A spiritual paradise? Would be nice. I seem to be experiencing the opposite. A constant guilt, and I really mean a constant guilt. Guilt about smoking, guilt about missing a meeting, guilt about not looking up every scripture for the WT study or the book study, guilt about being on this website, guilt when I fall asleep without finishing my entire bible reading for the day, guilt about buying a raffle ticket to support a poor family whose house burned down, guilt about feeling good when I am with my 'worldy' friends, guilt about not being baptized after an eternity of personal bible study, guilt about not putting Jehovah first in my life. Okay, I'll stop here, but I could go on for a very long time.. I used to be happy and I'm serious. My spiritual paradise used to consist of a feeling that God was ever present in every hour of the day. It seems lately, I don't feel His presence anymore and it saddens me. It saddens me more than I can say.
Did YOU Ever Experience A "Spiritual Paradise"????
by minimus 14 Replies latest jw friends
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stillajwexelder
I truly thought so at the time (about 10 years ago) yes Minimus
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willyloman
Well, as long as everyone else is getting nostalgic, I will admit that there were a few years back in the '80s when I thought this was a good as it gets. But if that were truly a spiritual paradise, it would have lasted a lot longer. And we'd still be in it.
The truth is, it was a paradise of our own making, and it lasted as long as we were able to suspend belief in reality.
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minimus
Spiritual hell, spiritual desert.....I like it!
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upside/down
In the 80's I thought so... (the Dub version anyway)
I can never deny that the bro that "studied" with me was a THINKER. He taught me how to think and to do a "paradigm shift". That same ability is why I'm on this forum. So I must be thankful for that- "enquiring minds NEED to know". You don't know what you don't know....
I think I'm still in a "spiritual paradise", of course it's not quite as "green" as I imagined it would be- but it's REAL.
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