are, the more difficult it is for you to know truth and freedom.

Dropping you personal history involves shedding the notion that you are what you do. Remember this exercise in logic: If you are what you do, then when you don’t, you aren’t.”

    Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, in “Your Sacred Self”

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Corrected BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 29th, 2011 by Chin-Ning Chu in THICK FACE, BLACK HEART

Posted on July 29, 2011 by jmaz479

“Extraordinary people don’t care what others think of them. They do well in getting what they want because they are unencumbered by others’ opinions. However, most people have been conditioned to be affected by the opinions of others.

I am not advising you to become an amoral, self-centered person, but to recognize the difficulties that are involved for a naturally caring, sensitive person such as yourself, to pursue your own legitimate self-interest. There is something valuable to learn from these more detached people: their disregard for others’ opinions enables them to focus on the accomplishment of their objectives. This can only be done by achieving a clear understanding of yourself and your actions.”

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

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 28th, 2011 by Donald Altman in THE MINDFULNESS CODE

Posted on July 28, 2011 by jmaz479

“How strong a force is intention? Does setting an intention really work? If you’re not sure about the power of intention, think for a moment about all the items in your household and your life at this moment. None of this just appeared out of nowhere. An intention preceded the wanting, the buying, the getting that relationship, and more. Every action or deed begins with an intention, whether that intention is conscious or unconscious. Advertisers know this, and they set the intention to get us to buy their products. If we’re not paying attention, the intentions of others can become our intentions.”

Donald Altman, in “The Mindfulness Code”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 by Catherine Ponder in OPEN YOUR MIND TO PROSPERITY

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“Cleanse your mind for prosperity by practicing forgiveness. Many people are never permanently prospered, no matter what else they do, because they are holding grudges and negative feelings toward others. Until they get down to business and forgive, their prosperity does not come.

The word forgive means simply to “give up.” Forgiveness is not an unpleasant, dramatic outer act in which you say “I am sorry” when you are not. Instead, forgiveness is a pleasant inner act that leaves you at peace with yourself and others.”

Catherine Ponder, in “Open Your Mind to Prosperity”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF

Posted on July 26, 2011 by jmaz479

“There is one criterion by which you can ascertain if you are looking a situation with a clear mind: Can you laugh about it? If you cannot, you can be sure fear has gotten a foothold on your consciousness and clouded your ability to see the bigger picture. There is nothing in this world that is beyond laughter. In fact, the heavier a situation seems, the more we need to laugh about it.

An inability to see the humor in a situation means you are stuck somewhere and you need to look at it from a higher perspective…A Course in Miracles tells us that “all sin ends in laughter.” This means that you know you are healed and complete with a situation when you can laugh about it. It further means that you when we release our judgments about ourselves and others, we can laugh about them. Forgiveness and laughter walk side by side; where you find one, you will always find the other.”

Alan Cohen, in “Dare to Be Yourself”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 25th, 2011 by Barbara Sher in I COULD DO ANYTHING, IF I ONLY KNEW WHAT IT WAS

Posted on July 25, 2011 by jmaz479

“What is the difference between “work” and a “job?” You labor at both of them. You could make money at both of them. But there’s a real difference, and you know it. A job only pays the rent. After that, it might have no further meaning to you. But, your life’s work feels worth doing. It’s all meaning, whether it makes money or not.”

Barbara Sher, in “I Could Do Anything, If I Only Knew What it Was”

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“Force is always, and everywhere, a sign of fear – that is, a sign of weakness. Behind the vast armies and navies which we call the great powers of the world, there is fear. Fear it is that drives us out to war. Fear is the father of ferocity, and the forger of the sword.  From the Creative point of view, which is God’s point of view, force is weakness, and only Love is power.”

G. A. Studdert Kennedy, in “The Wicket Gate” [1923]

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PONDER on THIS for Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 by Maureen St. Germain in REWEAVING THE FABRIC OF YOUR REALITY

Posted on July 23, 2011 by jmaz479

“Please know that you are never alone. Your angels and guides are always with you. It is their job to serve you; they can never abandon you. You have a room full of invisible servants waiting for your commands. Why would you hesitate to use them? By cosmic law these beings need your requests for assistance before they can provide support. They are ready and wiling to provide help. Ask for their help, grace and guidance and it will be given to you. Get in the habit of asking for help and watch the magic that only you can create.”

Maureen St. Germain, in “Reweaving the Fabric of Your Reality”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 22nd, 2011 by Betty Eadie in THE AWAKENING HEART

Posted on July 22, 2011 by jmaz479

“Through my own journeys I have learned that it often seems easier not to move on; even the muck and mire in which we are stuck often seems less fearful and challenging than the unknown path ahead? Some people use faith as a reason to remain stuck? They often say, “I have faith, so I’m waiting.” But faith is not complacent: faith is action? You don’t have faith and then wait? When you have faith, you act upon it. Complacency actually shows a lack of faith.”

Betty Eadie, in “The Awakening Heart”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 21st, 2011 by John Selby in EXPAND THIS MOMENT

Posted on July 21, 2011 by jmaz479

“Is there any reason not to honor and love yourself as you are right now? I remember sitting many times under the oak trees in Ojai, or in an auditorium in Europe or elsewhere, and listening to Krishnamurti as he guided us patiently through a clear logical analysis of why self-judgment is an entirely unnecessary function of the human mind, and why self-love is essential to spiritual health and fulfillment.

He would point out that many religious leaders had done their best to convince us that we are hopeless sinners who can be made whole only by the intercession of an external God or occult power. He would state emphatically that this particular “you’re born a hopeless sinner” belief was not a clear reflection of reality, and that accepting such a priestly dictum was spiritual suicide. Here is one of his more acerbic statements:

“Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples. It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a sick belief system.”

John Selby, in “Expand this Moment”

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