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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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 by Dr. Christine Ranck & Christopher Lee Nutter in IGNITE THE GENIUS WITHIN

Posted on July 20, 2011 by jmaz479

“…Your obstacles are not the result of an external world keeping you down but are actually an expression of your own hidden desires. And if you make your obstacles, then you can also unmake them. This discovery makes it conceivable that nothing is fixed, but rather that everything, including you, exists in a state of possibility and therefore can change.

This transition from passivity into taking full responsibility and power over your life is an “ah-ha!” moment that means living in one world one minute and living in a totally different one the next. And that is moving without moving. In science, moving to a different plane of existence without physically moving is also called a “quantum leap,” and it is something that you have the power to do because quantum leaps can be entirely internal. All it takes to make a quantum leap is the application of your full awareness on what you desire, and then watching it unfold…as it always has.”

Dr. Christine Ranck and Christopher Lee Nutter, in “Ignite the Genius Within”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 19, 2011 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH

Posted on July 19, 2011 by jmaz479

“The absurd overvaluation of fame is just one of the many manifestations of egoic madness in our world. Some famous people fall in to the same error and identify with the collective fiction, the image people and the media have created of them, and they begin to actually see themselves as superior to ordinary mortals. As a result, they become more and more alienated from themselves and others, more and more unhappy, more and more dependent on their continuing popularity.Surrounded only people who feed their inflated self-image, they become incapable of genuine relationships.

Albert Einstein, who was admired as almost superhuman and whose fate it was to become one of the most famous people on the planet, never identified with the image the collective mind had created of him. He remained humble, egoless. In fact, he spoke of “a grotesque contradiction between what people consider to be my achievements and abilities and the reality of who I am and what I am capable of.”

Eckhart Tolle, in “A New Earth”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 18th, 2011 by Arnold Patent in YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL

Posted on July 18, 2011 by jmaz479

“Once we have achieved mastery of anything in our lives, we “own the level” attained by that achievement. What’s more, the skills used to attain that level are transferable. We see illustrations of this principle all of the time.

Look at the business section of your newspaper and you will often see that a president of a major corporation has transferred to another major corporation, whose product or service is totally different from the one he or she left. Once a person functions at a presidential level, he or she owns that level, and moves around in society at that level.

In our area of talent, we are all potential superstars. Since, along with every talent comes the tools to express it perfectly, we can become superstars when we are ready. Others will view us as superstars when we view ourselves that way.”

Arnold Patent, in “You Can Have It All”

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PONDER on THIS for Sunday, July 17th, 2011 by Lisette Larkins in DIFFICULT PEOPLE

Posted on July 17, 2011 by jmaz479

“Unhappiness or suffering of any degree, has become a normalized state of being when we think we don’t have what we want; however, few of us can tolerate the truth behind the actual cause of any kind of suffering…chronic and compulsive resistance to the impermanence of form – resisting what is.

This is truly the only “real” problem after all. Of course, there appear to be myriad difficulties that need our attention, or require a decision. Hardly anyone argues the fact that things seem to go wrong constantly. But do they really? What if the only thing that goes “wrong” is the suffering that we experience when we cannot accept what is? Ultimately, this is the only real “problem.” Resistance to what appears in the present moment is itself the “problem.” This is solved by the only possible solution: acceptance of the present moment as it is. Action or correction comes second. But first one must accept with a calm and quiet mind whatever is occurring. Out of this quiet state, right timing is correctly recognized and right action is thus borne.”

Lisette Larkins, in “Difficult People”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 15th, 2011 by George Bernard Shaw

Posted on July 15, 2011 by jmaz479

“This is the true joy in life: The being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. The being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to make you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die – for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” to me; it is a sort of splendid torch which I have go hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handling it on to future generations.”

George Bernard Shaw

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“Hey politician, I don’t believe a word you say, almighty media, who’s truth do you sell today, watchdog of justice, who keeps their eye on you?”

Triumph, from the title cut on the 1979 CD “Just a Game”

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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 14th, 2011 by Esther and Jerry Hicks in GETTING INTO THE VORTEX

Posted on July 14, 2011 by jmaz479

“The current opinion that others hold regarding you has far more to do with how they are feeling (whether they are in alignment with their own Source, and whether they are in or out of their Vortex at the time) than it has to do with you or your behavior. There is perhaps no greater waste of time and effort than that of trying to influence the way other people see you, because what they see has very little to do with their object of attention and everything to do with the vantage point from which they are looking. How others feel about you is really about their relationship with their own Vortex.

Since their good feeling is about their relationship with their Inner Being, or about being inside their Vortex, then your best plan of helping them to feel better is always to encourage or influence them into their Vortex. But you can only effectively do that when you are inside your own Vortex and in alignment with your own Inner Being.”

Esther and Jerry Hicks, in “Getting into the Vortex”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION

Posted on July 13, 2011 by jmaz479

“We are not to blame for the way our lives are unfolding. Blaming ourselves for our present reality is like blaming a child for being ten years old instead of twenty or thirty. We are evolving in a natural way. We’ve done the best we knew how up until now. That is one of the ironic things about life, that from moment to moment we have only limited knowledge about our lives, and we can only make choices and decisions based on what we know. To ask more than that of any human being is as futile and unreasonable as asking a six-month old child to explain what she wants instead of crying. Blaming is a static state, one of standing in place and not moving on, while responsibility – the ability to respond – is dynamic, the very essence of forward movement.

Shakti Gawain, in “The Path of Transformation”

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