BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF

“Some of us have spent many years of our lives trying to get other people to respect us more. We may even have built a strong case for ourself as a victim of the abusiveness of others…And yet all the striving, aching, and complaining seems only to leave us more frustrated than when we began.

At some point we start to wonder if there must be another way. And there is. The key to the healing of abuse of any kind lies in this one awareness: It is not the respect of others that you have sought and needed – it is your own. You cannot attract people, events, or situations that are respectful to you unless you first respect yourself. Until you respect yourself, you will create people and experiences that misuse you, abuse you, cheat you, and hide the truth from you. This will happen only because you have hidden the most important truth from your awareness: You are respectable and you deserve love.

When you love yourself, you do not need others to validate your worth. You know that you are important whether or not anyone else agrees with you. Your self-esteem is not founded on the approval of others; it comes from inside you.”

  Alan Cohen, in “Dare to Be Yourself”

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 by Dr. Joseph Murphy in THE POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

“What the other person says or does cannot really annoy or irritate you except you permit him to disturb you. The only way he can annoy you is through your own thought. For example, if you get angry, you have to go through four stages in your mind: You begin to think about what he said. You decide to get angry and generate an emotion of rage. Then you decide to act. Perhaps, you talk back and react in kind. You see that the thought, emotion, reaction, and action all take place in your mind.

When you become emotionally mature, you do not respond negatively to the criticism and resentment of others. To do so would mean that you had descended to that state of low mental vibration and become one with the negative atmosphere of the other. Identify yourself with your aim in life, and do not permit any person, place, or thing to deflect you from your inner sense of peace, tranquility, and radiant health.”

Dr. Joseph Murphy, in ““The Power of Your Subconscious Mind”

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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 by Dianne Eppler Adams in CONSCIOUS FOOTSTEPS

“How might you live differently if you realized that what you have perceived as imperfections were actually part of your Soul’s plan for your life? I am aware, as I ponder this for my own life, that this is no simple question. Born with a deep inner desire for perfection, when I feel I don’t measure up to my own standards, I can drown myself in criticism—a criticism much harsher that anyone else would ever express. ‘

Am I alone in this self-criticism? I don’t think so. Could it be, however, that our inner desire for perfection is better understood as a compass pointing in the direction of our greatest good and towards an opportunity for personal growth? What if we were never meant be stymied by self-criticism or deterred by self-doubt? Here’s something you could try: When you feel a sudden disappointment in yourself—perhaps you’ve fallen short of your goal in some way or there an unintended outcome from something you did or said—stop before you fall into despair. Think to What a gift this is! I am now aware of what doesn’t work. I have more information with which to redirect my behavior and choose to act differently next time around.”

Dianne Eppler Adams, in “Conscious Footsteps”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 20th, 2010 by Misa Hopkins in THE ROOT OF ALL HEALING

“Many studies have demonstrated the benefits of humor on health. Here is one that specifically shows us how humor positively effects healthy functioning of blood cells. In a research study done at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, researchers determined that: “Laughter appears to cause the tissue that forms the inner lining of blood vessels, the endothelium, to dilate or expand in order to increase blood flow.”

According to the principal investigator, Michael Miller, MD, Director of Preventative Cardiology at the University Medical Center: “The endothelium is the first line in the development of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, so given the results of our study, it is conceivable that laughing may be important to maintain a healthy endothelium, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.”

Misa Hopkins, in “The Root Of All Healing”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 17th, 2010 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD

“When you begin to see the seeds of opportunity in the ashes of disaster, then trust is beginning to grow. This trust comes in stages. First, start to see that the ego’s judgments about loss are false. Pain isn’t the truth…It’s what mortals go through to find the truth. Second, look for the other face of disaster or loss, the tiny seed of the new that wants to be born. When you look into the ashes…look well. Third, replace blame and complaining with a calm, sure knowledge that you are protected in nature’s plan – whatever you lost is temporary and unreal. It was bound to go, not because nature is cruel and indifferent but because every step you take toward the real is precious. In this light you will begin to see that loss and gain are just a mask. Underneath is the steady light of the eternal, which shines through everything, weaving unity out of chaos.”

Deepak Chopra, in “The Way of the Wizard”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 16th, 2010 by Marianne Williamson in THE GIFT OF CHANGE

“Whenever our outer world becomes stuck, it is incumbent upon us to look, not outward, but inward. It is a call to find the places in ourselves where we are holding on to old ways – where we blame others rather than taking personal responsibility for our woes; where we judge others instead of blessing them; where we are hard rather than vulnerable and open and kind.

These issues hold the hidden keys to unlocking our unsolved personal mysteries. To achieve breakthroughs in the external world, we had best achieve internal ones. For the level of consciousness is the level of cause; addressing problems at their cause means addressing them inside our own selves. Addressing problems only on the level of their effects – in the outside world – is failing to address them deeply at all.”

Marianne Williamson, in “The Gift of Change”

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET

“You get to choose what you want, but you must get clear about what you want. This is your work. If you’re not clear, then the law of attraction cannot bring you what you want. You will be sending out a mixed frequency and you can only attract mixed results. For the first time in your life perhaps, work out what it is you really want. Now that you know you can have, be, or do anything, and there are no limits, what do you want?

Asking is the first step in the Creative Process, so make it a habit to ask. If you have to make a choice and you don’t know which way to go, ask! You should never be stumped on anything in your life. Just ask!”

Rhonda Byrne, in “The Secret”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS

“Fear is an undercurrent and the more you can discover it and face it the more you can heal it through your unconditional love and acceptance of yourself. How do you discover fear? Ask yourself if there are any reasons you do not feel free to make a decision to do what you want to do. Perhaps there is a fear that there will not be enough money, a fear that you cannot make it on your own, that you will not succeed, or a fear that others do not love you and will not want you if you do not live up to their expectations, or if you stand up for yourself.

As you look at this decision, ask yourself, what would you do if you know you were totally safe and protected, guided and loved by the higher forces of the universe? If you knew your soul was assisting you in every way possible, and if you knew you could fully trust your wiser self, would you make a different decision?”

Sanaya Roman, in “Personal Power through Awareness”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 13th, 2010 by Donald Altman in THE MINDFULNESS CODE

“PRACTICING MINDFULNESS DOES NOT MEAN that we won’t still find ourselves overcome with doubt. There will be periods when purpose is hard to find, when the journey seems like a chore, and when you’re not sure if your values and choices are making a difference. The truth is, we just don’t know. Now that we have arrived at this place, where is it? You might think of this as the intersection where don’t know, mystery, emptiness, and doubting mind meet. It’s a good sign that you have finally arrived here in present time.

How Wonderful! But wait a moment, you may be thinking. You say I’m in this place and it’s wonderful, but I feel lost. Being lost is greatly underrated It can mean that you are in a place of unknowing where the rational mind cannot go. In the way that we need darkness to see the stars, we similarly need unknowing to become a beginner again and engage with the mystery and wonder of it all.”

Donald Altman, in “The Mindfulness Code”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 10th, 2010 by Dr. Judith Orloff in SECOND SIGHT

“There are situations in life that are glitches in time, when the rules bend and the mystery takes hold, enchanted moments that sparkle with ethereal light. These are déjà vu. They can take place anywhere, at any time, and with anyone. You’re traveling for the very first time in a foreign country and come upon a winding cobblestone street in a village. Odd as it may seem, you instantly feel as if you’ve lived there before. >

Or perhaps you’re in a restaurant and sense an inexplicable kinship with a woman sitting in the back corner booth. Don’t let these possibilities pass you by. Take notice, rely on your instincts, and investigate. There’s no way of predicting where one of them might lead or what it will teach you. Identifying intuition is only the first step. Summoning the courage to take a chance and act on it, to have faith in what is not yet visible, will make the experience your own.”

Judith Orloff, M.D., in “Second Sight”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 9th, 2010 by Stuart Wilde in AFFIRMATIONS

“The way to develop dedication is to begin to become fiercely dedicated to yourself. This means concentrating on your needs, concentrating on those projects that give you pleasure and taking time to acknowledge that you are here on the earth plane to develop your evolution, not to develop something else. Once you allow yourself that level of self-nurturing attention, then life gradually takes on new meaning, and you become able to create a dedication to yourself, your family, or to those causes you feel strongly about.

Once you have dedication, you have in your pocket a great tool. Its very consistency will make you stand out in a crowd. It is not a flash in the pan, but a gradual energy built bit by bit, year in, year out. Until one day you are at the top looking down. Recently I watched a singer being interviewed on TV. The singer had had three smash hits in less than a year, and he was asked how he felt about the acclaim he had received. Jokingly he replied, “I am going to write a book called, How to Be an Overnight Success in 17 Years,” for it had taken that long for him to compose his first big hit.

Many quit just before they hit the jackpot. Then they complain that the Universal Law does not provide for them, which is a bunch of rubbish. If you don’t have what you want, it means that you are still on the journey. You might be close to the goal, yet being close to the best restaurant in town is not dinner. You have to press on to that final glorious conclusion.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Affirmations”

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART

“Every experience you have can be lifted up through the power of unconditional acceptance and love. Every experience, no matter how seemingly painful! God does not work alone. He needs your cooperation. You should not work alone either. When you try to live depending on yourself alone, you stumble and fall. Only when you think and act beyond your immediate ego needs does your life become subject to the law of grace.

To honor and care for yourself is your responsibility. Anything that honors you cannot possibly hurt another. But to act in a selfish way, placing your good above another’s, invites conflict and resentment. The ways of the world are harsh in this regard. One who takes advantage of others may be feared but he is not loved. When his fortune changes, which it invariably does, and he begins to self-destruct, they are more than happy to help pull him down.

The outside world inevitably reflects back to you the fruits of your thoughts and actions. That is why we say, “As you sow, so shall you reap.”

 Paul Ferrini, in “The Silence of the Heart”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

“Many traditional religionists might argue that having “faith” means we may not question established religious doctrine, for the sheer act of doubting what we have been taught to believe is to be considered blasphemous behavior. As this quotation from Fr. Anthony DeMello illustrates, however, that is really not what faith is all about:

“An openness to the truth, no matter what the consequences,
no matter where it leads you and when you don’t
even know where it’s going to lead you. That’s faith.
Not belief, but faith. Your beliefs give you a lot of security,
but faith is insecurity. You don’t know.
You’re ready to follow and you’re open,
you’re wide open! You’re ready to listen.”

This doesn’t mean that you become gullible and immediately accept new information to replace the old, but instead you learn to question everything – new and old – with an open mind. It is also essential for you to understand there is nothing at all irreverent about questioning traditional religious concepts, for even Buddha himself cautioned against blindly embracing his teachings when he said:

“Monks and scholars must not accept my words out of respect, but must analyze them the way that a goldsmith analyzes gold, by cutting, scraping, rubbing, melting.”

In developing your own spiritual philosophy, it is very important that you, too, adopt a similar approach.”

Jeff Maziarek, in “Spirituality Simplified”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 6th, 2010 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM

“Give up your personal history which is nothing more than low energy thoughts you carry around about the way things used to be and why you are upset today because they no longer are that way. Many of your so-called problems are present today because you are either in the wake or blaming it for your difficulties, or because you are caught up in your personal history and refuse to give it up.

Know in your heart that everything in your wake and your personal history had to take place in order for you to be where you are today. And what is my evidence for making such a statement? Everything did take place, period. Rather than curse it, bless it, and bring love and acceptance to it.

Perhaps the best advice I can give you in offering up a spiritual solution to this inclination to place your energy on what has always been, comes from Jesus of Nazareth, “No man having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the Kingdom of Heaven.” So there you have it. Look back and your life will be hell. Indeed, remind yourself over and over: If I don’t have a story, I won’t have to live up to it.

Wayne W. Dyer, in “There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 3rd, 2010 by Stuart Wilde in SIXTH SENSE

“More often than not, we limit our creative potential because we feel we have to win other people’s approval. We feel the need to justify ourselves, to fit in. We feel the need to be accepted. Yes, you might have to adjust to the vagaries of the marketplace, but you don’t want to disempower yourself by being too shy or too timid, or letting others limit your dream. You are what you are. Look ’em in the eye and tell ’em, “This is who I am.” Then be flexible, especially when there’s money floating about!

I think the biggest culprits in the process of holding you back are, more often than not, family members. Because of their closeness to you, they can impact how you feel and can have a major influence on you. Often family members have an agenda of their own. They want to keep you where you are, or they don’t want you showing them up as being inadequate. Or they don’t want you heading out and leaving them back at the ranch looking up the back end of a thousand sheep! But in the end, your life is precious, and you can’t necessarily keep everyone happy. You have to do your own thing.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Sixth Sense”

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