BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 24th, 2024 by Lynn Grabhorn in EXCUSE ME, YOUR LIFE IS WAITING

“Yearning for, wishing for, longing for, even hoping for are not activities of focusing on what we want. They’re just negative thoughts that vibrate from a place of discouragement, a place of lack born from the pessimistic beliefs that we’ll probably never have what we want. And with those kinds of feelings flowing out, we won’t.

We get what we focus on; focus on the lack of something, and that’s what we’re guaranteed to get, because what the universe gives us, in every moment of every day corresponds with what we are vibrating. The bottom line is this: If we’re not feeling up when we think about something, we’re flowing some degree of negative emotion, a Red Flag warning telling us to pay attention to what we’re sending out.”

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

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 21st, 2024 by Marianne Williamson in THE GIFT OF CHANGE

“Someone once sent me a photograph that had been taken by a fisherman in Newfoundland. It was a picture of an iceberg, not only the part of it that protrudes above the water line, but also what’s underneath the water. We all know, of course, that what is visible on top of the water is approximately 10 percent of the iceberg. Still, seeing the image was mind-blowing. It’s shocking to recognize how much of our life our eyes don’t see.

And every situation is like that iceberg, teeming with forces that aren’t visible to the physical eye. Basing our sense of reality on what the physical senses perceive as real – what people did, what people said – we base our reality on a small fraction of its entirety. This means, of course, that we’re hardly in touch with reality at all.

What is visible to the physical eye is the world of form, while the greater reality of a situation is not its form but its content.”

Marianne Williamson, in “The Gift of Change”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 20th, 2024 by Neale Donald Walsch in BRINGERS OF THE LIGHT

“Understand that “beingness” is a State in which one IS, not an action which one takes. You cannot DO “happy,” you can only BE “happy,” depending upon what YOU decide to be. You cannot DO “sad.” You cannot DO “afraid.” You cannot DO “wronged,” or “hurt,” or “annoyed.” You can only BE these things. And what causes you to BE them? Many people believe it is what is going on around them; that it’s what someone or something else is doing. Yet it is not. It is your DECISION about what someone else is doing which causes that. It is the choice YOU make.

The complexity surrounding this whole business is this: so many of the choices you are making are now so automatic, so deeply based in prior experience, that they seem to be non-controllable by you. And so it looks as if the actions of others, or experiences exterior to you, are causing the response within you. Yet the truth is, you are choosing to be in the State in which you find yourself.”

Neale Donald Walsch, in “Bringers of the Light”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 by James Redfield in THE CELESTINE VISION

“Few of us can look back at our lives and not see a pattern of synchronicity in the mysterious events that transpired to bring us our current career, our spouse, or the network of friends and alliances on which we rely. Much more difficult is the perception of such important life events in the present, as they happen. Coincidences can be dramatic. But they can also be very subtle and fleeting, and thus easily dismissed – as the old material worldview would have us do – as mere chance or happenstance.

Our personal challenge is to overcome the cultural conditioning that leads us to reduce life to the ordinary, commonplace, and non-mysterious. Most of us have learned to pursue life with our egos alone, waking up in the morning and thinking we must take complete control of our day. We create inflexible mental lists of projects we intend to accomplish, and pursue those ends with a kind of tunnel vision. Yet the mystery is always there, dancing around the fringe of our lives, giving us fleeting glimpses of possibility. We must decide to slow down and shift our focus, and begin to act on the opportunities coming our way.”

James Redfield, in “The Celestine Vision”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 18th, 2024 by Danielle Rama Hoffman in THE COUNCIL OF LIGHT

“Whatever you perceive as not working in your life is the material substance and fertile land to transmute into what is working in your life. It is a perception that is not working…everything is on purpose: it is just that your electricity is off while something is getting fixed. Trust that if you have lemons, if the electricity is off, there is a higher evolution that is happening and this is part of the plan. You may not have the whole perspective, but it is going in the right direction. Times to come are going to be better than they have ever been, and you have an inherent wisdom that is guiding you. It is time to follow that wisdom with a fierceness, like it is the most important thing in your life. Listen to that inner call, take it seriously, and apply it living from the inside out.”

Danielle Rama Hoffman, in “The Council of Light”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 17th, 2024 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW

“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time, but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time – past and future – the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

Why is it the most precious thing? Firstly, because it is the ONLY thing. It’s all there is. The eternal present is the space within which your whole life unfolds, the one factor that remains constant. Life is now. There was never a time when your life was NOT now, nor will there ever be. Secondly, the Now is the only point that can take you beyond the limited confines of the mind. It is your only point of access into the timeless and formless realm of being.”

Eckhart Tolle, in “The Power of Now”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 14th, 2024 by Eugenia Oganova in MISSION ALPHA

“The universal law of giving and receiving is 50/50: as much as you give you will receive. This might not seem right, because usually we do not see the “come back” from the same source we gave to. When you truly care about something and share your heart energy, you will receive this energy back in the same amount. But that energy might be perceived differently depending on what you attract.

If you are trying to simplify your life and end up giving away a huge load of stuff to friends and charities, it will not make sense for your Soul to then attract this energy back in the form of similar stuff to the things you just got rid of! But maybe you are looking for a promotion or a cheaper way to travel for your vacation. The energy of the stuff you gave away with the open heart might come to you as a recommendation for promotion or a friend’s advice on how to get, almost for free, the vacation that you want.”

Eugenia Oganova, in “Mission Alpha”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 13th, 2024 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH

“You can create your personal reality any way you want. Right before you fall asleep is a powerful time to create a new reality. Think of the day ahead. Visualize your ideal day, and imagine yourself waking up full of energy. These thoughts will go out to the future and meet up with you the next day. Challenge yourself to imagine having even more abundance than in the past – more energy, good feelings, clarity and focus, self-love, and compassion for others. As you master creating your ideal day, start visualizing even larger things. Allow yourself to daydream and fantasize, feeling the joy and good feelings you will have when you create the reality you want. Even five minutes two or three times a week can create enormous changes in the reality you experience.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Spiritual Growth”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF

“Inner faith can produce the people and events that you need; it will work. Even after you develop this faith in God and yourself, you will find that there still are obstacles in life. The act of doubt-free thinking and knowing does not mean that riches and abundance automatically flourish. However, as obstacles and struggles appear, you will begin to process them in a totally new way – a way based on faith rather than frustration.

When you are tempted to view obstacles as hindrances, remember that life gives exams. Create a saying to remind yourself of the potential value in the obstacle. Your saying might be: This restriction has shown up in my life to teach me something. When I get the lesson, I will see my inner faith manifesting itself in positive ways again. I will bless this occurrence rather than curse it, knowing always that the ways of God will sometimes be mysterious to me.”

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

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 by Mary Beth Ford in WISDOM FROM THE GARDENS: LIFE LESSONS

“Claiming the power of your true Self offers a life of balance between world and Spirit. You can ask your Self frequently during the day: Am I shining forth who I really am? Is this what I really want to be doing? Guidance always comes, often in unexpected ways. Decisions may seem complex, but this is a smoke screen of resistance you put forth. A choice is either for Spirit or away from Spirit. Your mind will distract and discourage you. But your Spirit needs only a small opening of willingness to restore wholeness and inner peace.

True humility recognizes Spirit within as a spark of the Divine Intelligence, while the world seeks to prove this as arrogance. Each moment presents an opportunity for choice. Each choice states the value you place on yourself. The plan is simple. Follow your heart’s desire. Choose to honor Spirit within through your worldly existence.”

Mary Beth Ford, in “Wisdom from the Gardens: Life Lessons”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 10th, 2024 by Neale Donald Walsch in MOMENTS OF GRACE

“It is the absolute refusal to consider any possibility other than the outcome you have selected that prepares the Field of Possibilities for a miracle. It is the further refusal to judge anything by its appearance that makes the moment ready for magic. In miracle working, you must be prepared to ignore the evidence of your own eyes, you must close up your ears, and you must be out of your mind. If you are in your head, if you are in your mind, you will think your way right out of the miracle. When you perform miracles, “you do the unthinkable.”

Now in order to do any of this, you must understand it. You must understand that Reality is not what it seems to be. You must be clear that we live in an Alice in Wonderland world, in which we all live by agreement that what is Real is not real, and that what is not Real is real. And you must understand that, as in Wonderland, everyone is making it all up. But here’s what they don’t tell you. The one who is “most convincing” is the one most likely to have it his/her own way.”

Neale Donald Walsch, in “Moments of Grace”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 7th, 2024 by JB Lewis in LIVING IN CONSCIOUSNESS

“Sure, your soul has the same unlimited vision as the Creator since there is no separation between them; although the human experience has been deprived of this glorious information, but that doesn’t mean you can’t live like you see something glorious about your life. If you live your life by the fearful ideas of others, you have doomed yourself to repeat their life. Why not live your own life?

At the very moment that you think you are going to behave out of a feeling of fear or anger, try to imagine reacting out of love instead. There are too many examples to list, but you know what circumstances usually draw these emotions out of you. Next time, pause and take a breath, and refocus your reaction onto a loving one – just to see how it all works out. After the event is over, review it in your mind and consider, “This is what it is like to think on an enlightened level all of the time.”

JB Lewis, in “Living in Consciousness”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 6th, 2024 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF

“The trick is to stay balanced in a society where the government and its financial policy is bouncing around perpetually. None of the stuff’s getting any better, is it? So don’t get sucked into the emotion of lack. And don’t get sucked into your own emotions. Remember this: when you feel negative emotion, immediately nip it in the bud.

Extremes of negative emotion are like a nuclear bomb going off inside your metaphysical energy. You have to control the balance fast. So as soon as you find yourself getting out of control, pull back and sit down; visualize yourself standing above yourself, look back at this lovely person that is you and ask yourself, “What’s upsetting her?” or “What’s he angry about?”

All emotion comes from the ego’s resistance to the contradictions of life. Most suffer from confusion. They are never quite sure if they have chosen the right path of not. Shall I? Shan’t I? Will I? Won’t I? All confusion comes from asking questions. You have to ask a question in order to be confused. Think about it. Confusion comes from complexity. If your life is very complex and you’re asking yourself loads of questions, you’ll be confused. If you want to heal confusion, simplify your life, take a minimalist approach, and ask fewer questions. Just be and flow.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Infinite 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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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS

“Another illusion: You ARE all those labels that people have put on you, or that you have put on yourself. You’re not, you’re NOT! So you don’t have to cling to them. The day that somebody tells me I’m a genius and I take that seriously, I’m in big trouble. Can you understand why? Because now I’m going to start getting tense. I’ve got to live up to it, I’ve got to maintain it. I’ve got to find out after every lecture: “Did you like the lecture? Do you still think I’m a genius?” See?

So what you need to do is smash the label! Smash it, and you’re free! Don’t identify with those labels. That’s what someone else thinks. That’s how HE/SHE experienced you at that moment. Are you in fact a genius? Are you a nut? Are you a mystic? Are you crazy? What does it really matter?”

Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J., in “Awareness”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 by Eugenia Oganova in AWAKENING THE HARMONY WITHIN

“All events trigger an emotional response, either positive or negative, according to our perception of that event. The point of self-mastery, the “middle path,” lays in being able to notice the emotional reaction we are having, trace it back through the thoughts to the belief (concept) that created it, and change that belief. You might ask “how do I change the belief/concept once I recognize it?” This takes some inner knowing of your own system, and definitely some effort.

We do this by dealing directly with the past trauma and harmonizing the concept itself – learning what was unlearned, finishing what was not finished. Dealing directly with the past trauma requires knowledge of Self. Knowledge of Self is gained through internal investigation. The more we know about our inner world, the easier it becomes to trace the origins of any belief.”

Eugenia Oganova, in “Awakening the Harmony Within”

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