PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 by Shakti Gawain in LIVING IN THE LIGHT

Posted on September 18, 2007 by jmaz479

“We are living in a very exciting and powerful time. On the deepest level of consciousness, a radical spiritual transformation is taking place. I believe that, on a world-wide level, we are being challenged to let go of our present way of life and create an entirely new one. We are, in fact, in the process of destroying our old world and building a new world in its place…

Just as a baby learns to walk by falling down repeatedly, we must remember that we are babies in the new world. We will learn by making lots of mistakes and often we may feel ignorant, frightened, or unsure of ourselves. But we would not get angry at a baby every time he fell down (if we did, he’d probably never learn to walk with full confidence and power), so we must try not to criticize ourselves if we are not able to live and express ourselves as fully as we wish immediately.”

Shakti Gawain, in “Living in the Light”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS

Posted on September 17, 2007 by jmaz479

“The simple truth about your parents is, They did what they know how to do. Period. If your father was an alcoholic or he abandoned you as an infant, if your mother was overprotective or uncaring, then that is what they knew how to do at the time. Whatever unfortunate things might have happened in your youth, you have very likely made them much more traumatic than they were at the time…

Shakespeare alludes to the folly of consuming yourself with the past in several of his plays. At one point he admonishes, “What’s gone and past help, should be past grief.” And in another of his lines, he reminds us that “things without remedy should be without regard; what is done, is done.”

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, in “Pulling Your Own Strings”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 17th, 2007 by Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J. in AWARENESS

Posted on September 16, 2007 by jmaz479

“When you finally awake, you don’t try to make good things happen; they just happen. You understand suddenly that everything that happens to you is good.

Think of some people you’re living with whom you want to change. You find them moody, inconsiderate, unreliable, treacherous, or whatever. But when you are different, they’ll be different. That’s an infallible and miraculous cure. The day you are different, they will become different. And you will see them differently, too. Someone who seemed terrifying will now seem frightened. Someone who seemed rude will seem frightened. All of a sudden, no one has the power to hurt you anymore.”

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

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 14th, 2007 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET

Posted on September 13, 2007 by jmaz479

“Remember that you are a magnet, attracting everything to you. When you have gotten clear in your mind about what you want, you have become a magnet to draw those things to you, and those things you want are magnetized to you in return. The more you practice and begin to see the law of attraction bringing things to you, the greater the magnet you will become, because you will add the power of faith, belief, and knowing.

All you require is You, and your ability to think things into being. Everything that has been invented and created throughout the history of humankind began with one thought. From that one thought a way was made, and it manifested from the invisible into the visible.”

Rhonda Byrne, in “The Secret”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 13th, 2007 by Paul Ferrini in THE 12 STEPS OF FORGIVENESS

Posted on September 12, 2007 by jmaz479

“Every moment we live is a moment that asks us to make some gesture of forgiveness. Every time we judge ourselves or another, every time we feel fear and attack, every time we want to attack but force ourselves not to, every time we justify our attack or our defense, we are asked to forgive. But what does this mean?

It means that I realize first of all that however I feel is just how I feel now. I may have felt that way in the past, but that doesn’t make this any more real than that was. Using the past to justify my anger, just reinforces my anger. So I must leave the past be.

I don’t carry the past into the present and I don’t carry the present into the future. I just accept the present as it is. That is forgiveness.”

Paul Ferrini, in “The 12 Steps of Forgiveness”

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 by Stuart Wilde in AFFIRMATIONS

Posted on September 11, 2007 by jmaz479

“Just getting through life is not enough. If you have any kind of real goal, you will want to challenge yourself. People find a little rut to follow, and they stick to it. This is because the mind does not like spontaneity or change. People tend to create patterns they are comfortable with, and they pursue that path day in and day out. Everything is fine for 27 years, and then one day there is a bear on the path, and it eats them.

Not only have they not lived, but they have also not listened to their inner feelings that said, “Hey, wait a minute; there is something wrong with the pattern today.” The point is not how long you live; it is the quality and variety of the life you live. The purpose of being in the world is to experience it. If you spend the whole of your life doing exactly the same thing each and every day, time flies and soon old age creeps up and bites you on the bum, before you have had a chance to really experience things.”

 Stuart Wilde, in “Affirmations”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

Posted on September 10, 2007 by jmaz479

“A key reason that organized religion remains popular is that each one offers established doctrines and rules to simplify followers’ lives. They are then relieved of the responsibility to personally evaluate and contemplate the nature and/or origins of their own existence. However, as Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” and therefore it is important to recognize that books like the Bible, Koran, Kabbalah, and others, could, in effect, be collections of stories that may or may not be completely true. There is inherent value within such texts, but it is up to you to discern what information “feels” right to you in the process of developing your own personal spiritual philosophy.”

Jeff Maziarek, in “Spirituality Simplified”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 10th, 2007 by John Randolph Price in LIVING A LIFE OF JOY

Posted on September 9, 2007 by jmaz479

“Take a moment and think about who and what you are. What is there not to love?

The body? Love it as your communications vehicle on the physical plane and your love will maintain the visible form in the energy of love. The personality? Love it and watch how it changes to mirror that love.

The Divine Consciousness of your essential Self? That’s the full embodiment of universal love—the very Self expression of God. Can you not love God expressing as you?

You are a great, grand magnificent being, the sum-total of all the cosmic energies individualized as the being you are. Love the completeness of yourself, then turn your gaze to the one closest to you and see another super-being, and continue the rollout of your vision until you see everyone as the very Selfhood of God in individual expression.”

John Randolph Price, in “Living a Life of Joy”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 7th, 2007 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD

Posted on September 6, 2007 by jmaz479

“Think of the railroad track as time. Our narrow sense of time is directly tied to our narrow beliefs. A pessimist believes that nothing will turn out right, which provides a single-minded model for the future. An idealist believes that higher values will prevail, and that too is a model of the future. When the pessimist meets with good luck or the idealist with less than ideal results, both will prefer their models over reality. This is not to criticize the usefulness of the models but to show that they are less than real. Instead of meeting the present moment head-on, we are living backward in time, using our project futures to guide us in our present actions…

Instead of falling prey to your subconscious, which is constantly impelling you to embrace a future that is predictable, you can seize control of your talent for projection. Live the highest ideal now. See a future based on the belief that you are cared for in the universe, that you are growing toward higher consciousness, that love, truth, and self-acceptance are already yours. You do not have to achieve these states in order to live them now. Living them now is how you will achieve them.”

Deepak Chopra, in “The Way of the Wizard”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 6th, 2007 by Debbie Ford in THE DARK SIDE OF THE LIGHT CHASERS

Posted on September 5, 2007 by jmaz479

“Your outer shell is the you that faces the world. It hides the characteristics that make up your shadow. Our shadows are so well disguised that we often show the world one face when, in fact, the exact opposite is really within us.

Some people wear a layer of toughness that hides their sensitivity, or a mask of humor to cover up their sadness. People who know it all are usually covering up feelings of stupidity, while those who act arrogantly have yet to reveal their insecurity. The cool people are hiding the geek within, and the smiling face, an angry one.

We have to look beyond our social masks in order to discover our authentic selves. We are masters of disguise, fooling others but also fooling ourselves. It’s the lies we tell ourselves that we need to decipher. When we’re not completely satisfied, happy, healthy, or fulfilling our dreams we know these lies are in our way. This is how we recognize our shadow at work.”

Debbie Ford, in “The Dark Side of the Light Chasers”

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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 by David Simon in THE TEN COMMITMENTS

Posted on September 4, 2007 by jmaz479

“Accepting life as it unfolds does not imply that we relinquish our desires for things to be different. We would not do or accomplish anything if we relinquished our needs, goals, and intentions. Spirituality does not imply inaction. Spiritually oriented people are very action oriented. Think of Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., or Mother Teresa. Established in their deep connection to the sacred, they worked relentlessly to improve the world.

Acceptance means focusing on the present while assessing the choices available to you in this moment. If there are many possibilities, make the choice that is likely to bring the most evolutionary results. If there is only one choice, take it. If there are no obvious choices, relax and accept the fact that for now, you cannot do anything.”

David Simon, in “The Ten Commitments”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 by Stuart Wilde in INFINITE SELF

Posted on September 3, 2007 by jmaz479

“All struggle is ego. It is the pain and anguish that the ego creates—yearning and demanding and fighting to sustain itself. Pull back and get yourself into a position that you can control. If, let’s say, your problem is money, start working on yourself. Most people think the way to get out of money problems is to earn more money. How to handle money is to get back in control of the money you do have. So if you only have $500 a month to live on, you have to think of a way to live in circumstances that don’t cost $800 a month. There is no point in you making five grand a month if your ego is in control and you’re spending seven, because you’re still going to be in financial trouble.

If you have a money imbalance, just pull back inside and quiet the ego. Tell it, “Hey, we don’t need all these things. We don’t need a fancy apartment, we don’t need a fancy car. We just need to establish control first.” That way we don’t have to push and shove to get what we want in life. We can be balanced, take our time, and think about what we’re doing; we can develop discipline and move powerfully into situations.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Infinite Self”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 3rd, 2007 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK

Posted on September 2, 2007 by jmaz479

“As children, we never chose what to believe or not to believe. We didn’t choose our religion or moral values, or any concept at all. But we agreed with these beliefs, and once we agreed, it was stored in our memory. The outside dream hooked our attention and put knowledge inside us via other humans—via our parents, our teachers, our church, our society. This knowledge sets us up to be slaves of the dream of the planet.

Knowledge itself isn’t good or bad or right or wrong; knowledge is just a program. It is nothing but concepts, But the Parasite that goes with knowledge is evil—it is alive. The Parasite that grows in your mind and takes control of the mind. Once that Parasite takes control of your mind, the real you is dead. You are not alive; there is something else that is living your life. It is not you because the real you is not evil; the real you is not self-destructive.

We eat knowledge, ingest the Parasite, and get sick from what we eat. This is what happened to all of us.”

Don Miguel Ruiz, in “The Four Agreements Companion Book”

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PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 31st, 2007 by Sanaya Roman in Living with Joy

Posted on August 30, 2007 by jmaz479

“There is a fine line between egotistical and humble. Walking that line brings the expression of power into balance. Do you brag about yourself? Do you go around wanting to tell people when you did something great? Or do you listen to people with an open ear, putting your own accomplishments aside? The tendency to overstate or exaggerate accomplishments can create problems.

Do you find yourself rehearsing what you are going to say to someone about something wonderful you accomplished? There is a difference between coming from confidence and coming from egoism.

If you feel you have done or are doing something great or unusual, you are sending a message to your subconscious telling it that this is not a normal achievement. If you want to bring more great accomplishments into your life, then take them in stride when they happen. (Congratulate yourself, but let it seem as if it is something you do every day.)”

Sanaya Roman, in “Living with Joy”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 30th, 2007 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF

Posted on August 29, 2007 by jmaz479

“People who laugh a lot live longer, but more important they live better. What is the use of living if you can’t enjoy yourself while you are here? Laughter is a gift from God. I know that God has a great sense of humor. I’ll be He laughs at most of the renditions of his son as a painfully serious teacher. One who knows God knows laughter. Some people criticize humor as irreverent. Humor is very reverent; it is, in fact, a very high form of prayer. If there were more laughter in churches, there would be more people in churches. I know several ministers who are very humorous teachers, and their congregations are among the largest.

People do not want to be taught that life is a downer. Many of us have been taught that lesson for most of our life, and the ensuing burden has worked against our enlightenment. Perhaps we are ready now for a new lesson. Perhaps we are ready to learn that gaiety is an intrinsic ingredient of health and success. Perhaps we are ready to let go of the heaviness with which we have associated the spiritual path, and see it through new eyes.

Wouldn’t it be a riot if we got to Heaven and there we found God laughing?”

Alan Cohen, in “Dare to Be Yourself”

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