What were the worst fears that held you back from enjoying life, from living the life you want, achieving the things you want most? How did you break through them? They say fears are to a great extend imagined: F.E.A.R = False evidence appearing real. Much as in 3-D movies when we see something from the film suddenly projecting towards us we may get frightened but it's all in the mind. So don't get held back from the things you desired most to do in life because of fear. The WTS knows very well the fear psychology and uses it to control its members.
Breaking through fears
by greendawn 6 Replies latest jw friends
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TopHat
I never feared the Watch Tower Corporation when I was a dub.....I did have a fear of God in a healthy way. I had a desire to please him. However by following the Watch Tower publishing company, little did I know I was displeasing God.
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skeptic1914
Good question Greendawn. For someone like me with a deeply imbedded "low self image" program running I think it is actually fear of success. I can clearly see the choice between that which is in my best interests and not and will inevitably incline toward that which will hurt me because God forbid I should be happy. Any time things are actually working toward a stable happiness I will find a way to sabotage it.
Skeptic1914
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MR. BORN AGAIN
As a child I was fearful of the simplist things being demonic. As a young adult I often had "end of the world" nightmares (some I still remember in great detail). I look back now and realize that alot of the educational/career choices that I didn't make were because of the fear of displeasing Jehovah:-( Same story...over and over.
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DJK
I feared a beating from my father if I failed to please him. That changed the first Sunday after my 18th birthday.
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Stealth453
WOW! That's a heavy one. I need a bit of time to think that through. There are so many things that hindered my/our growth. To pick one is near impossible.
If I were to think about it quickly, I would have to say the fear of "destruction" and everything that 'led" to it....as far as the watchliars were concerned.
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greendawn
TopHat we all used to think that serving the WTS pleases God whereas the opposite was true because this is a cultic and manipulative self serving organisation a very unloving and oppressive society.
Skeptic I am sure your worth is much greater than what the cultic programming wants you to think why let it sabotage your success in life?
Stealth, and Mr Born Again (welcome by the way), we have heard it here many times how the WTS somehow instilled in its followers the irrational fear of the demons and armageddon. It plays cleverly with the oppressive negative feeling of fear.
DJK like you did once, nowadays most JW kids are leaving because they find the org dull and oppressive.