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

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

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“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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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

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“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

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

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

Posted on August 9, 2011 by jmaz479

“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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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 4th, 2011 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART

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“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

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“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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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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