BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 by Cathy Lumsden in THE BEST ADVICE YOUR MOTHER NEVER GAVE YOU

“Imagine…every person is a unique piece of a puzzle which makes up the Universe. Now imagine that each piece is connected, influenced, and dependent on all the others. Allowing our limiting beliefs to affect our communication with others affects the whole puzzle and throws everything out of alignment. In order to complete the puzzle it’s necessary that your part of the puzzle fits in place…fits into the big Universal puzzle, the way it’s supposed to.”

Cathy Lumsden, in “The Best Advice your Mother Never Gave You”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 14th, 2023 by Dr. Irina Koles in TASTE OF THOUGHTS

“When we are full of our old beliefs, there is no space for new ones. It does not mean that we need to discard all our previous experience and knowledge. It just means that we need to be open to analyzing them. Obviously, it’s perfect when our previous experience is helping by bringing us success and happiness. Our knowledge serves us and there is no need to get rid of it. However, what happens if we are stuck and nothing works in our favor anymore? What if we are not satisfied with today’s results and want to move to a higher level of life? That’s when it’s time to let old beliefs go and adopt new ones. Yes, we need to be open-minded towards unlearning, learning, and relearning.”

Dr. Irina Koles, in “Taste of Thoughts”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 11th, 2023 by Stuart Wilde in THE QUICKENING

“When you look at the philosophies which have been adopted by the masses, you can see that they are deliberately designed to keep the people asleep. The philosophies serve as “glue” to hold the tribes together in a psychic bonding. In fact, the word “religion” comes from the Latin word “religare” which means, to bind. The overall function of these philosophies is to assist those of like mind to process emotion and fear in what are basically the difficult circumstances of their lives.

The psychic bonding makes it almost impossible for a person to develop a true individuality, for the most important part of him/*her, his/her spiritual alignment, is regimented and structured and often laced with regulations covering every aspect of his/her behavior. This forces him/her to either follow along like a good sheep or to infringe on those laws, suffering as he/she will all the inherent recriminations and guilt. Heads you lose, tails you can’t win.”

Stuart Wilde, in “The Quickening”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 10th, 2023 by Annemarie Greenwood and Marissa Campbell in LIFE: LIVING IN FULFILLMENT EVERY DAY

“It’s extremely easy to focus on the negative. Which is why as we progress on the path, it is essential to recognize and move beyond the ‘but, but, but’ arguments that the ego tries to thwart us with. We try hard to find things to be grateful for; we make an effort to rediscover our desires, and we try to look at others without judgment. ‘But,’ the egos says…’But I lost my job, I can’t afford a cup of tea’; ‘but I don’t have time to meditate, I’m too exhausted by the time I get the kids into bed’; ‘but I’m too overwhelmed, I don’t have time to play in the garden, I have real concerns’; ‘but she said I was bossy.’

But is one of the ego’s favorite words, keeping us locked in a vicious cycle of excuses not to feel good. Realize this! Recognize when we are making excuses! We must not let the ego’s devious diversions lure us away from the path. We need to stay the course and focus on the positive. And what better way to focus on feeling good than to recognize what we already have in our lives that is making us happy and allowing us to feel good right now.”

Annemarie Greenwood and Marissa Campbell, in “LIFE: Living in Fulfillment Every Day”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 by Krysta Gibson

“Instead of spending your time and energy focusing on the maybes of life, start focusing your attention on the here and now. Who are you to become today? What are you to do? How can you contribute to planetary peace within your own life today? Have you set aside time to turn within, become centered and have a personal experience of the divine? Are there people or situations you need to release in order to move forward with your life? Is there some thing or condition you can create today which will alleviate suffering or bring joy to someone else?

Befriend your fears by spending time with them, finding out what they want to tell you or teach you. Most fears only need to be acknowledged in order to loosen their grip. Others require a bit more attention. Some need to stick around until we learn whatever lesson they are here to give. There are no circumstances of which I am aware where fear needs to rule one’s life or where it needs to be given the supreme dominion some folks want to bestow upon it.”

Krysta Gibson

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 8th, 2023 by John Randolph Price in SUPERBEINGS

“Be open and receptive to the Voice within speaking to you through your intuition. If you feel an urge to call someone, write a letter, or make a visit – do so. You never know just how, when or where your Inner Self is going to manifest as your abundance, so these hunches may be the first link in a chain reaction that will pay off in handsome dividends.

A new money-making idea may also pop into your mind, and it is important that you immediately write down every detail. As you do, you’ll find the “way and the means” to develop and execute the idea flowing through your mind as you write. Then move into action with the idea, but don’t consider this flash of inspiration as the only channel. Stay open! You will be amazed at the offers of assistance from strangers, the ideas given to you by friends and co-workers, the check in the mail you didn’t expect.”

John Randolph Price, in “The Superbeings”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 7th, 2023 by Meir Schneider in VISION FOR LIFE

“Your happiness is precious. It comes with self-acceptance, and there is no better time than in your forties, fifties, and sixties to work on self-acceptance. When we have self-acceptance, we place less importance on adding extra weight or on the wrinkles that come with age. This is a time when we like all we’ve done, all we are currently doing, and all we will be doing. Believe me, our beauty will reflect itself.

A straight face with no wrinkles does not match a wrinkled face with great happiness. A thin and fit Hollywood body is not nearly as attractive as an energetic body, even if the later appears to be imperfect. At this particular time in life, working on a sense of inner happiness and working on a particular part of our body are parallel goals. Working on our flexibility and devoting ourselves to expanding our thoughts are comparable to each other.”

Meir Schneider, in “Vision for Life”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 4th, 2023 by Thomas Moore in CARE OF THE SOUL

“Care of the soul is not a project of self-improvement nor a way of being released from the troubles and pains of human existence. It is not at all concerned with living properly or with emotional health. Care of the soul touches another dimension, in no way separate from life, but not identical either with the problem solving that occupies so much of our consciousness. We care for the soul solely by honoring its expressions, by giving it time and opportunity to reveal itself, and by living life in a way that fosters the depth and quality in which it flourishes. Soul is its own purpose and end.

To the soul, memory is more important than planning, art more compelling than reason, and love more fulfilling that understanding. We know we are well on the way toward soul when we feel attachment to the world and the people around us, and when we live as much from the heart as from the head. We know soul is being cared for when our pleasures feel deeper than usual, when we can let go of the need to be free of complexity and confusion, and when compassion takes the place of distrust and fear.”

Thomas Moore, in “Care of the Soul”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 by Susan Shumsky in INSTANT HEALING

“The very first verse of the first chapter of the Dhammapada, the foundation scripture of Buddhism, states, “All that we are is the result of what we have thought…If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage…If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”

In this verse, Buddha illustrates how you are the sole creator of your destiny through thoughts, words, and deeds. This is the fundamental precept of metaphysics. You are the author of your life. You write the script and act in your play. You are the producer, director, and stage manager. Nothing ever happens “to you.” You only happen to yourself.

Lord Buddha’s teaching can be summarized as follows: There are no victims; there are only volunteers. No one is to blame for your problems or is responsible for your successes, because you have created everything by what you think, say, and do. In this vein, you can use healing affirmations and prayers to transform your mind from negativity to positivity. When you control your mind and speech, then you take the reins of your destiny. You can manifest your true heart’s desires and create miracles.”

Susan Shumsky DD, in “Instant Healing”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 by Ching Ning Chu in THICK FACE BLACK HEART

“Most of the things we want think we want come at the price of leaving behind our familiar life and venturing into the unknown. Every time we accomplish something and move ahead, we have to exchange the known conditions of our life for uncertainty and unfamiliarity. Even though most people think they are trying to succeed, they are simply going through the motions. The last thing in the world that they want is to get off the familiar treadmill and actually get somewhere.

Before we can succeed, we must clearly understand that success means change and the risk of failure. The failure of those who do not try anything great is commonplace and comfortably private. The failure of those who attempt extraordinary accomplishments is much more public and generally accompanied by sighs of satisfaction from ordinary failures. When we don’t pay our bills, a computer somewhere writes us a nasty letter. When Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills, it makes the six o’clock news.

Success also requires the courage to risk DISAPPROVAL. All independent thought, new ideas, or endeavors beyond the common measure are greeted with disapproval ranging from skepticism and ridicule to violent outrage. To persevere in anything exceptional requires inner strength and the unshakable conviction that you are right.”>

Chin-Ning Chu, in “Thick Face, Black Heart”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 by Gary Zukav in THE SEAT OF THE SOUL

“Interactions with your parents, and with those whom you have chosen to share your intimacy, and with those with whom – out of billions of souls upon our planet – you share parts of your life, serve to activate within you an awareness of who you are, and what you are here to do. The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls of your life are each doorways to awareness. Each offers you an opportunity to see beyond the illusion that serves the balancing and growth of your soul.

Within each experience of pain and negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it, the fear that lies behind it, and to choose to learn with wisdom. The fear will not vanish immediately, but it will disintegrate as you work with courage. When fear ceases to scare you, it cannot stay. When you choose to learn through wisdom, to evolve consciously, your fears surface one at a time in order for you to exorcise them with inner faith. That is how it happens. You exorcise your own demons.”

Gary Zukav, in “The Seat of the Soul”

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 31st, 2023 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD

“Behold you have declared that I am against killing, yet you continue to kill – some of you even do it in My name. You have said I am against mistreatment and suppression of people, of any classes, races, or genders, yet you continue to allow it. You have said that I am against the dishonoring of your parents, abuse of your children, ill treatment of your very Selves, yet you continue to commit it. You have said that I am against all manner of things that you continue to do. You have not managed to change your behaviors no matter what you claim that I prefer or command.

You have said that I am against lying, yet you lie all the time. You have said that I am against stealing, yet you steal right and left. You have said that I am against adultery, yet you take each other’s husbands and wives every day and every night. Even you governments – those institutions you have created to protect you and care for your needs – lie to you. Indeed, you have created an entire society based on lies. You call some of these lies “secrets,” yet they are lies nonetheless, for a withholding is a lie, plain and simple. It is a failure to reveal the whole truth, to let others know all that there is to know on a subject, so that everyone can make choices based on all the data.”

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

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 28th, 2023 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK

“Many times there are things in our lives that we don’t like, that we want to change, but we make the same mistakes, the same choices, expecting that the result will be different. Well, it will not be different. The only way to change your life is to change the choices, to change the actions. If there is something in your life that you don’t like, first you have to be aware that it is the result of something that YOU do. It’s the result of a choice that YOU made. Then if you take one step back and focus your attention on what is happening just before that result, you will find what you did that isn’t working, what you did that caused the result you don’t want.

Once you find out what action you took, the next step is to forgive the reaction and change the choice, change the action, and see what the reaction is. If you don’t like the result again, you can change it again and again until you have the result you want.

Perhaps you cannot control what is going to happen around you, but you can certainly control your own reaction. Your reaction is the clue to having a wonderful life. Why? Because what makes you happy or unhappy is not what is happening around you, but how you choose to react to it. If you can learn to change your own reactions, then you can change your habits and routines, change the program, and change your life.”

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

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 27th, 2023 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE

“There are six billion humans on the Earth, and each of us carries a belief system that is reinforced by how we choose to see the world. Politics, economics, ethics, religion, and a myriad of information shape our beliefs. Being “right” keeps the belief system intact, no matter how “wrong” those beliefs might be to others. The only way you can maintain a victim stance is by not seeing the other side of things.

If you can put yourself in someone else’s life you might be very surprised at how much they feel like a victim, too. This does not mean you condone or accept their behavior, but it does mean you make an attempt to understand their points of reference. When you do, the gap closes, and you are less likely to walk around saying, “So-and-so is the reason I am who I am,” because chances are pretty good they are saying the same thing about you. So who is right? I could give you the answer, but searching it out for yourself might be a better idea.”

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

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 by Richard & Mary Alice Jafolla in THE QUEST

“It is true that thoughts are supreme as the molders of our world. Thoughts are initiatory to all changes. But something else happens when we put our thoughts into sentences, when we speak the word. It sets up potent vibrations in our bodies. Speaking and hearing and feeling our thoughts impress them more fully on us that merely thinking them. Words move us into action. When we declare our thoughts, when we speak, every atom of our bodies responds to the sound of our voices. Not only do we HEAR what we say, we actually FEEL what we say. Every word, therefore, has an effect. The intensity of the effect depends on the intensity of the thought and feeling behind it and the way the word is spoken.”

Richard and Mary Alice Jafolla, in “The Quest”

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