Can anyone tell me how I find peace of mind ? How I feel my life is not pointless ?
When I left the organization. I was trying to find peace of mind and trying to determine the point of life. Heres the cold hard truth as I see it, after 23 years away from the wt and 53 years on this planet. Their is no point to life. Google it find out for yourself. Life is what you make it. Thats your point. If you dont know what you stand for youll fall for anything. Theres a sucker born every minute. When you look for the point to life you will encounter many con men with their hands out for you to come join their cause. If joining an army and supporting a cause makes you happy, that could be your point. No matter what cause you support down the road if you become introspective enough you will always find it is like the wizard of oz with some feeble, falible man behind it dashing your illusion.Solomon said in Ecclesiates its all vanity. Except for one thing and that one thing . So even though their is no point, dont think of checking out. Enjoy yourself or learn how to. This might be the only life you get. And your children need you and look up to you.
If this reality is to harsh, or its like going from 0-500mph. I would recommend calling your doctor and getting some antidepressants.They do work. I wish you well. Maybe in your reality you will tell me Im all wrong. Thats cool too.
Many people need religion to have a purpose in their life. Then some people have philosophy, some psychiatry, some alcohol, drugs, and sex. Everybody it seems has to have a reason to get up in the morning. Im just saying everything has a price. You might even need religion so you can be around people to keep your spirits up. But then again it was religion that got you to your knees here. Many former Jws take religion seriously wereas many people in the worlds religions dont take it that serious. You probably need to re wire your whole thought process which ever way you decide to go. Like the baptist say, be born again. You got to be tough to survive in this world.
If none of that works for you. When I first left the organization. I started running 7 miles a day 5 days a week. When you run or exercise hard it releases endorphins in your brain, and it acts like a natural anti-depressant. Then I would find positive affirmations and reprogram myself with them. After 28 years around the "friends" my thinking was garbage. I used to self hypnotize myself with a tape recorder then read the positive affirmations on the tape and then bring myself out of the hypnosis. It worked wonders for me back in the day.
Some books that I read in my heeling process were "your erroneous zones" by Dr. Wayne Dyer. "The road less traveled by M.Scot Peak. "Questions and answers with God" Neal Donald Walsh.
