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Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi's Journey, available in both print and eBook formats, launched Pondercentral.com in May 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.
Selected from a vast library of spiritual growth books, the messages are currently received by hundreds of people all over the world. Please note that in addition to Pondercentral.com, Jeff occasionally posts to his Spirituality Simplified blog. To contact Jeff via email please click here.
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Tag Archives: Alan Cohen
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 28th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“You can transform any relationship by shifting your thoughts about it. This is where your true power lives. It is much easier to defuse limiting thoughts than to change someone or push them out of your life. Begin by simply … Continue reading
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip. When you try to play God, you overlook that God is playing your friend. From your limited human perspective, you cannot understand all the factors … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 21st, 2016 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“In recent years there has been a great deal of attention paid to near-death experiences. You have probably read or heard some of the many fascinating accounts of people who have been clinically dead for short periods of time, and … Continue reading
Posted in Feelings, Present Moment Awareness
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Dump the concept of luck. Lucky people attract positive events because they think lucky. People who continually attract negative events hold patterns of thought that match them. What you dwell on, you dwell in. Your stars and numbers do not … Continue reading
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in RELAX INTO WEALTH
“Wanting something dearly need not be a source of tension or frustration. It can be a source of rich empowerment. When you deeply desire a goal, it mobilizes a great deal of energy. When that energy hits a resistance within … Continue reading
Posted in Allowing, Detachment
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Quit talking about disasters at the water cooler. Don’t read the newspaper or watch the news while you are eating. What you think and feel while you eat profoundly impacts your digestion and health. If you wake up to a … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 26th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in THE DRAGON DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
“The aspect of human beings that sets us off from all other creatures is that of imaginative wisdom. Animals see things as they are, but we see them as they can be. We have been given the Divine ability to … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 19th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“The reason you are not where you want to be is that you are doing things you do not want to do. If that sounds simple, it is. (One of the most popular tricks of power and control freaks is … Continue reading
Posted in Fear, Worry
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 12th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“You have been hypnotized into believing that you are less than whole. The messages of the world have told you that you can’t, you aren’t, and you won’t. At one time you knew that you could, but you fell prey … Continue reading
Posted in Self-worth
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 by Alan Cohen in THE DRAGON DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
“There are very few people in the world who think originally. Most people act like puppets, mimicking the latest trends in fashion, voicing the popular opinions, and catching the same diseases, thinking at the latest sniffle, “I must be coming … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 18th, 2016 Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“Real friendships can handle “no.” If your relationship cannot survive honesty, it is not a real friendship. Friends can disagree and yet love and respect one another. True caring requires realness, the willingness to be who we are. A friendship … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 8th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Over the course of history, more pain and suffering have been inflicted by zealots attempting to impose their religious, political, and moral beliefs on others, than any other cause. More people have been killed in religious wars and inquisitions than … Continue reading
Posted in God, Religion
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 27th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“It is possible for all the events of the past to remain as they were, but to see them in a way that makes our history a blessing. It is not so much the things we did that hurt us, … Continue reading
Posted in Reframing
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 20th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“If you regret the past, you overlook the gifts it has bestowed upon you. If you see yourself as a victim, you deny your role as a powerful creator. If you feel guilty and believe you should have done otherwise, … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Self-love
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 10th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Never act out of scarcity or panic. Do not allow yourself to be pressured into doing something you do not want to do or are not ready to do. Never let anyone frighten you into a decision. If you do, … Continue reading
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