i just recieved this note from one of our faithful and discreet slaves... keep an eye out for the march 2005 km.
word is that the awake will only be published once a month starting in january 2006.. sincerely,.
district overbeer.
I guess they have finally run out of ways to tell teenagers not to masturbate LOL
Oh, what will become of JW youth without Young People Ask, or with only half of it? Maybe they'll double up and take out the meaningless nature articles that never have anything to do with anything..."The antelope and you...and why you should be like Antelopes who don't abuse themselves..." now there's an article for ya.
essie
for arguments sake lets assume that the wts teachings that the bibles prohibition against blood is valid with regard to accepting a transfusion.
jws are now being told that while they cannot accept whole blood or whole blood components such as red blood cells, white blood cells and blood plasma, they can if their conscience permits accept blood fractions.
i have thought quite a bit about how and why the accepting of some blood fractions and not others is supposedly a conscience matter.
However my question is regarding blood fractions. In my opinion a person whose conscience allows them to accept even one blood fraction should conscientiously be able to accept all of them. What from a conscience perspective makes one blood fraction any different from the rest of them? Is there something I?m missing here?
I call it the salad syndrome. How much lettuce has to go in before you call it a salad? Are just the inner leaves of the head of lettuce acceptable, or is eating the outside leaves okay as long as you skip the middle, or are you just supposed to skip produce all together? Can you eat all the componants as long as they're served in seperate bowls?
I know that a lot of 'old school' jw's are having issues with this whole thing. My parents are refusing to fill out the new paperwork, mom said that it was confusing and allowed too much room for error in her opinion...she also said that if "you pour it on the ground and cover it with dust, you aren't going to divide it into fractions first." dad says he thinks it's legal manuevering.
I think the GB don't even realize yet how many people are very upset with all this.
I can't answer why a person's conscience would allow them to take one and not another...I guess the GB guys are just trying to cover their butts legally while appearing to still uphold the ban on blood that they say the Bible demands.
~essie
yoga?just an exercise or something more?
can yoga be practiced without any religious overtones?
is yoga suitable for christians?
Yep, had my own discussion about yoga with dub relatives a couple years back. Fear based and as others said, all that freedom of mind might help wake people up to realize that nothing that the jw's teach makes sense.
now my only problem with yoga is finding time to do it...
oooooooooooommmmmmmm.........
i am so terrified!.
#2 daughter came home from college on 12/18 with a violent headache, nausea, neck pain and great fatigue.
we took her to the dr. on the 20 and again on the 21st as she had kept nothing down for 3 days.
((((((((Brenda))))))))) and ((((((((((Lena)))))))))))) I am so hoping that everything will work out fine...thank you so much for the update.
will keep you in my thoughts!
essie
the hospital chaplain just called.
my baby's body has been returned to the hospital following post-mortem examination at a specialist children's hospital.
so, the funeral can go ahead soon.. we have opted for a cremation.
Again, Fe, I am so sorry for your loss. I am glad that you will be able to have a funeral, I think that the thing that kept me from grieving the babies I lost 'properly' was that there was no closure, no chance to say goodbye. I hope that you will be comforted by family and by the service.
One of my favorite songs to help me remember those I've lost is "For Always" by Josh Groban. It's on his Live cd. The song was from the movie AI (originally done as a duet but I prefer the solo version) the music is by John Williams and the lyrics by Cynthia Weill.
The lyrics are:
I close my eyes
and there in the shadows I see your light
You come to me out of my dreams across
the night
You take my hand
though you may be so many stars away
I know that our spirits and souls are one
We've circled the moon and we've touched the sun
So here we'll stay
For always, forever
Beyond here and on to eternity
For always, forever
For us there's no time and no space
No barrier love won't erase
Wherever you go
I still know
In my heart you will be
With me
From this day on I'm certain that I'll never be alone
I know what my heart must have always known
That love has a power that's all its own
And for always, forever
Now we can fly
And for always and always
We will go on beyond goodbye
For always, forever
Beyond here and on to eternity
For always and ever
You'll be a part of me
And for always, forever
A thousand tomorrows may cross the sky
And for always and always
We will go on
beyond goodbye
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I also found that I drew comfort from objects that reminded me of how much I loved my babies even though they died in my womb...for a long time I wore two infant rings on a chain around my neck, one for each baby. I still have them, and I keep them in a special place.
I would be honored to make you a hand made keepsake miniature blanket; if that would comfort you at all. I can make it any color that you like. I have made blankets like this for the Garden of innocence project before. I do it in honor of my babies, among other reasons.
If you would like me to create one for you, just PM me and I will get to work on it right away.
Your baby knew more love in his short existence in this life than many children know in a lifetime. Please remember that he felt that love, and also that you are a mother, still; now and always.
hugs,
essie
as some of you on the board knew i was expecting a baby, i feel i should let you know that things have not worked out for us.. when i went for the 20 week ultrasound scan last thursday, severe problems were found with our baby's internal development.
only one kidney was detected, and it was very enlarged and polycystic.
there was no long term hope for the baby at all; if it survived to full term it could only live for hours at most.
I don't know how i missed this before... I am so, so sorry. Losing a child is the greatest pain imaginable. I will be thinking of you. hugs essie
ok, i've been staring at post after post for hours, done weeks of digging on the web, without speaking to a soul.
i figure everyone had to start somewhere, so i just decided to throw it out.. i only recently came out of my "lockdown" phase (where you don't even speak about your feelings about "the truth") and have just started looking around.
i know you guys can see my profile, etc, but i had to post this and just ask for some direction.
Welcome ddean!
I am glad that you found your way here. You say you've done your reading, I would advise you reading (if you haven't already) the Best of section here and all you can at freeminds.org.
You ask where you start rebuilding you; I think that if you are quiet and still and look inside, you will find the answer. It may take awhile to hear your own voice; you've been buried under a mountain of 'shoulds' and 'shouldn'ts' and guilt that comes part and parcel of the JW existence. Time to toss them out now, and ask yourself what you want to do and what will give your own life meaning.
I can only speak from my own experience but I found that the vaccuume that was left by leaving the borg was filled and then overflowed with joy when I found a cause that was meaningful to me to give my time to. A creative, involved endeavor it's been, but so rewarding, and much moreso than anything that the dubs could ever offer me.
It is a long road, as others have pointed out quite correctly; don't expect too much too soon. Especially with family still in, things will come up (weddings, funerals, memorial season) that will nag at you from time to time. Talk about it with others who understand as much as you can. writing is cathartic and probably the only reason I am *somewhat* sane :)
Welcome aboard, you're among friends and people who understand here. May you find what you're looking for, remember that true peace and happiness can only come from within you. It's time to let that out.
hugs
essie
p.s. *pointing upward* Yeah, what JamesThomas said! :)
click on each pic and toggle back and forth.
everything gone so fast.
everything lost.
so heartbreaking...
(((((((((Tatiana))))))))
love
essie
that's how i titled my response to a thread (on a non-religious discussion board i frequent) asking: "in honor of the lord's baptism today, were you baptised?
(poll)".
my reply:.
Yup, no doubt, huge mistake.
I was 12.
~essie
this week in uk, there starts a new 6 week series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=tuesday&service_id=4224&filename=20050111/20050111_2100_4224_37699_50.
personally, i do not like cinema films about the holocaust and, therefore, have never watched things like shindler's list or the pianist.
Oh, Avishai...I never knew that, I am so sorry that happened...
(((((((((((((avishai)))))))))))))))))
~essie
