Do You Now Feel Liberated Since Leaving The "Truth"?

by minimus 22 Replies latest jw friends

  • Incense_and_Peppermints
    Incense_and_Peppermints

    absolutely

  • eyeslice
    eyeslice

    Religiously - yes. I am now free to explore my own spirituality.

    Eyeslice

  • prophecor
    prophecor

    After looking back, I now realize how enslaved I was, being haunted by the Wizard of OZ, as it where, was truly how I felt, and all the little characters, Dorothy, The Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, were all parts of my persona, now that the man from behind the curtain has been revealed as to who he actually is, I have a lot less fear of looking towards others for spiritual enlightenment. I'm not as intimidated.

    I still have reservations about many things regarding God's purpose for my life, but I no longer associate the WTBTS with having Almighty God in their back pocket.

  • Dawn
    Dawn

    YES! It did take time for me to get to this point now.

    One day I thought of that scripture "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" - and it has a whole new meaning to me. The truth about the "truth" did set me free.

  • redhotchilipepper
    redhotchilipepper

    I feel so liberated I think I'm getting an attitude, dude! Oh yeah! HEE HEE

  • missy04
    missy04

    Redhotchilipepper wrote:

    I feel so liberated I think I'm getting an attitude, dude! Oh yeah! HEE HEE

    LMAO!! I always had mine...it just had to come back is all..if I ever did lose it.

    ~Sarah

  • minimus
    minimus

    I took my mom out for dinner last night and on the way home she told me, "You know....I'm not going to keep doing this for too long. I'm not like you. I still need more time. But I DO see things."......THAT MADE MY NIGHT!!!......Talk about freedom and liberation!

  • Doubtfully Yours
    Doubtfully Yours

    It's incredibly liberating to be non-judgemental of others, and to stop this acute self-rightiousness that comes with the JW faith.

    DY

  • Purza
    Purza

    Yes on one hand and No on the other.

    I am glad I have left the org and that have looked at the other side and seen that it is not as bad as they said it would be. I am much happier now (and less burdened).

    But no, because most of family is still in the org and because they refuse to have anything to do with me. That still hurts. So until I can get past the hurt, I won't be completely liberated.

    But I am on my way.

    Purza

  • minimus
    minimus

    I think you can't feel totally happy if your loved ones are still in the cult.

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