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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: The Way of the Wizard
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 15th, 2021 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“Struggle, worry, planning and controlling runs against the grain of life. Life compresses chaos and orderliness together. You cannot have one without the other. If you want to be in the flow of life, you can’t struggle against it at … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 12th, 2021 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“The real process of learning to love yourself would be better termed learning to love your Self, meaning your spirit. If you honestly look at your past, which is now stored as thousands of memories inside, you will always find … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 8th, 2021 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“When you begin to see the seeds of opportunity in the ashes of disaster, then trust is beginning to grow. This trust comes in stages. First, start to see that the ego’s judgments about loss are false. Pain isn’t the … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 4th, 2019 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“In mortal life what limits us first and last are names, labels, and definitions. Having a name is useful – it lets you know which birth certificate is yours – but it quickly turns into a limitation. Your name is … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 11th, 2018 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“For a newborn baby the problem of holding on to ‘bad’ or unhealthy feelings doesn’t exist. The instant you throw something negative into a baby’s environment, it will cry or turn away. This is an extremely healthy reaction, because by … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“Think of the railroad track as time. Our narrow sense of time is directly tied to our narrow beliefs. A pessimist believes that nothing will turn out right, which provides a single-minded model for the future. An idealist believes that … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 26th, 2017 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“Ego is “I”; it is your singular point of view. In innocence this point of view is pure, like a clear lens. But without innocence the ego’s focus is extremely distorting. If you think you know something—including yourself—you are actually … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, May 30th, 2016 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“All the power and fulfillment humans yearn for exist in the present moment. In the now is tremendous energy, more than the mind can imagine. Nothing could be closer, yet nothing slips away faster. That is the mystery and the … Continue reading
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Best of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 30th, 2015 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“Countless people are devastated when they lose their jobs, when their children grow up and leave home, when a beloved spouse dies. Their sense of “I” is so bound up in names, labels and roles that they haven’t made time … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“When you wake up in the morning, there is an instant before you start thinking about your day, a moment of feeling awake without any particular thought on your mind. You are just yourself, in a simple state of awareness. … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“Struggle, worry, planning and controlling runs against the grain of life. Life compresses chaos and orderliness together. You cannot have one without the other. If you want to be in the flow of life, you can’t struggle against it at … Continue reading
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 25th, 2011 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“The real process of learning to love yourself would be better termed learning to love your Self, meaning your spirit. If you honestly look at your past, which is now stored as thousands of memories inside, you will always find … Continue reading
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 17th, 2010 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“When you begin to see the seeds of opportunity in the ashes of disaster, then trust is beginning to grow. This trust comes in stages. First, start to see that the ego’s judgments about loss are false. Pain isn’t the … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“In mortal life what limits us first and last are names, labels, and definitions. Having a name is useful – it lets you know which birth certificate is yours – but it quickly turns into a limitation. Your name is … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 by Deepak Chopra in THE WAY OF THE WIZARD
“For a newborn baby the problem of holding on to ‘bad’ or unhealthy feelings doesn’t exist. The instant you throw something negative into a baby’s environment, it will cry or turn away. This is an extremely healthy reaction, because by … Continue reading
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