Posts by bernadette

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Meditation, letting the demons in

by free2beme in

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friends

i remember asking an elder once, "what do you think about meditation?

" he responded that we should not relax and open our minds, as opening our minds can let demons in.

i thought that seemed like a odd response, and looked it up in the watchtower, and sure enough he gave the societies views on meditation.

bernadette

ithinkisee

you said

I had never felt that combination of feelings before. It was freaky. You know on the Discovery channel, how sea anemones slam shut really quick when a predator is near? That is actually what happened. I actually "saw" it slam shut as I panicked. I inhaled sharply and flinched - like when a part in a movie scares the crap out of you. I tried getting back to that place where my mind opened, but I was so rattled by what just happened I could not settle down again.

I'm glad that you are going to continue past that feeling of fear and freakiness. I have also been there. It is described as the egoic conscious mind trying to wrest control in the same way that your mind kept wandering when you were focusing awareness on your breathing. I understand that one has to surrender to get past that point.

bernadette

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new to this site

by sexyk in

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friends

hey i am new to this site, just left the jw organization, 20 yrs old and from canada, looking forward to post and chat with others.

yee haw.

bernadette

Good to have you with us, sexyk.

bernadette

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Meditation, letting the demons in

by free2beme in

jw
friends

i remember asking an elder once, "what do you think about meditation?

" he responded that we should not relax and open our minds, as opening our minds can let demons in.

i thought that seemed like a odd response, and looked it up in the watchtower, and sure enough he gave the societies views on meditation.

bernadette

I have found simply keeping aware of my breathing brings me into a state of meditation and deep relaxation.

Than giving my attention to the present and calmly not getting sidetracked by the dramas my mind creates and wants to involve me in is one way to start.

Attending to and absorbing nature also helps.

bernadette

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If Jesus Was Here, What Would He Say About Jehovah's "Christian" Witnesses?

by minimus in

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friends

well?

?

bernadette

he would tell us that he'd been disfellowshipped too and was being shunned

bernadette

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INDULGE YOURSELF! No More Guilt!

by compound complex in

dear released-from-care,.

it's a chilly 45 degrees fahrenheit outdoors and i do not wish to risk pneumonia.

i'm under the weather and brand-new sheets and feeling quite indulgent.

bernadette

off colour humour and whatever film I want to watch and whatever book I want to read

bernadette

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How often should the Lord's Supper be celebrated per year

by avidbiblereader in

i have always had a problem with this from the scriptures, i understand the old law and replacing the passover but those laws did not apply to the new covenant and my question centers around pauls words to the 1 cor 11.

1 cor 11:17-20 .

17but, while giving these instructions, i do not commend you because it is, not for the better, but for the worse that you meet together.18for first of all, when you come together in a congregation, i hear divisions exist among you; and in some measure i believe it.19for there must also be sects among you, that the persons approved may also become manifest among you.

bernadette

thanks for replying.

I'll look out for that post.

bernadette

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Anxiety, stress, depression - What do you take?

by MsMcDucket in

i've been feeling like a slug.

the antidepressant that i was taking wasn't working.

the doctor couldn't give me another steroid injection for my migraines because it caused my blood sugars to go sky high and made me suffer from steroid induced mania; and then after it started leaving my system, i had this really down feeling.

bernadette

((((((((M E L I N D A)))))))))

bernadette

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How often should the Lord's Supper be celebrated per year

by avidbiblereader in

i have always had a problem with this from the scriptures, i understand the old law and replacing the passover but those laws did not apply to the new covenant and my question centers around pauls words to the 1 cor 11.

1 cor 11:17-20 .

17but, while giving these instructions, i do not commend you because it is, not for the better, but for the worse that you meet together.18for first of all, when you come together in a congregation, i hear divisions exist among you; and in some measure i believe it.19for there must also be sects among you, that the persons approved may also become manifest among you.

bernadette

Hi abr

which makes me wonder abou the whole phrase that Paul said in the DFing of the Corinthian Congregation about "not even eating with such a man"which makes me wonder abou the whole phrase that Paul said in the DFing of the Corinthian Congregation about "not even eating with such a man"

that an interesting point. Care to elaborate. I'd like to know more of what your thoughts are on the above.

bernadette

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try this

by mouthy in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

bernadette

one more try got me to bobbing bobcat

sweet dreams

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try this

by mouthy in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

bernadette

Leolaia, don't know how u do it. Can't get past ambling armadillo. My eyes are practically wonky from trying to use preriferal vision -

anyway going to bed now, goodnight all.