Posts by V1710

i've been reading posts on this forum for almost a month now and one of the observations i've made is that the organizations's brainwashing is still deep within the minds of many of the posters here.

feelings of guilt, hopelessness, fear are all residual effects of the mind control.

when i broke free i came across a course in miracles by viking press that helped clear my mind and lay the path for a life of happiness and meaning.

hortensia: before studying A Course In Miracles I would become overly attached to people, like feeling I couldn't live without them, due to separation issues when I was a child. After I learned to detach from things and people I was able to establish healthy attachments to loved ones.

megsmomma: thanks for your comments

to the last poster: i appreciate your concerns. i don't see training or a transfer of knowledge as a bad thing. doctor's are trained, teachers are trained etc... the book is not hiding the fact that this is a training or transfer of knowledge.

it's interesting to note how often we make judgements about things, people, situations.

"stop judging and you will not be judged, stop reviling and you will not be reviled."

jeanette

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The best revenge

by Junction-Guy in

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so are you happier outside the jw's than inside?.

do you like having freedom, or are circumstances too overwhelming to appreciate it now?

is happiness in small things possible, even when we're still in the process of "getting it all together"?

V1710

"Happiness is a Choice"

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Ban 0n Cold Callers to comfort Elderly

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http://www.dailypos t.co.uk/news/ north-wales- news/2007/ 10/12/ban- on-cold-callers- to-comfort- elderly-55578- 19937929/.

ban on cold callers to comfort elderly.

cold-callers will be banned from thousands of homes in north wales from next week onwards.. safety groups have grown increasingly concerned about the risk to elderly residents from door-to-door salesmen.. as a result, estates comprising hundreds of homes in denbighshire and conwy are to become off-limits to cold callers in a pilot scheme, to be rolled out across the force's central division if it proves successful.. the warnings apply to all cold-callers, from salesmen to jehovah's witnesses.. signs are to be put up around the trewen and mytton park areas of denbigh and bryn newydd in prestatyn, and parts of rhos on sea, abergele and colwyn heights.. and warnings will be placed on residents' doors to alert cold callers they are unwelcome.. the scheme is backed by the areas' community safety partnerships, made up of groups including police, neighbourhood watch groups, social services and trading standards.. bryan jennings, district co-ordinator for lower denbigh neighbourhood watch, said: "the main idea is to stop bogus callers coming round.. "at the moment, anybody can call round, which can often be intimidating for elderly people.

V1710

yeah!!! thanks for sharing.

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Ashamed of my dear father 12 days ago...first time ever.

by oompa in

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i don't remember if i have posted about this form some obvious reasons.

my mom and dad were helping me with an outdoor project at home, and my df's son stopped by.

i knew he was in the area and told him to stop by.

V1710

oompa,

that is heartbreaking. hat's off to you for inviting your son to your house, even if your dad was going to be there. Don't be ashamed of yourself, it's your father who should feel ashamed. It's not your fault that your family is fragmented.

Jeanette

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A COURSE IN MIRACLES~lesson #1

by V1710 in

i've been reading posts on this forum for almost a month now and one of the observations i've made is that the organizations's brainwashing is still deep within the minds of many of the posters here.

feelings of guilt, hopelessness, fear are all residual effects of the mind control.

when i broke free i came across a course in miracles by viking press that helped clear my mind and lay the path for a life of happiness and meaning.

V1710

first poster:

You got it

summer,

that's exactly the premise. you make a lot sense. it's important to become aware of our surroundings without judging them or being attached to them. this is especially useful for people who put alot of stock in material "stuff.

b_deserter,

I haven't watched the video. I suppose anything can seem cult like after being a jw. I don't belong to any group or know any other people personally that are aware of A Course In Miracles. If someone wanted to make it into a religion or cult I'm sure they could (as they could anything)

Jeanette

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Personal experiences...

by *summer* in

have been reading so much on this site...it is not even funny anymore.

i am now into "the best of"...a gold mine of personal experiences!

while reading, a question often comes to mind.

V1710

the first few years out of jw's i tried very hard to keep reading the bible but I found reading it trigured too much guilt and anxiety so i put it away. i've attended a few church services and tried not to let jw judgements taint my view, but found the services shallow and meaningless. we attended some classes at the TUMC (Trinity United Methodist Church) and when the pastor wanted us to join i told him I could never belong to organized religion again. I still believe in God and that Christ is my savior. The book A COURSE IN MIRACLES helped to cleanse my mind.

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A Moment of Silence For Linda

by BFD in

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V1710

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A COURSE IN MIRACLES~lesson #1

by V1710 in

i've been reading posts on this forum for almost a month now and one of the observations i've made is that the organizations's brainwashing is still deep within the minds of many of the posters here.

feelings of guilt, hopelessness, fear are all residual effects of the mind control.

when i broke free i came across a course in miracles by viking press that helped clear my mind and lay the path for a life of happiness and meaning.

V1710

I've been reading posts on this forum for almost a month now and one of the observations I've made is that the organizations's brainwashing is still deep within the minds of many of the posters here. Feelings of guilt, hopelessness, fear are all residual effects of the mind control.

When I broke free I came across A COURSE IN MIRACLES by Viking Press that helped clear my mind and lay the path for a life of happiness and meaning. The book is a basis for group discussion in many areas. The book in it's entirety is rather deep, more than I could process at times. The part of the book that helped me the most was the Workbook for Students. I will post daily the lessons in hope of helping others find a meaningful life outside JW's

"The purpose of the workbook is to train your mind in a systematic way to a different perception of everyone and everything. The only general guidelines are:

1. The exercises be practiced with great specificity, as will be indicated. This helps generalize the ideas involved to every situation in which you find yourself, and to everyone and everything in it.

2. Be sure that you do not decide for yourself that there are some people, situations or things to which the iedeas are inapplicable. This will interfere with transfer of training. The very nature of true perception is that it has no limits. It is the opposite of the way you see now.

Lesson 1

Nothing I see in the room (on this street, from this window, in the place) means anything.

1. Now look slowly around you, and practice applying this idea very specifically to whatever you see:

2.This table does not mean anythng.

3. This chari does not mean anything.

4. This hand does not mean anything.

5. This food does not mean anything.

6. This pen does not mean antying.

2. Then look farther away from you immediate area, and apply the idea to a wider range.

2. that door does not mean anything

3. that body doesn not mean anything

4. that lamp does not mean anything

5. that sign does not mean anything.

6. that shadow does not mean anything.

3. Notice that these statements are not arranged in any order, and make no allowance for differences in the kinds of of things to which they are applied. That is the purpose of the exercise. The statement should merely be applied to anything you see. As you practice the idea for the day, use it totally indiscriminately. Do not attempt to apply it to everyting you see, for these exercises should not become ritualistic. Only be sure that nothing you see is specifically excluded. One thing is like another as far as the application of the idea is concerned.

Each of the first three lessons should not be done more than twice a day each. preferably morning and evening. Nor should they be attempted for more than a minute or so, unless that entails a sense of hurry. A comfortable sense of leisure is essential.