Welcome!
How many times have I read someone's experience here and found it to be a mirror image of my own?
It's so important for me not to allow my kids to go through the nonsense that I had to endure being raised a Witness.
JimmyPage
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Hi!! New Here and need to express some feelings
by Knb1983 ini'm so glad i happened to stumble across this website cause i really need to express what i've been holding inside for quite some time.
i'm 27 and was born and raised in the "truth".
i'm married and my husband was also raised as a jw, been married for almost 7 years and have two kids who have just started kindergarten and preschool.
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Zen Living Part 13 (summarized): The One Who Stares Back at You
by JimmyPage incultural perceptions of perfection are compelling, but you already have perfection inside you.. rather than striving for some perfect future life, zen encourages you to live your life right now.. humans feel.
acknowledge your feelings so they can pass.. humans think.
have your thoughts, but don't mistake them for who you are..
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JimmyPage
Yet that is the only place we reside. Zen's teaching us to meditate on our breathing, on what we hear, see, and feel around us at the present moment helps us to get the most out of every experience and focus on what is really important.
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Zen Living Part 13 (summarized): The One Who Stares Back at You
by JimmyPage incultural perceptions of perfection are compelling, but you already have perfection inside you.. rather than striving for some perfect future life, zen encourages you to live your life right now.. humans feel.
acknowledge your feelings so they can pass.. humans think.
have your thoughts, but don't mistake them for who you are..
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JimmyPage
Cultural perceptions of perfection are compelling, but you already have perfection inside you.
Rather than striving for some perfect future life, Zen encourages you to live your life right now.
Humans feel. Acknowledge your feelings so they can pass.
Humans think. Have your thoughts, but don't mistake them for who you are.
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Things That Matter and Things That Don't
by AllTimeJeff inbeing a jehovah's witness at any time and at any level is a major head f*ck.
the reason is that it obscures what is important and causes you to focus on what doesn't matter.. i've moved on from my jw experience.
it's a shame that i found myself a born in, taught to focus on things that don't matter.
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JimmyPage
Great post, Jeff!
Goes hand in hand with what I've learned about Zen and its focus on what matters.
Wonderful quote: "Being a family is more important than being a cult".
Here's a song that I associate with the advice of your mother to "be happy":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnRtFd7Hps
And yes, I made it to the end of your post.
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As a JW, did you love your job "too much"?
by compound complex ingreetings, friends:.
i recall not too long ago that an article in one of the publications [km, awake!, wt ...
] mentioned a young sister who had a flourishing day-care service that she loved.
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JimmyPage
Of course! But until the Watchtower pays me for pushing their beliefs comparable to what I'm making now, I'll just continue to put work first.
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Did Jesus have a haidresser ?
by edmond dantes ini coudn't help but notice in a recent watchtower ( february i think it was).
jesus was pointing the way to some one with two fingers ,not to somebody who had two fingers but pointing the way with two fingers.
just one finger might have give the wrong impression.. the point is jesus had what can only be described as this fabulous head of hair .i mean it was like wow because your worth it !
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JimmyPage
Holy Christ, Batman!
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The Dead Will Rise on October 31, 2010!!!
by Clint Bussey in<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/apr7jdommzk?fs=1&hl=en_us"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/apr7jdommzk?fs=1&hl=en_us" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>.
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JimmyPage
Shake it up, baby! Shake it up!
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How does your congregation feel about the new song book?
by stuckinamovement ini stopped trying to sing the songs last meeting.
it felt like a combination of chanting and stepping on a cat.
it is terrible.
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JimmyPage
The new songbook is proof that the Governing Body still does not have a clue about what this organization really needs.
Not only do the songs sound basically the same, but they've actually gotten even more boring!
The whole project was completely unnecessary (unless it had actually produced catchy music with a backbeat).
It's just like their response to every legitimate criticism they receive- outdated, boneheaded, and misguided.
And yet they still believe everything they say carries the weight of God himself!
Here's some advice, GB: buy a drumset for your recordings- if for no other reason than to wake us all up with the cymbals!
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Dave Mustaine of Megadeth was raised as a JW.
by AGreenmachine inmegadeth is a heavy metal band fronted by dave mustaine, who was raised as a jehovah's witness.
mustaine was the original lead guitar player for metallica,in the early 80's, before they kicked him out for drunk behavior.
i have been a fan of megadeth for years, but recently found out he was raised as a jw.
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What's the saddest movie you've ever seen?
by JimmyPage ini'm asking because i just watched "the road".
it may not be the saddest but it's up there.
"my sister's keeper" was a real tearjerker too..
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JimmyPage
The scene of the old guy at the graveyard thinking back always makes me tear up in "Saving Private Ryan".