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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.
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 23rd, by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“Would you choose unhappiness? If you did not choose it, how did it arise? What is its purpose? Who is keeping it alive? You say that you are conscious of your unhappy feelings, but the truth is that you are … Continue reading
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“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 … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“What is the power of now? None other than the power of our presence, your consciousness liberated from thought forms. So deal with the past on the level of the present. The more attention you give to the past, the … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“If you are one of the many people who have an issue with their parents, if you still harbor resentment about something they did or did not do, then you still believe that they had a choice – that they … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, September 7th, 2020 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“Why does the mind habitually deny or resist the Now? Because it cannot function and remain in control without time, which is past and future, so it perceives the timeless Now as threatening. Time and mind are in fact inseparable. … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“You may have heard the phrase “turn the other cheek,” which a great teacher of enlightenment used 2,000 years ago. He was attempting to convey symbolically the secret of nonresistance and non-reaction. In this statement, as in all his others, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 4th, 2018 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“Being aware of your breath forces you into the present moment—the key to all inner transformation. Whenever you are conscious of the breath, you are absolutely present. You may also notice that you cannot think and be aware of your … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“In life threatening emergency situations, the shift in consciousness from time to presence sometimes happens naturally. The personality that has a past and future momentarily recedes and is replaced by an intense conscious presence, very still but very alert at … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“Humanity is under great pressure to evolve because it is our only chance of survival as a race. This will affect every aspect of your life and close relationships in particular. Never before have relationships been as problematic and conflict … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, April 27th, 2017 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“If there is truly nothing that you can do to change you’re here and now, and you can’t remove yourself from the situation, then accept your here and now totally by dropping all inner resistance. The false, unhappy self that … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, April 14th, 2017 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“If there is no joy, ease or lightness in what you are doing, it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you are doing. It may be sufficient to change the how. “How” is always more important … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“The pain that you create now is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 15th, 2016 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“Unless you stay present – and inhabiting your body is always an essential aspect of it – you will continue to be run by your mind. The script in your head that you learned a long time ago, the conditioning … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“There is nothing wrong with striving to improve your life situation. You can improve your life situation, but you cannot improve your life. Life is primary. Life is your deepest inner Being. It is already whole, complete, perfect. Your life … Continue reading