Posts by seattleniceguy

What?? Japanese vowels absolutely require the pronunciation "rah-men." Maybe your Japanese friend just means that she accepts "ray-men" as an American pronunciation.

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This is your subconscious speaking...

by seattleniceguy in

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many of us have had the experience of our subconscious trying to send us messages.

sometimes we refuse to listen and it has to resort to more forceful measures, even making us physically ill. for example, while in the final throes of my witness-ism, i found that i would get horribly painful sore throats within seconds of repressing a thought about something that challenged my faith in a way i could not legitimately dispute.

it was as though my brain was saying, "you need to think about this, now," and then punishing me for refusing to do so.. i was wondering if anyone has experiences like this.

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Very interesting experiences, everyone! JamesThomas, they actually disfellowshipped you for not being able to pray?? That's nuts!

I forgot to mention the outcome with Fred. After several months out of commission and still no word on the cause of his illness, he was permanently replaced. I haven't heard where he went, but I hope he has come clean with himself and moved on. I feel pretty confident that his voice would have come back shortly after leaving the org.

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This is your subconscious speaking...

by seattleniceguy in

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many of us have had the experience of our subconscious trying to send us messages.

sometimes we refuse to listen and it has to resort to more forceful measures, even making us physically ill. for example, while in the final throes of my witness-ism, i found that i would get horribly painful sore throats within seconds of repressing a thought about something that challenged my faith in a way i could not legitimately dispute.

it was as though my brain was saying, "you need to think about this, now," and then punishing me for refusing to do so.. i was wondering if anyone has experiences like this.

seattleniceguy

Many of us have had the experience of our subconscious trying to send us messages. Sometimes we refuse to listen and it has to resort to more forceful measures, even making us physically ill. For example, while in the final throes of my Witness-ism, I found that I would get horribly painful sore throats within seconds of repressing a thought about something that challenged my faith in a way I could not legitimately dispute. It was as though my brain was saying, "You need to think about this, now," and then punishing me for refusing to do so.

I was wondering if anyone has experiences like this. I'm sure this type of thing takes many and varied forms. Let's hear about it!

I'll share one experience that isn't mine, so I can't say conclusively whether it was really an illness caused by the subconscious, but it certainly seems that way. A few years ago I had a CO. We'll call him Fred. He was a really nice guy, soft-spoken and contemplative. He didn't employ the fiery rhetoric that COs usually do. I thought he was a pretty decent character.

One day we hear that Fred has come down with this mystery illness. Nothing appears to be wrong with him except that he can't speak. He's gone to doctors left and right, and no one knows what the problem is. I didn't think much about this at the time, but afterward I was talking about it with a friend, and she was like, "C'mon. A mystery disease that no one has ever heard of, which prevents you from giving talks or going out in service? You're telling me that's not his body trying to tell him something?"

I have to admit, if I were in his shoes and subconsciously I suspected that I might be wrong, and I was afraid to think about it, and I felt trapped in my current circumstances, I think it's entirely reasonable for the subconscious to manufacture this illness. It's only circumstantial evidence, but I can totally relate.

Any other stories?

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A letter to my sister

by jwbot in

i got some help from someone on the board in composing a letter to my parents, but i am presenting a letter i wrote just now to my sister johnna.

she has probably been the most rabid in shunning me.

she is also one that i felt very close to.

seattleniceguy

Your letter sounds very sincere. I hope your sister is touched by it. I liked how you described the nature of your relationship. Perhaps it will help your sister to see you and Mike as two genuinely happy people. Best wishes for you and Mike, and your sister and family.

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Why am i sitting here crying

by kls in

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why after all this time does it hurt so bad ,, why ?

why can't he say happy birthday to me why can' t he say anything.i want to hear it from him so bad.

seattleniceguy

Happy birthday, kls! (((kls)))

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So you want to build a website?

by Odrade in

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http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.html

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Funny stuff, O! I love Strongbad.

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I thought I'd share a bit of the book I'm reading...

by Surreptitious in

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"i'll be honest about it.

it is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics.

doubt is useful for a while.

seattleniceguy

I am agnostic regarding the issue of whether extra-terrestrial life exists in our galaxy. That's because honestly, I don't feel like there is enough available data to conclusively say one way or the other. This belief, however, has nothing to do with my "philosophy of life." Except, perhaps, that it relates to my more general belief that I should not dogmatically believe things for which I have no proof.

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Roomates

by frenchbabyface in

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ok since my son is gone ... i do think about it and said ok to a guy who is in emergency ... (for 2 months) .

we already had people staying here with us, but i've never been alone.

now i'm gonna make a trial but i want to know how i can bear it ... did you try and what was the troubles you had to face ... .

seattleniceguy

He also kept downloading porn and pictures of Hitler on MY computer

Jesus, Robyn! The guy sounds like a freak! I've had many roommates and with two exceptions, they were all very cool people. My current roommate is a grad student in mechanical engineering. Really nice guy. I wouldn't write off all men just because of one loser.

I hope your roommate experience is a good one, FrenchBabyFace!

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Walk with God DC: My Notes FRI MORN

by ezekiel3 in

well friends, at much sacrifice and mental atrophy, i survived the 2004 district convention and am here to tell you about it.

i thought i would be interesting to some here to note how dcs are organized and the ?great spiritual truths?

dispensed courtesy of the fds.

seattleniceguy

like a puzzle with more than one piece

Crap. Just when I thought I had those one-piece puzzles down, now they're going add more pieces?? Dammit!

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