Posts by alias

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Brenda Lee's Powerful Youtube Video, What do you think about it?

by Scott77 in

after publishing her best seller book,outofthecocoon, brenda lee is back again, this time with a powerful, eye-catchting youtube video on wts.

what is your reaction after viewing it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfdirpdbqgw&feature=related.

alias

I haven't seen the video (or have the desire to watch it), but one thing I'm more aware of now than ever is the repressed creative spirit many of us suffered as JWs. We were not allowed to have creative outlets, or a unique voice outside the JW collective. Women, especially, who wanted to spice up a demo or school part always walked the thin line of being counseled for having too much fun. Creative expression and personal voice = same thing?

When people leave the JW world and process their experiences through writing and creating things (activism, making videos, satiring WT covers, creating Web sites, blogs, tshirts, etc.), I believe there's a hugely cathartic thing going on in this expression.

Many of us are finding our voice for the first time while coping with very repressed parts of ourselves (think born-ins) and keeping sane through the anger and bitterness sometimes through humor. Brenda most likely combines a few of these things in the production of her books and videos, with lots of pent-up creative energy that many of us appreciate and have in common.

alias

27

The Smell of Coffee

by snowbird in

i've returned to work, and, at the request of my long-suffering boss, am taking it slow and easy.. he has just put on a pot of joe; the aroma is overpowering.. one of my earliest memories is getting up around 5 am to share a morning cup with my papa.. i must have been around 2 or 3 at the time, because my parents separated when i was going on 4.. papa taught me to read from the maxwell house coffee can, having me read the words, good to the last drop to him each morning.. whenever i get a whiff of coffee brewing, i am taken back to those long-ago mornings in a lamplit cabin, sitting on my father's knee, sipping coffee and reading to him, basking in the glow of his praise and love.

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syl.

alias

snowbird,

I love the smell of freshly-brewed coffee. Even better when it's a little bit nippy (cold) in the air. Holding a warm mug and smelling that great aroma is intoxicating!

alias

114

Anyone here have any experience with the "super-natural"?

by Knowsnothing in

and if so, would that prove an existence of evil-spirits (demons)?.

i have heard of a couple of stories of possession, or of jw's talking to spiritists and the spiritists having seen 2 men following the jw, either dressed all in black, or all in white, and very strong looking.

yet, i have never experienced any of it.. another experience that i heard is about a brother whose mom had super-natural strength, and tossed something really heavy.

alias

Hi ALIAS...yes I saw them.

Just the thought of that happening gives me goosebumps! I've had dreams with supernatural things happening and went to some popular haunts around the US, but have yet to experience something -- I'm very open-minded though.

Energy and the unknown fascinates me.

alias

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Anyone ever fake ring the doorbell when going door to door?

by foolsparadise in

when i used to pioneer i would press to the side of the doorbell and act like i pressed it and then say "oh i think the bell must be broken".

alias

No, but I was always relieved when nobody answered and it was my turn to talk.

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What drove you? Love or Fear?

by fade_away in

this has probably been discussed here before, but i'm new so sue me.. i think the religion of jehovah's witnesses has been an amazing but tragic social experiment proving that the mind is most vulnerable to brainwashing when it's in an unhealthy state.

it seems to attract the bipolar, schizophrenic, depressive, and the paranoid.

it preys on negative emotions like sorrow and fear.

alias

fear

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Anyone here have any experience with the "super-natural"?

by Knowsnothing in

and if so, would that prove an existence of evil-spirits (demons)?.

i have heard of a couple of stories of possession, or of jw's talking to spiritists and the spiritists having seen 2 men following the jw, either dressed all in black, or all in white, and very strong looking.

yet, i have never experienced any of it.. another experience that i heard is about a brother whose mom had super-natural strength, and tossed something really heavy.

alias

Tins of food flying around, xmas decs flying off and orbiting around, hot coles jumping out of the fire (about 5ft), pictures spinning on walls...
and the worst one......the oil lamp lifted its glass top off itself...moved to the middle of the room and hovered for a good 15 seconds before throwing itself 50mph into the fireplace.....

Wow, did you really see this happening? That would be an undeniable experience for the supernatural.

alias

5

The Creative Force; Pearl S. Buck

by compound complex in

jw
friends

the instinct which creates the arts is not the same as that which produces art.

the creative instinct is, in its final analysis and in its simplest terms, an enormous extra vitality, a super-energy, born inexplicably in an individual, a vitality great beyond all the needs of his own living an energy which no single life can consume.

this energy consumes itself then in creating more life, in the form of music, painting, writing, or whatever is its most natural medium of expression.

alias

I know this energy. cc, where is this quote from?

alias

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Jehovah's Witness children and creativity...

by Tuesday in

jw
friends

hey there folks,.

i remember some time ago there was a wonderfully written website which dealt with jehovah's witness children specific type of suppression causing a higher number of very creative children than other religious forms of suppression.

i was wondering if anyone remembered what this link was?.

alias

Now I really want to read the article!

alias (recovering outcast)

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why do I need validation that I am a good person

by Star tiger in

hi everyone,.

why do feel i need validation, that no matter what good deeds i perform, i work as a care assistant for the elderly i've never felt that i am a good man, that the jehovah's witnesses would say that now i not part of their organization that i am a bad person, i only require a feeling that i on the right track to help people, it seems sad to me that more help i provide for the less able i feel worthless, i would appreciate your comments!.

the star tiger .

alias

P.S. I agree with the needed inner work that makes each of us feel validated, worthy, etc. To stand in our own foundation of worth and value is a beautiful thing that will radiate outward.

alias

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why do I need validation that I am a good person

by Star tiger in

hi everyone,.

why do feel i need validation, that no matter what good deeds i perform, i work as a care assistant for the elderly i've never felt that i am a good man, that the jehovah's witnesses would say that now i not part of their organization that i am a bad person, i only require a feeling that i on the right track to help people, it seems sad to me that more help i provide for the less able i feel worthless, i would appreciate your comments!.

the star tiger .

alias

You'll know if you are a good person by the response you get from people generally. It's amazing how humans can tell, without needing a guidebook, whether someone is nice or not, whether or not they can depend on them, whether or not they are loyal to what is decent and beneficial to themselves and others.

I like that!

alias (the mirror)