BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 22nd, 2021 by Esther and Jerry Hicks in ASK AND IT IS GIVEN

Posted on March 21, 2021 by jmaz479

“When you expect something, it is on the way. When you believe something, it is on the way. When you fear something, it is on the way.

Your attitude or mood is always pointing toward what is coming, but you are never stuck with your current point of attraction. Just because you have picked up these thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and moods along your physical trail does not mean that you have to continue attracting in response to them. You have creative control of your own experience. And, by paying attention to your own Emotional Guidance System, you can change your point of attraction.

If there are things in your experience that you no longer wish to experience, your belief must change. If there are things that are not in your experience that you want to bring into your experience, your belief must change. There is no condition so severe that you cannot reverse it by choosing different thoughts. However, choosing different thoughts requires focus and practice. If you continue to focus as you have been, to think as you have been, and to believe as you have been, then nothing in your experience will change.”

Esther and Jerry Hicks, in “Ask and It Is Given”

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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, March 19th, 2021 by Justine Toms in SMALL PLEASURES

Posted on March 18, 2021 by jmaz479

“Here is a practice you might try. Close your eyes and feel an issue in your life that is upsetting to you, something that brings up strong feelings of frustration. It can be something close to you, in your household or your workplace, or it can be a conflict on a more global scale. Now imagine yourself in the place of each of the characters involved. If the situation involves several people with a variety of viewpoints, place yourself in the position of caring for each of them and respecting their viewpoints one at a time. Let go of your judgments of right and wrong, and allow yourself to feel through that individual’s eyes.

If the issue involves several groups of people with different perspectives, choose one person who represents each group, and stand in that person’s shoes, see the situation through that person’s eyes, and feel your heart care about that person’s experience of things. Do this exercise with each person or group involved in the conflict until you are able to see the issue from each of the different perspectives.

Justine Toms, in “Small Pleasures”

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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, March 18th, 2021 by Donald Altman in THE MINDFULNESS CODE

Posted on March 17, 2021 by jmaz479

Compiler’s Note: Today marks the 22nd Anniversary of the first “Ponder on This.” Time sure does fly doesn’t it?

“Words are like a living clay with which we shape our relationships. Wise speech can built trust; unkind speech can cause enduring damage. In our electronic age, words travel faster than ever before. Email messages are often written so quickly and risk being misunderstood and misinterpreted. To avoid confusion, come companies now require employees to communicate by phone or in person. Technology is complicating our effective use of language itself, and already complex system. A greater awareness of how to use words with skill and kindness is more important than ever. Where do we begin?

According to the Buddha, a statement is only proper and kind when, “It is spoken at the right time. It is spoken in truth. It is spoken affectionately. It is spoken beneficially. It is spoken with a mind of goodwill.” A statement containing these five elements exemplifies kind speech.”

Donald Altman, in “The Mindfulness Code”

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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, March 17th, 2021 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED

Posted on March 16, 2021 by jmaz479

“…a person who does harm to another is simply doing what they know how to do at the time given the level of their awareness of spiritual principles, nothing more, nothing less. While it can be difficult to adopt this perspective when an individual does something that is really mean or hurtful, if you got down to the heart of the matter, you would find they were merely doing the best they could in that moment to deal with their own life’s issues and fears.

Think about it for a moment, and you realize that it is true; people (including you) are generally so focused on themselves and their own personal drama that they tend to be oblivious to what anyone else is going through at the time. That’s why it is important for you not to take things personally, for people will be what people will be, and the underlying cause of their behavior actually has nothing to do with you. In that regard, consider this passage from a marvelous book called The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz:

“Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about “me.” Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world than the one we live in. When we take something personally, we make the assumption that they know what is in our world, and we try to impose our world on their world. Even when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you.

When you can truly embrace this perspective, you will come to understand exactly what Jesus meant by “they know not what they do,” and you’ll also put yourself in a position where no one can ever really hurt you again.”

Jeff Maziarek, in “Spirituality Simplified”

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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, March 16th, 2021 by Sol Luckman in POTENTIATE YOUR DNA

Posted on March 15, 2021 by jmaz479

“…More often than not diagnosis is the “kiss of death,” bestowed by a so-called medical authority, that negates our justified belief in our natural ability to heal ourselves. According to some statistics, medical diagnosis is off the mark more than ninety percent of the time—in many thousands of cases resulting in unnecessary, doctor-induced fatalities. That said, of course there are instances when allopathic medicine is entirely appropriate. We would not want carpenters setting broken bones or electricians performing emergency brain surgery.

But with many, even most conditions, diagnosis is useless mental baggage of a negatively oriented nature that, if our interest truly is in healing, we would do well to jettison in favor of a medical model that focuses positively on the ever-present possibility of sustained well-being.”

Sol Luckman, in “Potentiate Your DNA”

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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, March 15th, 2021 by Wayne W. Dyer, in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM

Posted on March 14, 2021 by jmaz479

“In the material world we often find ourselves in conflict because of our opinions about right and wrong. When we negotiate for peace, we generally see one side as wrong and the other as right. This is true in conflicts between nations, communities, families, and in your personal relationships too. You cannot bring spiritual harmony into a problem resolution as long as you accept the idea that one side is right and the other is wrong. In the world of spirit there is no right side and wrong side. There is only a field of infinite harmony that we are calling spiritual.

As the scriptures say, “There is but one good, the Father in Heaven.” Again, there exists but one power, not two. Letting go of judgments concerning matters of right versus wrong, and simply finding a way of bringing nonjudgmental harmony to a problem, eliminates the ego’s need to make someone wrong, which inevitably exacerbates the problem.”

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

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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, March 12th, 2021 by Anonymous in IMPERSONAL LIFE

Posted on March 11, 2021 by jmaz479

“Once you fully understand the principle I here set down, then all My Message will become clear and comprehensible. I first give you the Key that will unlock every mystery that now hides from you the secret of My Being. This Key, when you know how to use it, will open the door to the Kingdom of Heaven, and then you have but to enter in to become consciously One with Me. The Key is:

“To THINK is to CREATE,” or
“As you THINK in your HEART, so it is with you.”

Stop and meditate on this that it may get firmly fixed in your mind.
A Thinker is a Creator.
A Thinker lives in a world of his own conscious creation.

When you once know how “to think,” you can create at will anything you wish, – whether it be a new personality, a new environment, or a new world.”

Anonymous, in “Impersonal 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 Thursday, March 11th, 2021 by Sarah Maria in LOVE YOUR BODY, LOVE YOUR LIFE

Posted on March 10, 2021 by jmaz479

“According to the Law of Detachment, in order to manifest your dreams and desires, you must first relinquish your attachment to them. This does not mean that you lose your desire or your passion for them. Quite the contrary; you can be unequivocally clear with your intention, but still release your attachment to the result. This means letting go of the intense neediness, clinging, and obsessing about getting what you want when you want it.

When you set an intention fueled by passion and purpose, and yet are able to let go of attachment to the results, you can truly begin to change, grow, and develop into the person you wish to become, and acquire whatever things you wish to have. This concept is best demonstrated in nature. Everything in nature grows and develops in rhythm and harmony, synchronized with the seasons.”

Sarah Maria, in “Love Your Body, Love 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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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 by Thich Nhat Hanh in PEACE IS EVERY STEP

Posted on March 9, 2021 by jmaz479

“The foundation of happiness is mindfulness. The basic condition for being happy is our consciousness of being happy. If we are not aware that we are happy, we are not really happy. When we have a toothache, we know that not having a toothache is a wonderful thing. But when we do not have a toothache, we are still not happy. A non-toothache is very pleasant.

There are so many things that are enjoyable, but when we don’t practice mindfulness, we don’t appreciate them. When we practice mindfulness, we come to cherish these things and we learn how to protect them. By taking good care of the present moment, we take good care of the future. Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.”

Thich Nhat Hanh, in “Peace Is Every Step”

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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, March 9th, 2021 by Alexis Eldridge in CONVERSATIONS WITH JESUS

Posted on March 8, 2021 by jmaz479

“Worry no longer what your neighbor will think of you; bring about the most truth you can, at any an all moments. This is the first way to align with source energy. Nothing other than the absolute truth ought to be expressed at all times, despite whatever excuses you may find for doing otherwise. When one doesn’t always bring forth honesty, one’’s truest knowing of the divine – within and without – drifts farther and farther away.”

Alexis Eldridge, in “Conversations with Jesus”

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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 Monday, March 8th, 2021 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART

Posted on March 7, 2021 by jmaz479

“Guidance is your greatest ally in life. When you rely on your guidance, you can get by with a minimum of planning. But when you ignore your guidance, no amount of planning can guide you home.

If you know where you want to go, you can rely on your guidance to help you get there. Trying to figure out “how you will get there” intellectually is an exercise in futility. You simply can’t know in advance. But when you are in process, the signs will appear, and you will know what turns to take.

The more you trust your guidance, the more spontaneous your life becomes. Plans are always tentative, allowing for unanticipated challenges and gifts. But this does not suggest that you are not fully committed. Indeed, you are able to make commitments from a deeper place. And when you fulfill these commitments you do so without sacrifice.”

Paul Ferrini, in “The Silence of the Heart”

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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, March 5th, 2021 by SARK in GLAD NO MATTER WHAT

Posted on March 4, 2021 by jmaz479

“I walk around in this world asking people for all sorts of things, and bestowing gifts and receiving gifts everywhere I go. I consider each of us to be a “Minister of Love.” When people are acting in less than loving ways, I think of the author and teacher Iyanla VanZant who reminds us: “He or she is a child of God cleverly disguised as a _______.”

It’s all a marvelous combination of loving or not loving.”

SARK, in “Glad No Matter What“

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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, March 4th, 2021 by Gary Zukav in SPIRITUAL PARTNERSHIP

Posted on March 3, 2021 by jmaz479

“If you are unable to distinguish between frightened and loving parts of your personality, you will not be able to distinguish between frightened and loving parts of other personalities either. A “passion to protect the environment,” for example, may come from love or from fear. When I stood in clear-cuts that extended as far as I could see and hated the timber industry, my passion came from fear (powerlessness).

When I am grateful for Mother Earth, my life, and awed by the exquisitely beautiful and delicate ecology around me, my passion comes from love. Protecting the environment in order to feel worthy or superior is a fear-born passion. Protecting the environment without making others villains because you love Life is a love-born passion. Compassion comes naturally when you can experience all of your passions (frightened parts of your personality and loving parts of your personality) and realize that others have frightened and loving parts of their personalities, too.”

Gary Zukav, in “Spiritual Partnership”

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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, March 3rd, 2021 by Sanaya Roman in SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Posted on March 2, 2021 by jmaz479

“Consciousness can be shifted in simple ways. When you are with children or friends, focus on what you can do that will create a shift for them. When you meet people, think of what you can contribute to them, not what you will get from them. If you are getting together with friends, ask what you could do together that will expand each of you. Ask yourself, “How can I serve them with my words or actions?” Any time you come from your heart, speak with love, and assist people in recognizing their divinity you shift their consciousness.

Even when you meet with a business client, ask “What is the higher purpose of this call or visit? How can I make a contribution to this person’s life? How can my work, product, advice, or service empower this person?” As you do this regularly, you will lift your friendships to a higher level and evolve more rapidly yourself. You may find many wonderful surprises and much business success as you start focusing on serving other people.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Spiritual Growth”

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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, March 2nd, 2021 by Ping Li in AWAKENING

Posted on March 1, 2021 by jmaz479

“Everyone has fear at some level, but there is really nothing to be afraid of. The part of you that fears is like a little child. All you need to do is give this part your love, compassion and comfort, and surround it with your soul’s brilliant light. Understand your fear, comfort your fear and release your fear with love and compassion. Don’t run away from your fear, because the more you resist and run away from your fear, the greater control it will have over you. Recognizing and accepting your fear with love and compassion is one of the most effective ways to let go of your fear. While learning to overcome your fear can be one of the hardest lessons in life, it will likely be the most rewarding thing you will ever do for yourself, your heart and your soul.”

Ping Li, in “Awakening”

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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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