does anyone know if kingdom industries in saint albans, ny is in any way affiliated with the borg?.
i was sending out a mailing today to literary agencies, and came across the subject agency in my mail list.
naturally, i wonder if the borg's got it's fingers in this pie too?
Does anyone know if Kingdom Industries in Saint Albans, NY is in any way affiliated with the Borg?
I was sending out a mailing today to literary agencies, and came across the subject agency in my mail list. Naturally, I wonder if the Borg's got it's fingers in this pie too? I certainly wouldn't want to become unevenly yoked with those jokers in any kind of business deal. You know what I mean?
francois
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i'm sure everybody has heard of the potential benefits of meditation, but no doubt fewer has actually tried it, and fewer still practice it.
as jws we're taught that if you meditate you empty the mind and invite demons in, but this is simply not true.
for one thing, even the watchtower talks about meditating on bible principles.
Hey Intro:
Right on. I would never attempt to describe how to meditate, but you did an excellent job. I think folks will be surprised at how hard it really is to do nothing. How hard to "be still and know." How hard to achieve non-doing, effortless work, teaching by no talking. But it's all in the Tao! Great job.
francois
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hi bigboi: i enjoyed your post on race issues.
i decided to make a separate post to you.. i grew up in a complex situation that greatly affected my racial views and brought me to where i am at today.
my great grandmother owned slaves, and kept them on as employees after the civil war.
Amazing, I've always thought you were a great person, and I agree with 95% of what you say. However with this, you went over the line for me, "Once in a while, I will get a white couple who will try to suggest that they do not want to live in a racially mixed area. I am quick to spot this, and make it clear to them that I will not cooperate with them. Though very rarely, an African American couple will want to live in a mostly African American area. And, I give them the same line that I give whites, that I will not help them in identifying any neighborhoods by it racial make-up. The law requires this, but I do it because I want to help end the racial tension that has gone on for too long in our country."
Essentially, you are going to force your viewpoint and outlook on people whether they want it or not. How Witness-like! I cannot agree with you in this connection. It's self-righteous in the extreme. Your interference in this isn't going to "help end the racial tension" in this country. It may very well help perpetuate it, but end it? I don't think so. Having someone else's opinions forced down your throat rarely changes any one's mind. And frankly, after your witness experience, I'm surprised you take this position.
ft
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nothin on this website is positive, its all anti-witness!!
it helps nobody and does no good, and is for breaking down not building up, is there any righteous witnesses out there??
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Hey Amazing, you forgot the part about tossing little old blue-haired ladies out of the nursing homes and into the snow. Watch it!
Francois
Teach 'em HOW to Fish class
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another dangerous religion to watch out for.. australian based.. to the women on this forum, if you want to be enraged, read how women should act and submit if you chose to join.. > http://www.littlepromisedland.com/
Oh Lord. Another one. And just last night I was watching "Witness" and thinking how strange that people pick out a time frame they like and adopt the associated society.
Pretty soon this bunch will be all over Australia. Hope you guys down there can keep 'em from spreading up here. Those are pretty polished booklets, etc. Looks like they have access to some reall hard $$$.
ft
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i recently got this letter from my mother, i thought i would share it to help see how this saga continues.
my parents are both regular pioneering as we speak.
have seen their grandchildren for about an hour in the last six months.
Your mother's letter attempt to make you responsible for her feelings; it's an invitation to a guilt trip. Don't go.
Your mother's emotional responses are your mother's choice. Not yours.
Your mother's letter is a blatant attempt at manipulation; crass and cynical.
If you maker her know you refuse to be manipulated in such a fashion, she may give it up. I hope so.
And your emotional reactions to your mother are likewise your choice. Choose well.
Francois
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i received this e-mail by an elder and friend that is very perplexed.
so here is his requested post any thoughts?
i was just reading the 4/1/01 wt p. 21--article: do you feel misunderstand?.
"I'd rather discuss an issue without resolving it, than resolve an issue without discussing it." - Buddy Carlton
"The mind that forever gives up a futile hope is compensated by an ever-growing sense of peace." - Ray Franz
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my discussion group recently debated this topic.. i am interested in everyone's thoughts on these questions:.
why is there evil?.
what motivates those who perpetrate it?.
UncleBruce: "Francoice - I love your posts man - what was it you had for breakfast? Greenbeans and riceburgers? .. I'll slide along and give you space ;)" Thanks, um, I think. Would you translate that for me? That part about the breakfast. Ya have to remember that I'm a southerner, thus dumb.
Introspection: Actually, that's a paraphrase. I have quite a few translations of the TTC myself. I found the only way to really comprehend its meaning is to read several translations. It's such a laconic work to start with. But if you can get its meaning, there's truth there, ultimate truth, perfect truth, beautiful truth, lovely truth...releasing truth.
When you review one of your translations, you'll run across the right passage...it's in the Tao
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my discussion group recently debated this topic.. i am interested in everyone's thoughts on these questions:.
why is there evil?.
what motivates those who perpetrate it?.
Interesting question. And JanH is right on as usual. First, definitions (yes, these are my definitions, sorry):
Evil is a partial realization of, or maladjustment to, universe realities. It's inherent in the fact of the lack of perfection in the material world.
Sin is a purposeful resistance to divine reality--a conscious choosing to oppose spiritual progress in yourself or in others.
Iniquity consists in an open and persistent defiance of recognized reality and signifies such a degree of personality disintegration as to border on cosmic insanity. It represents a person dedicated to and identified with deliberate sin as a way of life.
God did not create evil. Evil is brought into existance by the deliberate choice of a free will being - like you and me. And to make free will choice mean anything, there must be the contrastive evil from which to choose. Human beings could never lay saving hold on righteousness if there were no potential evil to exalt and differentiate the good by contrast.
As stated in the Tao Te Ching: Beauty is recognized as beauty only in contrast to ugliness. Evil is recognised as evil only in contrast to the good.
But one doesn't need to actually choose an evil path for it to have its influence on a god-conscious being. Potential evil is close enough for most people.
Motivation? Is unselfishness--the spirit of self-forgetfulness--desirable in the children of God? Then we must live face to face with the incessant clamoring of an inescapable self for recognition and honor. We could not dynamically choose the divine life if there were no self-life to forsake. And so, like most of our self-inflicted problems, its the self, the ego that motivates such a choice.
And the ego can justify any behavior at all, as long as the ego is being served.
Francois
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i just read farkel's thread on rutherford's death certificat stating cause of death as cancer of the rectum.
the jokes there were very funny.
the surgeon said 'good, looks like it was just a tiny bit.
Patio is right on the money.
I waited until I was 52 to have a colonoscopy, and finally did so just because I was 52 and knew that it was suggested to begin having them at 50.
Preparing for the process is much worse than the process. On the day before you don't eat after noon. And after noon, you drink a full gallon of stuff that some joker named "Go-Litely"!!! Right. It comes in various flavors, all of them nauseating. Best to get the plain and chill it just a little.
Next morning you go in the hospital, put on one of those damnable robes and get wheeled into a minor surgery. Depending on your weight you'll get about 20 - 30 mg demerol I.V. and 2 mg versed, also I.V. The next thing you know, you're in the recovery room feeling groggy. And you don't remember a damn thing, cause the versed completely interrupts your short-term memory. Nothing. Nada.
That's it.
My doctor came into the recovery and told me they'd removed two small polyps: one about five inches from the bottom, the other just around the corner in the transverse colon. He was going to send them for biopsy. I forgot all about them.
About a week later the doctor called and said, "Congratulations, you dodged a bullet young man."
"Dodged a bullet? Whatever do you mean?"
"Those two polyps were both cancerous. Adenomas. Deadly when it gets past the wall of the colon. Yours were still up on a stalk like a golf ball on a tee. I cut 'em off at the base of the stalk and cauterized the stump. But we've gotta watch you very closely for the next two years."
"Closely" was right. Every six months for the next two years I went in for that process described above. All with no more polyps. Now I've waited for two years since the last one, and it's time to go again. I don't look forward to it, but it's not a big deal. I mean, you're not really present when all this is going on. And it can and will save your life.
I seriously believe that both Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Onassis would still be with us if they had gotten over their massive dignity and submitted to the colonoscopy.
If you're approaching fifty, please make up your mind to go have this done. I had a friend in Atlanta who had no insurance and wouldn't shell out the $1,500 this exam costs. He's dead. And it took him two years to die. And he woke up every day knowing he was going to die. It was hard to watch.
And for my next captivating story, I'll tell you all about my run-in with malignant melanoma!
Francois
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