PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 20th, 2011 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE

Posted on October 20, 2011 by jmaz479

“Most of us go through life afraid – and with good reason. We are shown images every single day that validate our suspicion that the world is a place to be feared!…We have programmed ourselves into a constant state of fear, which contributes very little to living an uncommon life. Faith is the only antidote I know of for “fear overdose.” Faith has many definitions: belief in a force greater than oneself, fidelity to one’s promises, and a strong belief or conviction.

I am partial to St. Augustine’s view of faith: to believe what you do not see. The reward of this faith is to see what you believe. In order to fear something, you have to believe in it. The same goes for faith. Essentially, you bring forth that on which you focus. If what we focus on expands, then it is possible that fear is nothing more than the opportunity to display faith. They are two sides of the same coin.”

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

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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, October 19th, 2011 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 1

Posted on October 19, 2011 by jmaz479

“Some of your religions have built up whole theologies around the misconception that God would – or could – create anything imperfect. And that is what it is, literally: a misconception. For anything I conceive – all that to which I give life – is is perfect; a perfect reflection of perfection itself, made in the image and likeness of Me.

Yet, in order to justify the idea of a punitive God, your religions needed to create something for me to be angry about. So that even those people who lead exemplary lives somehow need to be saved. If they don’t need to be saved from themselves, then they need to be saved from their own built-in imperfection (* i.e., original sin). So (these religions say) you’d better do something about all of this – and fast – or you’ll go straight to hell. This, in the end, may do nothing to mollify a weird, vindictive, angry God, but it does give life to weird, vindictive, angry religions.”

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

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“There is no such thing as a small upset, they are all equally disturbing to your peace of mind.”

A Course in Miracles

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, October 18, 2011 by Walter E. Jacobson M.D. in FORGIVE TO WIN

Posted on October 18, 2011 by jmaz479

“We are oftentimes reluctant to forgive others because we think that, by doing so, we are making the statement that: (1) We’re okay with what they did, (2) We’re letting them off the hook and not expecting them to be accountable for their actions, (3) We’re weak or foolish and not expecting them to be accountable for their actions, (3) We’re weak or foolish, or (4) We’re inviting further abuse and victimization.

None of these are true. They are all fear thoughts. They are fabrications of our ego mind, designed to sabotage our efforts by encouraging us to withhold forgiveness. The truth is that we perceive withholding forgiveness as a way or us to punish people for hurting us, but…what we’re really doing is punishing ourselves in the process. The truth is that forgiveness is strength, not weakness. Forgiveness doesn’t say to people that we are doormats or suckers, or that it’s okay to victimize and abuse us again.

The truth is forgiveness doesn’t mean we condone their actions or are suggesting they not be held accountable. The truth is that forgiveness doesn’t mean that we have to be friends with the person we’re forgiving or that we have to tolerate their presence or behavior. Forgiveness simply means that we’re letting go of our resentments, our judgments, and our need to make others feel guilty for our own peace of mind and for our own ultimate success.”

Walter E. Jacobson, M.D., in “Forgive to Win”

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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, October 17th, 2011 by M. Scott Peck, M.D. in THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED & BEYOND

Posted on October 16, 2011 by jmaz479

“Another painful burden that comes with increased consciousness and competence is the loneliness of transcending traditional culture. Throughout the ages, only a  few among millions – a Socrates,  Jesus – have have obviously risen above the rigid culture and simplistic thinking of their times. Now as a result of mass communications, psychotherapy, and grace, I would estimate that there are hundreds of thousands of adults in our country who are on this cutting edge.

These individuals think well enough to challenge conventional and irrational thinking. They question blind national and tribal loyalties – and the limitations imposed by their culture – in order to grow. They no longer believe everything they read in the newspapers. They seek truth and challenge the illusions about “normalcy” as promoted by society and the mass media. They show the courage to no longer be sucked into the simplistic thinking around them. They have redefined “family” to include not only blood relatives but the meaningful relations they establish with others who share common interests and a common – and growth oriented – approach to life.”

M. Scott Peck, M.D., in “The Road Less Traveled & Beyond”

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“It is a lifelong process to become patient and make peace with the notion that every person is just where he or she needs to be.”

Deepak Chopra

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 14th, 2011 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in REAL MAGIC

Posted on October 14, 2011 by jmaz479

“When you feel contemptuous, or even a twinge of jealousy, toward the accomplishments or life-styles of others, you are harboring negativity, where love must reside. When you have only love within you, because that is how you choose to regard life, that is all you will have to give away. Thus, you can test yourself by checking how you feel toward people who have acquired a dimension of prosperity that is still eluding you. You cannot attract prosperity to yourself if you are filled with rancor, judgment, anger, jealousy, hatred, fear, tension or the like. This kind of negative inner mind-set keeps you from being on purpose. You cannot be fulfilled and envious at the same time.”

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, in “Real Magic”

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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, October 13th, 2011 by Lisette Larkins in DIFFICULT PEOPLE

Posted on October 13, 2011 by jmaz479

“Most people’s daily lives are spent in a chronic roller coaster of emotional reactions to one thing after another. No wonder most people feel chronically unwell and exhausted. If you come home after work and feel drained or worn out, then you are aligned with outer circumstances, not inner stillness. Since the mind exists to be offended by this or that disturbance and to unconsciously chase and react to problems, persistent peace and well-being are impossible following its lead.

From the perspective of an awakened state, almost everyone is compulsively focusing on minutia and meaninglessness, but they seem to have no idea whatsoever what this is costing them…The degree of anxiety, worry, and agitation that result from an unquestioned, chronically noisy mind can be as dysfunctional as that of any patient in a psychiatric hospital. It’s not the degree of misalignment: you are either in the moment or not, and knocking your head against the wall is no different from polite fault-finding of minutia.”

Lisette Larkins, in “Difficult People”

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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, October 12th, 2011 by Louise Hay in YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE

Posted on October 12, 2011 by jmaz479

“What we think about ourselves becomes the truth for us. I believe that everyone, myself included, is 100% responsible for everything in our lives, the best and the worst. Every thought we think is creating our future. Each one of us creates our experiences by our thoughts and our feelings.

We create the situations, and then we give our power away by blaming the other person for our frustration. No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for “we” are the only thinkers in our mind. We create our experiences, our reality, and everyone in it. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.”

Louise Hay, in “You Can Heal Your Life”

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“It is best, it seems to me, to separate one’s inner striving from one’s trade as far as possible. It is not good when one’s daily bread is tied to God’s special blessing.”

Albert Einstein

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, October 10th, 2011 by John Randolph Price in ANGEL ENERGY

Posted on October 9, 2011 by jmaz479

“When we remember that everything is based on the law of cause and effect, we see again that it is our consciousness that produces the undesirable experiences in life. Eventually we arrive at the conclusion that the outer world is only secondary to the inner world of consciousness, and our focus begins to change from WITHOUT TO WITHIN. We reverse our attention and begin to look for the crossed wires in our system, the faulty circuits that are limiting the Great Unlimited.

And when the obstructions are removed through forgiveness of the past and a deeper awareness of our spiritual nature, the ego’s projected effects begin to fade and are simultaneously replaced with higher impressions of a more substantial nature.”

John Randolph Price, in “Angel Energy”

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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, October 7th, 2011 by Norman Vincent Peale in THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Posted on October 7, 2011 by jmaz479

“The importance of freeing your mind of fear cannot be overemphasized. Fear something over a long period of time and there is a real possibility that by fearing you may actually help bring it to pass. The Bible contains a line which is one of the most terrible statements ever made – terrible in its truth:”For the thing I feared has come upon me.” (Job 3:25) Of course it will, for if you fear something continuously you tend to create conditions in your mind propitious to the development of that which you fear. An atmosphere is encouraged in which it can root and grow. You tend to draw it to yourself.”

Norman Vincent Peale, in “The Power of Positive Thinking”

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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, October 6th, 2011 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

Posted on October 6, 2011 by jmaz479

“I have personally come to believe that whatever you concentrate upon with strong emotion is precisely what will manifest in your reality, both the good and the bad. In that regard, consider this highly relevant excerpt from Lynn Grabhorn’s practical and very entertaining book, Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting:

“It’s high time we woke up to the fact that we are electromagnetic beings tripping around with this mind-boggling capacity to magnetize into our lives whatever in the world we desire by controlling the feelings that come from our thoughts. There’s just no way around it, the way we feel is the way we attract. And more often than not those feelings come from our thoughts, setting up the instantaneous electromagnetic chain reactions that ultimately cause things to happen, to be created, to be withheld, or to be destroyed.”

We human beings are always thinking and feeling, and likewise always creating and attracting, simply because we are constantly sending out these energy impulses, and then taking actions based upon them. The implications of this are quite significant, because it suggests that whatever we are focusing on, we are either purposely or inadvertently giving form and substance to it.”

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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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 by Dan Millman in THE LAWS OF SPIRIT

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“If you willingly choose to set aside your personal desires for the welfare of children, loved ones, or others, that can represent a spiritual act of self-sacrifice. But if you feel like a martyr, it’s time to take another look. Assuming too much responsibility for others deprives them of the lessons that arise from the choices they have made. Those in pain need our compassion and support, but if we carry the weight for them, we rob them of their strength and self-respect.”

Dan Millman, in “The Laws of Spirit”

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“It is only possible to live happily ever after on a moment-to-moment basis.”

Margaret Bonnano

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, October 4th, 2011 by Donald Altman in ONE MINUTE MINDFULNESS

Posted on October 4, 2011 by jmaz479

“Perfectionism is unforgiving. It demands nothing less than achieving total success by meeting the highest standards of excellence. To do less is to be mired in mediocrity and steeped in failure. Perfectionism offers the promise of control, leading us to believe that the bitter taste of loss and its accompaniments – disappointment, disapproval, and rejection – can be avoided.

The truth is we cannot avoid loss, no matter how perfect we try to be. But this truth is not a call to wave the slacker’s flag, to do as little as possible, or to give up. Rigidly imposing impossibly high expectations on ourselves and others at all costs can actually make it harder to reach our goals. This kind of perspective and behavior affects our happiness. It is maladaptive. We’re much better off when our desires to work hard and to pursue excellence are adaptive and flexible.”

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 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, October 3rd, 2011 by Lynn Grabhorn in EXCUSE ME, YOUR LIFE IS WAITING

Posted on October 3, 2011 by jmaz479

“Dare to want. Dare to dream new dreams. Dare to take your old dreams out of the closet and dust them off. Give yourself permission to want; in fact, make yourself want. Then pick a funky, nonessential little Want and start talking about why you want the thing until you get the hang of clicking into that turned-on feeling. Before you know it, you’ll be having physical manifestations on your hands, and I’m here to tell you, when that happens, it’s a screamer of the first degree.

Check out what you like or don’t like about what you’ve got in your life right now. Then get over the guilt of wanting and get that Want motor revved up, for wanting brings the passion, passion brings joy, joy brings more wanting, and now you’re creating on purpose. You are the inventor and the partaker, all in one. (Never mind being the design engineer who has to figure out how something will come together. That’s no longer your job)…

The point is to get over the stigma of wanting, and do it. Dare to want whatever in this whole wide world will give you pleasure, for wanting is taking charge. Wanting is creating. Wanting—and manifesting those Wants into reality—is fulfilling your reason for being. And therein lies the true richness of Life.”

Lynn Grabhorn, in “Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting”

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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, September 30th, 2011 by Stuart Wilde in THE TRICK TO MONEY IS HAVING SOME

Posted on September 30, 2011 by jmaz479

“Buying into what everyone else says you should do disempowers you. It serves as a constant reminder that you are not in control of your life. It’s better, therefore, that you go out into the world, live on your own away from social pressure, and make loads of silly mistakes, than you live in a close-knit community in which you allow yourself to be trapped by the attitudes of all the people around you.

It may be that the advice you receive is good advice, but it is important that you make that advice yours. It has to be what you want and it has to come from your ideas and lifestyle, not from the motivations of others.”

Stuart Wilde, in “The Trick to Money is Having Some”

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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, September 29th, 2011 by Richard A. Singer in YOUR DAILY WALK WITH THE GREAT MINDS

Posted on September 29, 2011 by jmaz479

“Failure is a personal choice that individuals make, to discontinue their journey toward success. We often label errors, mistakes, or difficulties with the word failure; however, these are actually stepping-stones along your path to success. Without challenges, there is no personal growth and then success would be meaningless. A true failure is giving up too soon and not persisting toward the goal in mind. Therefore, failure will never occur as long as you are determined and you persevere until achievement emerges.”

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 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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