BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by Lama Surya Das in AWAKENING THE BUDDHA WITHIN

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“The law of karma spells out very meticulously that everything has its implications; every thought, word, and deed has an effect. Everything, absolutely everything we think, say, or do makes a difference. Wrap your mind around that thought.

Karma implies conditioning and repetition. This is a joyous liberating message because every moment we are presented with the possibility of changing the future. We change, and our future changes too. This is the truth. This is karma. We are responsible; the lever of our own destiny remains in our hands.”

Lama Surya Das, in “Awakening the Buddha Within”

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Gloria Wendroff in HEAVENLETTERS

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“What if you knew there is a Great Light that lights you? And that when two Human beings meet, they are like two sticks rubbed together by an Unseen Hand, and they ignite, and ignite again and again, two flames that become one? What if each person you meet is like a Post-it note to remind you of your light so you will remember it is on? The light in you can only be on. It only seems dimmed by one thing or another.

Your assignment is to seem to brighten your light and make it easier for others to see. This is easy to do. And there is something in the other’s eyes that will tell you that you have succeeded. And yet, you do not have to see that responsive light. You are not here for signals that you have succeeded. You are here to respond to My call to radiate your light out.”

Gloria Wendroff, in “Heavenletters”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by Wayne W. Dyer in MANIFEST YOUR DESTINY

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“Acquire a rebellious attitude toward the philosophy that preaches a style of God-as-boss who is authoritarian and a benevolent tyrant. Rejection of this model does not mean that you are an atheist, but rather a believer in the true meaning of divinity.

You are not required to feel inferior, top view yourself as a sinner and to prostrate yourself before idols and dogma in order to believe in God. Study St. Paul in the New Testament where he says, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Jesus Christ: Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.” This is the kind of trust you must adopt in order to know your divine self.”

Wayne W. Dyer, in “Manifest Your Destiny”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET

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“Any time you look at yourself with critical eyes, switch your focus immediately to the presence within you, and its perfection will reveal itself to You. As you do this, all imperfections that have manifested in your life will dissolve, because imperfections cannot exist in the light of this presence. Whether you want to regain perfect eyesight, dissolve disease and restore well-being, turn poverty into abundance, reverse aging and degeneration, or eradicate any negativity, focus on and love the presence within you and perfection will manifest.”

Rhonda Byrne in, “The Secret”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 12th, 2009 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA

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“The potential for the truth to show through, and transcend political and religious belief systems, is a frightening proposition for those who would seek to control others. It doesn’t matter what you believe in; belief is the true power to make things happen – and anyone can wield it.

It is only natural that after thousands of years of enculturation, and of having those in positions of power directing us as to what to believe, and how to proceed from day-to-day, that we would have lost sight of the truth of this power. The truth is that all men truly are equals and have equal access to this unlimited power. Some use this power to do evil, some use it for good, others simply don’t use it at all (though it is constantly at work), and still others will try and take control of this power by convincing the weak or ignorant that they are to surrender theirs.

The only difference between a powerful man and a weak man is not in the man, but in the man’s awareness of, and ability to use, this power we are each born with.”

Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 11th, 2009 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS

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“When you have enjoyed something intensely, you need very little. It’s like people who are busy planning their vacation; they spend months planning it, and they get to the spot, and they’re all anxious about their reservations for flying back. But they’re taking pictures alright, and later they’ll show you pictures in an album, of places they never saw but only photographed.

That’s a symbol of modern life. I cannot warn you enough about this kind asceticism. Slow down and taste and smell and hear and let your senses come alive. If you want a royal road to mysticism, sit down quietly and listen to all the sounds around you. You do not focus on any one sound; you try to hear them all. Oh, you’ll see the miracles that happen to you when your senses come unclogged. That is extremely important for the process of change.”

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

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 by Louise Hay in GRATITUDE, A WAY OF LIFE

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“We even want to be grateful for the lessons we have. Don’t run from lessons; they are little packages of treasure that have been given to us. As we learn from them, our lives change for the better. I now rejoice whenever I see another portion of the dark side of myself. I know that it means that I am ready to let go of something that has been hindering my life. I say, “Thank you for showing me this, so I can heal it and move on.” So, whether the lesson is a “problem” that has cropped up, or an opportunity to see an old, negative pattern within us that it is time to let go of, rejoice!

Let’s spend as many moments as we can every day being grateful for all the good that is in our lives. If you have little in your life right now, it will increase. If you have an abundant life now, it will increase. This is a win-win situation. You are happy, and the Universe is happy. Gratitude increases your abundance.”

Louise Hay, in “Gratitude, A Way of Life”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 by White Eagle in HEAL THYSELF

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“One of the lessons which the candidate on the path to spiritual illumination has to learn is that nothing can really touch or hurt him. The natural physical instinct is to fear, but the spirit of truth within you has to bring through into full consciousness the knowledge that no harm can touch the real you. Encourage this thought until it is always with you. Nothing can harm you and there is nothing to fear except fear…When you concentrate upon negative things you give them life, but if you cease to think about them you withdraw life from them and they gradually die.”

White Eagle, in “Heal Thyself”

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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 Monday, June 8th, 2009 by Marianne Williamson in THE GIFT OF CHANGE

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“Sometimes there are issues that we push to the back of a drawer, as it were. We know they belong to us and that we’ll have to deal with them someday. But we keep putting them off and putting them off, and finally something happens to bring one of them to the fore. The universe makes it exceedingly clear: here, now, we’re gonna deal with this one. Whatever part of our personality remains unhealed, it is time to heal it now. It might be a relationship issue, an addiction issue, a financial issue, something with our kids, or whatever. The form of the weakness is not what matters: What matters is that until we deal with it, we are limiting our availability for use in God’s plan.”

Marianne Williamson, in “The Gift of Change”

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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 Friday, June 5th, 2009 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA

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“The fact is there is a mechanism through which prayer actions seem to be processed. This mechanism doesn’t require that you use the word “prayer,” or any form thereof; but it does require a certain mindset, as prayer (thought, meditation, contemplation, etc.) is a wholly mental activity. There are indeed conditions within which thought seems to manifests itself perfectly, and therefore conditions outside of which prayers will appear to go unanswered.

Realize that there are many things to consider within the simple act of prayer; and if your prayers aren’t getting answered to your satisfaction, you need only take a few moments to think about and try subtle variations to what you are probably already doing. This is important to each of us because we walk around thinking all day, and each of these thoughts are being acted on as if they are prayers.”

Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, June 4th, 2009 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF

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“If we observe the natural world as God created it, we see constant change, evolution, and transformation. Nothing in nature stays the same. The majesty and fascination of the physical world lies in its movement, both graceful and dramatic. Clouds delicately form before our eyes, swell to great dark and porous masses, delivery torrents of rain to thirsty plains, and disappear as magically as they formed…Great volcanoes even to this day issue massive explosions of magma that build the earth just as they did at the beginning of time. Truly change is one of God’s unique gifts to a world that would wither of stagnation and boredom without it.

We, as children of a God who becomes ever more colorful in kaleidoscopic forms, must honor the changes which emerge within and around us. To be attached to a form or a plan in the face of all indications otherwise is a statement not of integrity, but resistance. Because we usually see with a very limited vision, we must be open to adapt, adjust, and accommodate along our way if and when a larger or another picture is revealed to us. Flexibility is a high sign of spiritual advancement.”

Alan Cohen, in “Dare to Be Yourself”

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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 Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE

Posted on June 3, 2009 by jmaz479

“The world fell in love with an alien in the movie, E.T. The little frog-looking character “turned on his heart light” and promised Elliot that “I will always be there” as he touched his chest, while the organ inside glowed with love. The world is filled with people who could use some of your good energy, which is always replenished when used with great intent. Too many of us have turned off the “heart light” and put up a “no vacancy sign” on our love energy, most likely because we’ve been hurt once or even five times. But by extending yourself once again when it comes to love, you are really expanding yourself.”

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

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD

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“You have been told that if you do not love Me in the right way, at the right time, for the right reasons, I will become angry. For I am a jealous God, you have been told, and I will not accept your love in any way, shape, or form other than that in which I demand it. Nothing could be further from the truth, yet the truth has never been farther from your awareness.

I need nothing from you, and therefore seek, want, and demand nothing of you. My love for you is without condition and without limitation. You will return to Heaven whether you have loved Me in the right way or not. There is no way for you not to return to Heaven, because there is no place else to go. Thus is your eternal life assured, and your eternal reward guaranteed.”

God, as spoken to Neale Donald Walsch, “Friendship with God”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 1st, 2009 by Rosanna Ienco in AWAKENING THE DIVINE SOUL

Posted on June 1, 2009 by jmaz479

“There is a key to inner knowledge that each of us holds and only we know, deep down inside of our core, what our own truth may be. Sometimes, it can take a little more soul searching than we might have anticipated. We should be kind to ourselves when we embark on the inner journey. We may encounter fragile and unknown territories, so we must tread with care and know that there will always be illumination to escort us to the place where we need to be. As our trail unfolds, step by step, the mysteries deep within will also unravel, as we continue to travel our life’s journey.”

Rosanna Ienco, in “Awakening the Divine Soul”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, May 29th, 2009 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA

Posted on May 29, 2009 by jmaz479

“You will not be faced with a reality that you aren’t ready to see. You may not choose to accept the reality, but your exposure to it means you were ready to see it. You don’t have to like it, but it was time for you to see it – because you did. You don’t have to look very far to understand the concept that your awareness of, or belief in, a thing has no bearing on the existence of that thing. Most people have no idea how their television works, but that doesn’t stop them from watching it. When you come up against new ideas that you haven’t been exposed to before, instead of reacting with fear or anger, you could choose to realize that you are being faced with a new opportunity – something you can learn, or learn from, that will expand your awareness.”

Pete Koerner, in “The Belief Formula”

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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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