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Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi's Journey (slated for release in 2010), launched Pondercentral.com in May 2007 as a web-based forum for “PONDER on THIS,” a series of weekday inspirational and/or thought-provoking” email messages he began sending to subscribers more than 10 years ago.
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 by Rosanna Ienco in AWAKENING THE DIVINE SOUL
There are many things in your life for you to be grateful for. Take the time to make a list of eleven of them. Really feel each one by going through the list individually. Breathe in the love and gratitude, let it flow through your entire being, touching your very core—your soul. Now repeat the words ‘Thank You’, four times. Let the energy flow out of your body to the Universe.
Go out into nature and give thanks to all that surrounds you. Notice the flowers, the trees and the wildlife. Study each small detail more carefully than you ever have before. Connect with their essence by breathing it in. Become one with the energy, giving thanks again for the beauty they are sharing. Feel the beauty you have inside yourself. If you are able, travel to a lake or ocean. Find yourself an inviting spot on the shore, where you can listen to the waves. Notice the rhythm of the waves as they flow towards you. Connect with each rhythmic movement of the water until you merge with their energy, becoming one with the waves and dancing with them. Give thanks and be grateful for each natural rhythm that you experience throughout your life and continue to dance with it.
Rosanna Ienco, in “Awakening the Divine Soul”
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Go out into nature and give thanks to all that surrounds you. Notice the flowers, the trees and the wildlife. Study each small detail more carefully than you ever have before. Connect with their essence by breathing it in. Become one with the energy, giving thanks again for the beauty they are sharing. Feel the beauty you have inside yourself. If you are able, travel to a lake or ocean. Find yourself an inviting spot on the shore, where you can listen to the waves. Notice the rhythm of the waves as they flow towards you. Connect with each rhythmic movement of the water until you merge with their energy, becoming one with the waves and dancing with them. Give thanks and be grateful for each natural rhythm that you experience throughout your life and continue to dance with it.
Rosanna Ienco, in “Awakening the Divine Soul”
If you purchase this book today, March 16, you will gain access to a package of life transforming gifts from dozens of successful entrepreneurs, teachers and experts, including Jack Canfield, Peggy McColl, Sir Richard Branson, Chris and Janet Attwood and many others. In addition to all of this, the author is personally offering her own special free bonus gift ~ a live, twenty-one day program to Discover, Nurture and Live Your Life Purpose. Click here to view this inspiring and very practical gift package.
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PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 15th, 2010 by Maria Mar in CATCH THE DREAM EXPRESS
"You have learned most of the skills and strengths you have from your Ancestors. This is the Ancestors' Gift to you. But what about that inheritance of false beliefs, fears and prejudices? That is called your Shadow Inheritance. This inheritance keeps you trapped in the past. This trap is the Family Karmic Prison. Its walls are made of limited perceptions and energy patterns. It is created and constantly recreated by inherited beliefs, old emotional patterns and a worldview that limits your expectations and your ability to see new possibilities. These learned perceptions color and shape the world you see right now. Yet, you believe that this is the only real world because it is a familiar world, one that has been created for generations in your family.
When you commit yourself to dissolving the inner obstacles within you by taking an impeccable look at the hidden beliefs you carry, you will see your movement towards your dream accelerate smoothly. You are dissolving the Family Karmic Prison. This is a great act of love towards yourself. When you do that, you begin to see with new eyes. You see new possibilities. You can interpret circumstances in a different way. You are on your way to freedom."
Maria Mar, in "Catch the Dream Express"
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When you commit yourself to dissolving the inner obstacles within you by taking an impeccable look at the hidden beliefs you carry, you will see your movement towards your dream accelerate smoothly. You are dissolving the Family Karmic Prison. This is a great act of love towards yourself. When you do that, you begin to see with new eyes. You see new possibilities. You can interpret circumstances in a different way. You are on your way to freedom."
Maria Mar, in "Catch the Dream Express"
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 12th, 2010 by William L. Murtha in DYING FOR A CHANGE
"Will Murtha: I understand much of what you are saying, but I’m still struggling to find out where I went drastically off course.
Voice of Higher Presence: Life is a walk, not a sprint. Do not chastise yourself, as you have done many times before, when the answers to life first elude you. Your life is a journey, not a fixed destination. Therefore, allow the truth you are constantly searching for to slowly bubble to the surface. If you would have taken more time with the important issues in your life, then many of your answers would have been revealed. Only when you slow down can the truth to your life be uncovered.
In your insane drive to be someone in life, you unfortunately looked past the very essence of what is important. You took for granted those things of beauty that you should have cherished close to your heart. Just ponder for a moment. You enjoyed great health. You had a secure, loving family. Yet this was all taken for granted. You wanted more, and yet, sadly, you did not realize that life’s treasures were already in your possession."
William L. Murtha, in "Dying for a Change"
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Voice of Higher Presence: Life is a walk, not a sprint. Do not chastise yourself, as you have done many times before, when the answers to life first elude you. Your life is a journey, not a fixed destination. Therefore, allow the truth you are constantly searching for to slowly bubble to the surface. If you would have taken more time with the important issues in your life, then many of your answers would have been revealed. Only when you slow down can the truth to your life be uncovered.
In your insane drive to be someone in life, you unfortunately looked past the very essence of what is important. You took for granted those things of beauty that you should have cherished close to your heart. Just ponder for a moment. You enjoyed great health. You had a secure, loving family. Yet this was all taken for granted. You wanted more, and yet, sadly, you did not realize that life’s treasures were already in your possession."
William L. Murtha, in "Dying for a Change"
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz in THE FIFTH AGREEMENT
"Humans are the only animals on earth who punish themselves a thousand times or more for the same mistake, and who punish everybody else a thousand times or more for the same mistake. How can we talk about injustice in the rest of the world when there is no justice in the world inside our own head? The entire universe is ruled by justice, but by true justice, not by the distortion of justice that we artists have created. True justice is facing what I call action-reaction. We live in a world of consequences; for every action there’s a reaction. True justice is to pay one time for every mistake we make. And how many times do we pay for every mistake? Obviously, this is not justice.
Let’s say you’re living with guilt and shame for a mistake you made ten years ago. The excuse for your suffering is, “I made a terrible mistake,” and you’re still suffering for something that happened ten years ago, but the truth is you’re suffering from something that happened ten seconds ago. You judged yourself again for the same mistake, and of course the big judge says, “You need to be punished.” It’s simple action-reaction. The action is self-judgment; the reaction is self punishment in the form of guilt and shame. All your life you repeat the same action, hoping to have a different reaction, and it never happens. The only way to change your life is to change the action, and then the reaction will change"
Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz, in "The Fifth Agreement"
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Compiler's Note: I just completed this book this past weekend and really loved it. Although there is some repeat of information from Ruiz's book "The Four Agreements," there is also a lot of new and very insightful content. As such, I highly recommend this book as a spiritual growth resource.
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Let’s say you’re living with guilt and shame for a mistake you made ten years ago. The excuse for your suffering is, “I made a terrible mistake,” and you’re still suffering for something that happened ten years ago, but the truth is you’re suffering from something that happened ten seconds ago. You judged yourself again for the same mistake, and of course the big judge says, “You need to be punished.” It’s simple action-reaction. The action is self-judgment; the reaction is self punishment in the form of guilt and shame. All your life you repeat the same action, hoping to have a different reaction, and it never happens. The only way to change your life is to change the action, and then the reaction will change"
Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz, in "The Fifth Agreement"
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Compiler's Note: I just completed this book this past weekend and really loved it. Although there is some repeat of information from Ruiz's book "The Four Agreements," there is also a lot of new and very insightful content. As such, I highly recommend this book as a spiritual growth resource.
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Pondercentral's Jeff Maziarek Now on Twitter with Weekday Tweets
As an additional service for interested "Ponder on This" subscribers, starting today each weekday I'll also be posting an inspirational and/or thought-provoking Tweet on Twitter.com. Over the years I've assembled a nice collection of brief quotes that I believe will lend themselves well to the 140 character format. Please click on the link below to follow SpiritSimple on Twitter:
PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
"True knowing does not come from any book, but from the heart. If a belief is the tool you use to draw lines in the sand in order to set yourself apart from the rest of God’s creation, you might want to consider why you would want to do such a thing. And, you might also want to reflect and seriously evaluate what you believe, where you learned it, who told you to believe this way, why someone might want you to think like this, and how this belief is actually working in your life.
Believe me when I say that this belief is definitely working in your life – all beliefs do. If, however, a belief causes separation, in any way, it is probably not working the way you expect it to. If you believe, for instance, that “in God, all things are possible,” then you will need a pretty small definition of ALL if you wish to exclude certain possibilities – like the possibility that you may be wrong about the whole thing, for instance. Who knows? And if you are in the habit of qualifying those things which may or may not be possible in the eyes, or kingdom, of God, you are a braver soul than I."
Pete Koerner, in "The Belief Formula"
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Believe me when I say that this belief is definitely working in your life – all beliefs do. If, however, a belief causes separation, in any way, it is probably not working the way you expect it to. If you believe, for instance, that “in God, all things are possible,” then you will need a pretty small definition of ALL if you wish to exclude certain possibilities – like the possibility that you may be wrong about the whole thing, for instance. Who knows? And if you are in the habit of qualifying those things which may or may not be possible in the eyes, or kingdom, of God, you are a braver soul than I."
Pete Koerner, in "The Belief Formula"
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 by Jeff Maziarek in SPIRITUALITY SIMPLIFIED
“According to Book 1 of the Conversations with God trilogy, the correct prayer is never one of supplication, but rather a prayer of gratitude. By thanking God in advance for what you intend to experience in your life, you acknowledge that the seed is planted in consciousness, and as such, already exists in effect. Naturally, the key to this approach to prayer is faith, which is having such confidence that something will occur that you literally have no doubt about it. That amount of conviction requires that you reach the point where you don’t merely believe you will experience what you intend to experience, but rather that you know you will.
The key to achieving this level of confidence, is coming to the awareness that if the God-Force can manage billions of chemical reactions every minute just to keep you alive, then it can certainly be trusted to assist you in bringing the exact people and/or circumstances into your life at precisely the right time.”
Jeff Maziarek, in “Spirituality Simplified”
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The key to achieving this level of confidence, is coming to the awareness that if the God-Force can manage billions of chemical reactions every minute just to keep you alive, then it can certainly be trusted to assist you in bringing the exact people and/or circumstances into your life at precisely the right time.”
Jeff Maziarek, in “Spirituality Simplified”
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PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 8th, 2010 by Marianne Williamson in EVERYDAY GRACE
"We should not have to choose between being in the flow of God’s love and having a successful career. Indeed, the former fosters the latter. Yet in our society, it’s very easy to buy in to the ego’s perspective on employment and career. The ego represents the belief in our own, small, separated self, and sustains its life by defending that belief. And this belief fosters fear, because it is not a belief that is natural to us.
We then seek to overcome that fear by building up our own individual kingdoms of money or prestige or power. We are often faced with the temptation to build our own career wins on someone else’s losses. But once we realize that we are not separate from others, that indeed what we do to others we are literally doing to ourselves, then our perspective changes. When we remember who we really are, we embrace our interconnectedness with all of life and the infinitude of our powers. We aren’t her to bolster our individual kingdoms; we are her to glorify God’s kingdom of love."
Marianne Williamson, in "Everyday Grace"
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We then seek to overcome that fear by building up our own individual kingdoms of money or prestige or power. We are often faced with the temptation to build our own career wins on someone else’s losses. But once we realize that we are not separate from others, that indeed what we do to others we are literally doing to ourselves, then our perspective changes. When we remember who we really are, we embrace our interconnectedness with all of life and the infinitude of our powers. We aren’t her to bolster our individual kingdoms; we are her to glorify God’s kingdom of love."
Marianne Williamson, in "Everyday Grace"
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 5th, 2010 by Paul Rademacher in A SPIRITUAL HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE
"Rage can be a very telling thing. It has the potential to be one of the greatest teachers, because it lets us know when we're coming dangerously close to an unconscious life theme. And why is it unconscious? Because we're so embarrassed or threatened by it that we don't even want to admit it to ourselves. So we lock it up in the dungeon of our forgotten memories and assign rage to act as a sentry, armed with instructions to shoot first and ask questions never!
If we're aware enough to step back from our rage for just a moment, it can sometimes allow us to see unconscious forces that have been driving us since childhood. Compulsions and motivations that have lingered in the background can snap into focus. New insights can emerge that have the power to set us free - if we're aware."
Paul Rademacher, in "A Spiritual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe"
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If we're aware enough to step back from our rage for just a moment, it can sometimes allow us to see unconscious forces that have been driving us since childhood. Compulsions and motivations that have lingered in the background can snap into focus. New insights can emerge that have the power to set us free - if we're aware."
Paul Rademacher, in "A Spiritual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe"
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, March 4th, 2010 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
"Believing that we lack beauty, intelligence, social position, wealth, and talent, that we are not as good as others, is painful and grossly limiting and it’s not true…Making our life’s purpose about proving our worth as a person is pathetic and a waste of our precious opportunity as a human being. Our endeavors to prove that we are good enough, or even better than others, only serve to invalidate our value in our own minds, because no matter what we do, we will still feel unworthy until we understand the lie and give it up by realizing our perfection as godlike souls. When our core belief is “I am not enough,” this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Just drop it.
Affirm: I am enough and have always been enough. Dropping the concept "I am not good enough to be loved and approved of or to prosper" involves dropping our concern about what anyone, including our parents, children, and mate, thinks of us."
Terry Cole-Whittaker, in "Live Your Bliss"
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Affirm: I am enough and have always been enough. Dropping the concept "I am not good enough to be loved and approved of or to prosper" involves dropping our concern about what anyone, including our parents, children, and mate, thinks of us."
Terry Cole-Whittaker, in "Live Your Bliss"
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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 by John St. Augustine in EVERY MOMENT MATTERS
"There will always be periods when it seems as if you are getting nowhere, and life’s a bore. Yet you find that by putting one foot in front of the other, not letting someone else fill your pack, and having the courage to follow the vision that is given you, you can live your dreams. As a matter of fact, that is what you are being called to do. On the trip, you will find out that the “light” the world needs shines from you, but can only be revealed if you peel back the layers and get down to the truth. While it’s easy to be lonely in a world filled with despair and pain, you are, in fact, not alone and never have been. How are you going to do it? Never mind that. Why you take the walk is more important. Your path is calling…can you hear it?"
John St. Augustine, in “Every Moment Matters”
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John St. Augustine, in “Every Moment Matters”
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PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 by Dr. Judith Orloff, M.D. in SECOND SIGHT
"Spirituality is a lifelong pursuit. You don’t reach a quick epiphany, get struck enlightened, and suddenly arrive. As Stephen Mitchell writes, at times spiritual transformation can be like “cleaning the heart with a piece of steel wool,” with clarity always the goal. While reading his book The Gospel According to Jesus, I was especially impressed by the story of the spiritual journey of Chao-Chou, a Zen monk from the T’ang Dynasty. Achieving enlightenment when only seventeen years old, he still chose to remain with his teacher for another forty years.
He did this out of love, but also to heighten his insight further and purify his character. Other monks left to teach at a much earlier age. But Chao-Chou was matchless in his excellence, and patience. Finally, at the age of eighty, he felt ready to teach. Chao-Chou proposed a humble philosophy: “If I meet a hundred-year-old man and I have something to teach him, I will teach; if I meet an eight-year-old boy and he has something to teach me, I will learn.”…Chao-Chou can be a model for us all.”
Dr. Judith Orloff, M.D., in “Second Sight”
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He did this out of love, but also to heighten his insight further and purify his character. Other monks left to teach at a much earlier age. But Chao-Chou was matchless in his excellence, and patience. Finally, at the age of eighty, he felt ready to teach. Chao-Chou proposed a humble philosophy: “If I meet a hundred-year-old man and I have something to teach him, I will teach; if I meet an eight-year-old boy and he has something to teach me, I will learn.”…Chao-Chou can be a model for us all.”
Dr. Judith Orloff, M.D., in “Second Sight”
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PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 1st, 2010 by Deepak Chopra in THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS
"Least effort is expended when your actions are motivated by love, because nature is held together by the energy of love. When you seek power and control over other people, you waste energy. When you seek money or power for the sake of the ego, you spend energy chasing the illusion of happiness instead of enjoying happiness in the moment. When you seek money for personal gain only, you cut off the flow of energy to yourself, and interfere with the expression of nature’s intelligence. But when your actions are motivated by love, your energy multiplies and accumulates – and then surplus energy you gather and enjoy can be channeled to create anything that you want, including unlimited wealth."
Deepak Chopra, in "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"
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Deepak Chopra, in "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 26th, 2010 by William L. Murtha in DYING FOR A CHANGE
"Will Murtha: So every life situation turning up, regardless of whether we initially think of it as bad, is a direct reflection of something that we have called forward?
Voice of Higher Presence: That’s it. Look at every life situation that shows up, and you will come to the divine truth that what we put out there boomerangs back to us. This is because life is a perfect reflection of our innermost thoughts. What we experience is often a mirror of how our mind sees the world. You may think that random events are just showing up in your life by chance, but they are not. They have been magnetized to you, by you. Everything you feel and witness is being drawn to you by your level of consciousness.
When you come to live this level of understanding, you will have made one of the most profound jumps in your conscious awareness. You will come to realize that everything you experience in life, and every person you stumble across, is there for a reason…All the people who have shown up at every crossroad of our lives have shown up to serve our intentions. They have appeared to us because, on one conscious level or another, we have magnetized them toward us. And that is because the relationship they bring into our life space offers numerous lessons for where our thoughts and emotions say they wish to take us."
William L. Murtha, in "Dying for a Change"
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Voice of Higher Presence: That’s it. Look at every life situation that shows up, and you will come to the divine truth that what we put out there boomerangs back to us. This is because life is a perfect reflection of our innermost thoughts. What we experience is often a mirror of how our mind sees the world. You may think that random events are just showing up in your life by chance, but they are not. They have been magnetized to you, by you. Everything you feel and witness is being drawn to you by your level of consciousness.
When you come to live this level of understanding, you will have made one of the most profound jumps in your conscious awareness. You will come to realize that everything you experience in life, and every person you stumble across, is there for a reason…All the people who have shown up at every crossroad of our lives have shown up to serve our intentions. They have appeared to us because, on one conscious level or another, we have magnetized them toward us. And that is because the relationship they bring into our life space offers numerous lessons for where our thoughts and emotions say they wish to take us."
William L. Murtha, in "Dying for a Change"
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 25th, 2010 by by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“Having goals is a way of abandoning now in favor of a plan for some future now. The absence of a lot of specific goals helps cultivate you awareness that you are not alone on this journey. You begin to trust in the divine guidance to assist you in your present moment. You come to know that the universe will handle the details if you surrender and let go somewhat.
Have you ever been told that you must attend certain schools for a specific curriculum? I want you to know that it doesn’t matter what school you attend. If you have an inner drive to know something or excel in a given area, nothing will dissuade you. There are books in all kinds of libraries — at small community colleges, in your home town. You will find them!”
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, in “Your Sacred Self”
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Have you ever been told that you must attend certain schools for a specific curriculum? I want you to know that it doesn’t matter what school you attend. If you have an inner drive to know something or excel in a given area, nothing will dissuade you. There are books in all kinds of libraries — at small community colleges, in your home town. You will find them!”
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, in “Your Sacred Self”
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PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“The components of effective prayer are: A desire that you believe in and that is not detrimental to you, or anyone, in any way; an effectively formatted request, thought form, affirmation, or prayer, that adequately expresses your desire to the Creator; and Belief in the process and that your desired outcome is already assured. Now, you have to have an effective delivery method, which includes: A quiet, peaceful place; a state of mental relaxation (alpha-state); visualization of your desired outcome; and the delivery of your properly formatted prayer action or thought pattern in a way that leaves no doubt in your subconscious mind as to the reality of the outcome. When you combine these elements, you change your world.”
Pete Koerner, in "The Belief Formula"
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Pete Koerner, in "The Belief Formula"
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 by Richard Carlson, PH.D. in DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
“Spend a moment every day thinking of someone to thank. This simple strategy, which may take only a few seconds to complete, has long been one of the most important habits I have ever engaged in. I try to remember to start my day thinking of someone to thank. To me, gratitude and inner peace go hand in hand. The more I genuinely grateful I feel for the gift of my life, the more peaceful I feel. Gratitude, then, is worthy of a little practice.
If you’re anything like me, you probably have many people in your life to feel grateful for: friends, family members, people from your past, teachers, gurus, people from work, someone who gave you a break, as well as countless others. You may want to thank a higher power for the gift of life itself, or for the beauty of nature.”
Richard Carlson, PH.D., in “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”
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If you’re anything like me, you probably have many people in your life to feel grateful for: friends, family members, people from your past, teachers, gurus, people from work, someone who gave you a break, as well as countless others. You may want to thank a higher power for the gift of life itself, or for the beauty of nature.”
Richard Carlson, PH.D., in “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”
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Ponder on This for Monday, February 22nd, 2010 by Justine Toms in SMALL PLEASURES, FINDING GRACE IN A CHAOTIC WORLD
"Take a moment to access your inner voice. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Hold that breath for a second or two, then release it with a sigh. Do this several times. Ask yourself the question, "What does my heart want to tell me right now?" Pause and let a few words float up from your heart. Try not to edit or to judge them. Turn off your inner critic and let your heart write. Write down these words, and take ten or fifteen minutes to expand on what your heart has told you. Then spend a few more minutes reflecting on what you've written. Pay special attention in the coming week to the ways listening deeply to your inner voice helps you."
Justine Toms, in “Small Pleasures, Finding Grace in a Chaotic World”
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Justine Toms, in “Small Pleasures, Finding Grace in a Chaotic World”
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PONDER on THIS for Friday, February 19th, 2010 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE'S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM
“I find that people who experience a great deal of injury and illness in their lives appear to enjoy continuously telling everyone about their maladies. When these people begin to tell me how proud they are of their maladies, I respond with indifference to the sickness itself. “You don’t have to live with this pain,” I suggest. “You are stronger than any disease.” I do not give the injury any credibility.
I treat my family and myself in this way as well. I have long noticed that in our family we rarely talk about being tired, not feeling well, or feeling something “coming on.” My wife and I have just naturally sent our children messages that they are more powerful than any disease process. In other words we want out love to be more associated with health, strength, and spiritual consciousness, than with being sick, tired, or injured.”
Wayne W. Dyer, in "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem"
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I treat my family and myself in this way as well. I have long noticed that in our family we rarely talk about being tired, not feeling well, or feeling something “coming on.” My wife and I have just naturally sent our children messages that they are more powerful than any disease process. In other words we want out love to be more associated with health, strength, and spiritual consciousness, than with being sick, tired, or injured.”
Wayne W. Dyer, in "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem"
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PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 18th, 2010 by Terry Cole-Whittaker in LIVE YOUR BLISS
"Blame is the refusal to accept responsibility for our actions, for our feelings, and for whatever is happening in our life. We look for the guilty party, the one who did this to us, who upset us, who made us mad, who prevented our success, who disappointed us, who broke her promise, who ruined our life. We make this person (or group) the cause of our problems; we are the innocent bystander, the good soul who was taken advantage of. But it is certain that, if we were there we had something to do with what happened.
The first name at the top of the list is God’s. “How could God do this to me?” we may ask. “After all, I pray and am a good person.” The key to liberation and power is to understand that we have free will, and not even God interferes with out choices; not even God tells us what to think, feel or want. By the basic law of life – cause and effect – whatever we set in motion by our conscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and actions will take form in the people, places, things, and circumstances surrounding us…Once we recognize that something that has happened is a mirror that reflects back to us a lesson we need to learn, and stop blaming others, including ourselves, we can get the lesson and be grateful for it and to those who played their part."
Terry Cole-Whittaker, in “Live Your Bliss”
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Compiler's Note: I've finished about half of this book and it's wonderful. I highly recommend it as a spiritual growth resource.
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The first name at the top of the list is God’s. “How could God do this to me?” we may ask. “After all, I pray and am a good person.” The key to liberation and power is to understand that we have free will, and not even God interferes with out choices; not even God tells us what to think, feel or want. By the basic law of life – cause and effect – whatever we set in motion by our conscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and actions will take form in the people, places, things, and circumstances surrounding us…Once we recognize that something that has happened is a mirror that reflects back to us a lesson we need to learn, and stop blaming others, including ourselves, we can get the lesson and be grateful for it and to those who played their part."
Terry Cole-Whittaker, in “Live Your Bliss”
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Compiler's Note: I've finished about half of this book and it's wonderful. I highly recommend it as a spiritual growth resource.
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