BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 3rd, 2021 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW

Posted on September 2, 2021 by jmaz479

“Enlightenment through suffering – the way of the cross – means to be forced into the kingdom of heaven kicking and screaming. You finally surrender because you can’t stand the pain anymore, but the pain could go on for a long time until this happens.

Enlightenment consciously means chosen means to relinquish your attachment to past and future and to make the Now the main focus of your life. It means saying yes to what is. You then don’t need pain anymore. How much more time do you think you will need before you are able to say “I will create no more pain, no more suffering?” How much more pain do you need before you can make that choice?”

Eckhart Tolle, in “The Power of Now”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 by James Eubanks in THE AWESOME DESIGN OF LIFE excerpted from GRATITUDE: A WAY OF LIFE

Posted on September 1, 2021 by jmaz479

“If you are not yet someone who on a daily basis practices gratitude, like an unending prayer or background music for your life, I invite you to consider the possibility of doing so, beginning now. Come up to the higher room. Gratitude requires responsibility. See and begin to own your valuable contributions and talents. Acknowledge the people in your life: those you love, and those you may not love. In a true sense, they are all the same. They are your teachers. Be grateful for them. While doing so, realize how powerful you are, how moving your life is, and to what extent you are blessed in just being here. And then, watch what happens.”

James Eubanks, in “The Awesome Design of Life” excerpted from “Gratitude: A Way of Life”

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“Every time you close your eyes, you’ve been cut down to size, ’cause you’re stuck with yourself, ain’t nobody else in there to compare yourself to. It’s just you, and then you ask yourself, “What’s it all about?” So you try and figure it out, and that’s when you’ll be tempted to believe foolish things, and deceive yourself by lettin’ someone else do your thinking for you when they haven’t got a clue.”

Todd Rundgren, in the title cut from the CD “The Individualist”

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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 Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 by The Dalai Lama

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jmaz479

“The essence of all religions is love, compassion, and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha, or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person. When you are motivated by kindness, it doesn’t matter whether you are a practitioner, a lawyer, a politician, an administrator, a worker, or an engineer: whatever your profession or field, deep down you are a kind person.”

The Dalai Lama

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“When we put up with any situation that we don’t have to put up with, it’s not because we’re dumb. We put up with it because we want the lesson that only that situation can teach, and we want it more than freedom itself.”

Richard Bach, in “Running From Safety”

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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 Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jmaz479

“Life is not fair…There are going to be times that test every fiber of your being. People of character are fully aware that they may not be able to control the events of their lives, but they are in charge of their response to those events. Life is set up as a growing process. Every new season brings growth, and humans are not outside the cycle of change (even though we would like to think so). Instead of whining when something comes your way that doesn’t fit your idea of how things should be (of course, a little pressure release is allowed), face it head-on, stare it down, and see it for what it is. Character is built on the hard times of life, not the easy ones, so ducking punches actually can make you weaker, not stronger.”

John St. Augustine, in “Living an Uncommon 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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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 30th, 2021 by Gary Spinell in IT WAS YOU, ALL ALONG

Posted on August 29, 2021 by jmaz479

“We have been taught that there is only so much to go around for everyone, whether it is love, money, or success. Some religions teach that God has reasons that some of us fail. They teach that if we do not adhere to God’s rules then we suffer the consequences. When you are all you can be you have the ability to give more of yourself and what you have to others, thereby creating an even more wonderful Universe.

Some religions, or religious leaders attempt to show they are better than people who attend their service to keep the worshippers coming back to donate more money, because some leaders fear once you understand you create your own world and you can find your connection to God yourself and achieve success, you might no longer need these religious leaders. Their shortsightedness makes us all pay in the long run.

God wants everyone to succeed, learn and grow. There is no value for God if you are not being successful and achieving your dreams and heart’s desires. To believe that being poor but having a good heart is somehow going to make us more worthy or deserving is a myth. There is great value – for God and all of us – in being all we can be, in having all God can provide, if we are willing to accept it. If God is “saddened” by anything, it is each of us not being all we can be. The only true “sin” is not being the best we can be.”

Gary Spinell, in “It Was You, All Along”

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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, August 27th, 2021 by Anthony Watts in LOVING ON PURPOSE

Posted on August 26, 2021 by jmaz479

“The words “I am” are a combination of the most energized and powerful words in the creation of what we desire to become or create. Placing the words “I am” in front of anything you believe to be true is as how farmers noticeably believe that when they plant their crops in the spring that they will be harvesting their crops in the fall! Neville Goddard himself states how God did not assume individuality, but the nature of humanity. Source energy or the energy of God dwells in you, for the words I am became flesh and dwells in us all which is a spiritual truth. I am that I am is spoken in many religions which can be referred to your consciousness. The “I am” factor is praised according to your conscious of which you are.

In today’s time and context many coaches and mentors teach how to change a paradigm through the repetition of affirmations. When they have their students begin their affirmation with “I am worthy of”…whatever their student’s conscious mind begins to realize that is true too and for them becomes true and for them effortlessly in divine time. We know that we are worthy of love and riches so we must protect our thoughts, emotions, and actions against all negative energies that pose a threat to our personal truths.”

Anthony Watts, in “Loving on Purpose”

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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, August 26th, 2021 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH, BEING YOUR HIGHER SELF

Posted on August 25, 2021 by jmaz479

“Trust that what other people do will in some way be for your higher good, even if you don’t understand why. No matter what happens, tell yourself the universe is perfect, and everything that happens is perfect. If something you were hoping for doesn’t happen, know that something even better will.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Spiritual Growth, Being Your Higher Self”

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“If you have a lot of heavy emotions riding on whether you attain your goal (that is, if you will be upset if you don’t get it) you will tend to work against yourself. In your fear of not getting what you want, you may actually be energizing the idea of not getting it as much or more as you are energizing the goal itself.”

Shakti Gawain, in “Creative Visualization”

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 by Louise Hay in YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE

Posted on August 24, 2021 by jmaz479

“We are all victims of victims, and they could not possibly have taught us anything they did not know. If your mother did not know how to love herself, or your father did not know how to love himself, then it would be impossible for them to teach you to love yourself. They were doing the best they could with what they had been taught as children. If you want to understand your parents more, get them to talk about their own childhood; and if you listen with compassion, you will learn where their fears and rigid patterns come from. Those people who ‘did all that stuff to you’ were just as frightened and scared as you are.”

Louise Hay, in “You Can Heal Your Life”

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“It is good to listen. If you learn to listen carefully, without always passing judgment, you will enter into the very heart of the creature to whom you give attention. You will begin to grow the flowers of your soul. Then all of nature will whisper to you her secrets.”

E.J. Michael, in “Queen of the Sun”

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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 Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 by Wayne W. Dyer in MANIFEST YOUR DESTINY

Posted on August 23, 2021 by jmaz479

“The most important thing to remember as you practice mental picturing for the purposes of manifesting your desires is that humans never create anything. Our function is not to create, but to attract combine and distribute what already exists. Creations are really new combinations of already existing materials.

I am not speaking here of creating energy, but of transforming one form of energy into another. Our creative power is the ability to convert the energy of our thoughts into a newly materialized form. Manifestation is the result.

There is one indispensable condition for the manifestation of that picture into the visible and concrete world. The world of spirit is immune to the concept of time and space. Therefore, the picture must either be formed here and now or not at all. Once you have this awareness you will understand the necessity of picturing the fulfillment of your desire as if it is already accomplished on the spiritual plane.”

Wayne W. Dyer, in “Manifest Your Destiny”

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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 Monday, August 23rd, 2021 by Lily Fairchilde in SONG OF THE PHOENIX

Posted on August 22, 2021 by jmaz479

“Hatred, vengeance, guilt, and self-condemnation are toxic emotions which feed on the inability to forgive. They weaken the body, mind and soul. Love strengthens; it heals and makes you whole. To prove this to yourself, take a moment to go within. Think of someone, or some situation, that you have not been able or willing to forgive. Feel the heaviness of this, the contracted tension, the darkness. Now, move your focus to someone or something you feel great love for. Allow yourself to experience the warmth, the elation, the calm peace you find there. If you had a choice – and you do – which place would you rather be in?”

Lily Fairchilde, in “Song of the Phoenix”

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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 Friday, August 20th, 2021 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT

Posted on August 19, 2021 by jmaz479

“In relationships, the primary motivator for manipulation is emotional insecurity. If I can get you to feel guilty, you will stay where I want you and do what I like. You will have sex with me, give me money, keep a roof over my head, or drive the kids where I tell you. If you feel bad enough about yourself, I will hold the power to make choices for you that serve me. We call this “love.” Or “marriage.” Yet love and marriage have nothing to do with keeping each other small; their purpose is to bestow richer life, not imprisonment. It’s not love if it hurts.”

Alan Cohen, in “Why Your Life Sucks…And What You Can Do About It”

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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, August 19th, 2021 by Dan Millman in EVERYDAY ENLIGHTENMENT

Posted on August 18, 2021 by jmaz479

“Don’t be a master of “If only” — if only I had more time, more money, a better opportunity, different parents, a more understanding spouse, no children. Life is tough. Be tougher. Reclaiming your will isn’t easy, but life is not about easy; it’s about finding inner strength you didn’t know you had. And remembering that you didn’t come here for “easy”.”

Dan Millman, in “Everyday Enlightenment”

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“DO NOT SPEAK WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT, because it is done when you speak it – every idle word. The laws of the Universe do not sift through whether you mean what you say or intend it to happen.”

Jesus, channeled by Diandra, in “A New Day is Dawning”

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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 Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 by Dr. Joseph Murphy in THE POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

Posted on August 17, 2021 by jmaz479

“Check regularly on the negative suggestions that people make to you. You do not have to be influenced by them. All of us have suffered from it in our childhood and in our teens. If you look back, you can easily recall how parents, friends, relatives, teachers and associates contributed in a campaign or negative suggestions. Study the things said to you, and you will discover much of it was in the form of propaganda. The purpose of much of what was said was to control you or instill fear in you.”

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

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“If I want more peace in the world, then I must make peace with myself. If I want more trust in the world,I must learn to trust in myself. And if I want more love in the world, I must show more love to myself.”

Todd Rundgren, in “Change Myself” on the CD “2nd Wind”

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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 Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS

Posted on August 16, 2021 by jmaz479

“The mind is an altar on which we place and worship thoughts and images. Whatever gets placed on this altar gets our attention and motivates us to act in service to the thought or image. Unless we know the difference between what is true and what is false, we will place our fears on this altar, will believe and act on them, and in doing so, we will manifest the very situations we are afraid of.

We are constantly bombarded with thoughts, images, sounds, subliminal communications, and energy waves of every kind. The ones we accept, believe, and act on function as magnets, drawing to us their vibrational equivalent in people, events, things, and circumstances. Our own stores of information, whether accurate or not, flood our conscious minds with thoughts and concepts unless we control our minds by keeping them peaceful, so that we can use them to receive the spiritual thoughts and guidance.. By placing the tool of the mind in its right location, in the spiritual zone, it becomes our good friend.”

Terry Cole-Whittaker, in “Live Your Bliss”

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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 Monday, August 16th, 2021 by Henry David Thoreau in WALDEN

Posted on August 15, 2021 by jmaz479

“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the grass which confesses the influence of the slightest dew that falls on it, and did not spend out time in atoning for the neglect of past opportunities, which we call doing our duty. We loiter in winter, while it is already spring.”

Henry David Thoreau, in “Walden”

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“If you have to force someone or something into your life, that is not part of your highest good. What you fight to get, you fight to keep.”

Catherine Ponder, in “Open Your Mind to Prosperity”

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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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