BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, January 1st 2008 by Lee Coit in GRATITUDE, A WAY OF LIFE BY LOUISE HAY AND FRIENDS

Posted on December 31, 2007 by jmaz479

“What gifts does gratitude offer use when we use it? A very old spiritual teaching says that “giving and receiving are the same.” If that is so, what does being grateful do for us? First of all, gratitude has great restorative powers. Long ago, I found that being grateful for what I had helped me to get over feeling sorry for myself. My appreciation of others always raised my own level of happiness. Whenever I felt unappreciated, I’d count up all the wonderful things that had happened to me recently, and my joy would return.

Being grateful for what I have is also an effective way of releasing a sense of loss. When I am aware of all the love I am receiving, I can quickly forget my problems. Gratitude is an excellent way of removing my concentration from negative situations and placing my attention on what is right. It doesn’t matter whether I am grateful to my Divine Source or to my friends; the simple act of being aware of what I am receiving, and expressing my gratitude in action, brings the desired state of joy.”

Lee Coit, from an essay entitled “The Gifts That Gratitude Offers Us”, in the book “Gratitude, A Way of Life” by Louise Hay and Friends

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, December 31st, 2007 by Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla in THE QUEST, A JOURNEY OF SPIRITUAL REDISCOVERY

Posted on December 30, 2007 by jmaz479

“Right where you are is as green as the grass will ever get. Within you is a potential for happiness that does not diminish nor ripen over time. Happiness doesn’t need time to ripen, it only has to be called forth. It is ever available, ever waiting. Your present circumstances may look discouraging and may lead you to play the “if onlys…If only I were richer, If only I weren’t sick, If only someone loved me, If only I were happier”.

Actually, you will never have more potential for prosperity and wholeness than you have now. There will never be more  of an opportunity for peace and love than exists for you right now. You will never be closer to complete happiness than you are right now.”

Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla, in “The Quest, A Journey of Spiritual Rediscovery”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 28th, 2007 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM

Posted on December 27, 2007 by jmaz479

“When it seems impossible to stop in the midst of turmoil and suffering and search for blessings, remember that all the times that seemed so traumatic in the past now see, in retrospect, to have been valuable growth experiences. The former alcoholic almost always blesses his drunkenness. The wealthy person praises his earlier poverty. The recovered heart attack patient values the experience of illness. The happy couple extols the pain of their separation. Every despairing time has served to bring you to a higher, happier place in your life. Therefore, I urge you to stop considering any life experience in terms of despair.

Imagine yourself looking back at this particular moment and use the hope of growing beneficially from the experience, to stop self-pity. Let despair dissolve into gratitude for the opportunity it truly represents.”

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

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 27th, 2007 by Stuart Wilde in THE QUICKENING

Posted on December 26, 2007 by jmaz479

“If you want to reach your true power you are forced, first, to accept things as they are, second, to live in the truth of what you are, and third, to control your mind and emotions so that they do not carry you away into a fantasy which would eventually become an affirmation of your lack.

If you say, “One day, someday, I will be rich,” what you are affirming is that you will never make it for you believe that you are not rich now. The Universal Law does not deal in future or past. It is. You have to be centered in the instant. For you to be rich you have to feel rich right now. You have to see that what you have right now is wealth, a gift from the Universe. You have to have patience and you have to know and trust that you have all the goodness and power you will ever need, that opportunities will come to help you become more wealthy.”

Stuart Wilde, in “The Quickening”

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 by Karol K. Truman in HEALING FEELINGS FROM YOUR HEART

Posted on December 25, 2007 by jmaz479

“Some may disagree that we have an epidemic of people who feel worthless. Instead, they may feel too many people love themselves more than enough. I invite you to look closely at those people. Do they really love themselves, or does ego (which is there to insure survival) do a good job of projecting that image? When a person’s image is running the show, a more appropriate designation than ‘self-love’ may be “self-absorbed” or “self-important.” Is it indeed possible they act the way they do to mask feelings of inadequacy?

When someone truly loves themselves, they aren’t enmeshed in their ego, or controlled by it. Neither do they find it necessary to constantly monitor their value through other’s eyes. A balanced ego doesn’t need regular feeding to maintain status or a place in society. They already have a stable relationship with the Self and with others. Those who love and possess a true sense of Self allow others their individuality without criticizing or trying to change them.”

Karol K. Truman, in “Healing Feelings From Your Heart”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 by Louise Hay in YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE

Posted on December 24, 2007 by jmaz479

“The past is over and done. We cannot change that now. Yet we can change our thoughts about the past. How foolish for us to PUNISH OURSELVES in the present moment because someone hurt us in the long ago past.

I often say to people who have deep resentment patterns, ‘Please begin to dissolve this resentment now, when it is relatively easy. Don’t wait until you are under the threat of the surgeon’s knife or on your death bed, when you may have to deal with panic too.’ When we are in a state of panic, it is very difficult for us to focus our minds on the healing work. We have to take time out to dissolve the fears first.

If we choose to believe we are helpless victims and that it’s all hopeless, then the Universe will support us in that belief. It is vital that we release these foolish, outmoded, negative ideas and beliefs that do not support us and nourish us. Even our concept of God needs to be one that is FOR us, not against us.”

Louise Hay, in “You Can Heal Your Life”

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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, December 24th, 2007 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE

Posted on December 23, 2007 by jmaz479

“The universe is simple: it’s about cause and effect, action and reaction. If you don’t like the way you are living your life, this is a reaction to the program that is ruling your life. The liar, the program, is not even part of you, but at the same time, it is part of you because it’s the way you identify yourself. The program creates the story, then it tries to make sense of the story by explaining and justifying everything to the main character of the story. What a setup. What a creation. Humans create an entire culture, a whole philosophy of humanity. We create history, science, art, Olympic games, Miss Universe, you name it. It’s our creation, and it’s beautiful and wonderful, but it’s just a story!”

Don Miguel Ruiz, in “The Voice of Knowledge”

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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, December 21st, 2007 by Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in IF LIFE IS A GAME, THESE ARE THE RULES

Posted on December 20, 2007 by jmaz479

“To take responsibility means you admit accountability and acknowledge your influence and role in the circumstances in which you find yourself. It means you are answerable for your behavior and you fully accept any consequences created by your actions.

Responsibility is not blame, however, and understanding the difference between the two is crucial to learning this lesson. Blame is associated with fault, whereas responsibility denotes authorship. Blame carries guilt and negative feelings; responsibility brings the relief of not having to dodge the full truth anymore and releases that guilt. Blame implies fault; responsibility implies ownership. Blame is stagnant; responsibility propels you forward and onward to your greater good.”

Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D., 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 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 Thursday, December 20th, 2007 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD

Posted on December 19, 2007 by jmaz479

“Each of you experiences your conversation with God in your own way—and in different ways at different times. It will always be a two-way conversation. It could be a conversation “in your head,” or “on paper,” or with My responses taking just a little more time, and reaching you in the form of the next song you hear, or the next movie you see, or the next lecture you attend, or the next magazine article you read, or in the chance utterance of a friend you “just happen” to run into on the street.

Once you have become clear that we are always in conversation, then we can move into friendship.”

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

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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, December 19th, 2007 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET

Posted on December 18, 2007 by jmaz479

“The only reason any person does not have enough money is because they are blocking money from coming to them with their thoughts. Every negative thought, feeling, or emotion is blocking your good from coming to you, and that includes money. It is not that the money is being kept from you by the Universe, because all the money you require exists right now in the invisible. If you do not have enough, it is because you are stopping the flow of money coming to you, and you are doing this with your thoughts. You must tip the balance of your thoughts from lack-of-money to more-than-enough-money. Think more thoughts of abundance than of lack, and you have tipped the balance.”

Rhonda Byrne, in “The Secret”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 by John Randolph Price in THE ANGELS WITHIN US

Posted on December 17, 2007 by jmaz479

“Regardless of what the traditional religious teaching has said about the ups and downs of life, I agree with the mystics and sages of the past who taught that the only place we can go is up, that the spiral of life is always in the ascendancy. Yes there are cycles and cyclic forces and rhythmic processes, but they are divinely designed to propel us forward.

What this means is that even when our lives seem to be restricted, there is no reason to be concerned—and in particular we must not let the fearful horror movies of “what might happen” play in our mind. We are to remember the spiral and know that the Power is gathering force for a mighty leap into a new activity of increased good.”

John Randolph Price in, “The Angels Within Us”

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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, December 17th, 2007 by Stephen Russell in BAREFOOT DOCTOR’S GUIDE TO THE TAO

Posted on December 16, 2007 by jmaz479

“Worrying is nothing more than a conditioned, knee-jerk, reflex action on your part to the life choices that present themselves during the passage of your personal stroll along the Great Thoroughfare. Being a worrier is merely a habitual stance you adopt. You are free to exchange it for the stance of the trusty, trusting warrior any time you choose.

Putting this choice into effect, however, requires constant vigilance, as the system often tends to default to “worry” automatically. The process of attaining zero worry takes between approximately two nanoseconds and forty-six years to complete, depending on how many times you forget.”

Stephen Russell, in “Barefoot Doctor’s Guide to the Tao”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 14th, 2007 by Marianne Williamson in THE GIFT OF CHANGE

Posted on December 13, 2007 by jmaz479

“It always feels like we’re protecting ourselves when we’re wrapped in the ego’s energies. Yet in fact, the ego is our weakness and not our strength. When we act defensive or arrogant or willful, no one will think us strong; quite the opposite. It can feel like we’re exposed and vulnerable when we stand defenseless and empty before God, yet when we do is when we appear centered and in our power. Our ability to be transparent, to become an empty space through which God’s love can flow, is our spiritual strength. When the ego disappears, we are hardly invisible; we’re illumined. People can’t take their eyes off a person who has removed his or her mask. Childlike serenity replaces childish posturing. We are gentle yet strong. The light within shines through.”

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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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 13th, 2007 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF

Posted on December 12, 2007 by jmaz479

“The way to expand your wealth and get on top of things is to cut out the non-vital ego expenses and to discipline yourself to stay inside whatever money you do have. The main secret to abundance comes from the emotional balance and stability you project when you are in control. If you are harassed or worried about money, the insecurity you emit goes out to others as an insecure subliminal signal. It destroys your ability to earn more.

The secret to having enormous amounts of wealth is not to NEED it. Then it comes to you naturally. When you are desperate and trying to force things to happen, money hops up the road in front of you, tantalizingly just out of reach most of the time. So the trick is to spend less than you earn. Then you can make more money and get as rich as you like, and you’ll never have problems.”

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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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 by Joseph Murphy in THE AMAZING LAWS OF COSMIC MIND POWER

Posted on December 11, 2007 by jmaz479

“When you are perplexed, confused, and fearful, and wonder what decision to make, remember that you have an inner guide that will lead and direct you in all your ways, revealing to you the perfect plan, and showing you the way you should go. The secret of guidance or right action is to mentally devote yourself to the right answer until you find its response within you.

The infinite intelligence deep in your subconscious mind is responsive to your request. This response you will recognize as an inner feeling, an awareness, an overpowering hunch leading you to the right place at the right time, putting the right words into your mouth, and causing you to do the right thing in the right way.”

Joseph Murphy, in “The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power”

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