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Introspection
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Modified magazine/JW pics
by Introspection inok, i know there has been a few of these posted and someone out there has to have them filed away.
i thought it would be nice to have this in a thread (besides i want to get them) and maybe any other image along the same lines.
so how about it?
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Modified magazine/JW pics
by Introspection inok, i know there has been a few of these posted and someone out there has to have them filed away.
i thought it would be nice to have this in a thread (besides i want to get them) and maybe any other image along the same lines.
so how about it?
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Oneness symbol
by Introspection inok - i'm all for interfaith dialogues and stuff like that to promote better understanding, but i think this is just a little silly.
i saw this product at a show recently and frankly i find it hard to take it seriously, check this out:.
http://www.onenessjewelry.com/index.html.
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I think the worst part is that it reminds me of the symbol used by The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, (who is now known as Prince once again) which is not something said against Prince, I find his old symbol to be more elegant actually..
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What GOD says about US.
by Blueblades inaccording to the bible here is what god says about us.. the man has become like one of us,throw him out of the garden,don't let him live forever.. i regret that i even made man.i am going to wipe him out!.
the inclination of the heart of man is bad from his youth up,so i am not going to call evil down upon him anymore,i'll just let him grow old get sick and die!.
there is nothing that they may have in mind to do,let's confuse their language,that will slow them down until bill gates comes along!.
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Francois, why don't you just learn the Chinese language and get it over with? Seriously though, it is cool to read it in the original language - the feeling tone it conveys is similar to the sudden sound produced when the zen master strikes with the stick, or in some cases like back in the day - a slipper. (even if you don't get struck the sound is always striking) Of course, that's no guarantee of understanding - lots of Chinese people can make no sense of the TTC. But what I've found with people who have to really put in the effort to learn something - not just a foreign language but generally speaking just a way of thinking - is that when they get it they really get it. As you know, though, it is not about a way of thinking per se, but having those simple ideas encapsulated (they themselves summing up what might be less accurately described with many more words) in a few rhyming syllables just kind of propels you to that silent space where there's nothing, or where the thoughts come from.
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An answer
by donkey intime's.ticking by, taking so long.
menot feeling very strong.
eyesstarting to close.
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Nirvana…doesn’t exist if I’m not dead
Well, this is actually true in a sense. Of course, what dies is simply all the illusions, not just the JW ones but all of them - and it doesn't really die anyways, those things never existed in the first place so they're just seen through. But, it does exist.
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Are witnesses intellectual showoffs?
by JH inthe jehovah witnesses are a religion, and that's what they should talk about.
why do they have to talk about so much more than religion.
after all, they aren't doctors or engineers, chemists, they are bible students.. i never understood why they published the awake magazine.
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There's a difference between showing off what you've read and showing off what you understand, the former can be done by anyone quoting something someone else wrote, (much like the little tidbits found in the Awake!) the latter actually requires some kind of comprehension.
Sometimes it does appear that people either feel good about themselves by the vain use of verbiage, or they look up to others who do this because they seem to know what they're talking about. Now of course, someone who happens to use big words may just have a larger vocabulary and know how to use them, but my guess is most people will give it more merit and consider the person more intelligent simply because it sounds better, whereas another person making the same points or perhaps an even better argument won't be given as much consideration because they happen to go about it in down to earth everyday speech. It's basically putting a suit and tie on your words - it's fine to look nice, but only fools think what's behind the clothing is any different.
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What GOD says about US.
by Blueblades inaccording to the bible here is what god says about us.. the man has become like one of us,throw him out of the garden,don't let him live forever.. i regret that i even made man.i am going to wipe him out!.
the inclination of the heart of man is bad from his youth up,so i am not going to call evil down upon him anymore,i'll just let him grow old get sick and die!.
there is nothing that they may have in mind to do,let's confuse their language,that will slow them down until bill gates comes along!.
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Don't take this the wrong way, because I am speaking generally to everyone who may feel this way - but I would think that if the bible didn't provide a satisfactory enough explanation for someone they would get off that horse and start looking elsewhere. Even people who say their whole deal is based on the bible read other stuff, it's just that it focuses on interpreting the bible. It helps to "widen out" in your search.
It helps to know your assumptions, which is often unconsciously taken as true without question. For one thing a lot of people do seem to assume that only the bible has anything to say about God, I mean isn't that just a little bit of a narrow view? Aside from that there's also the assumption that God is like people, there's a personality and he's .. well a he, not that that means a she is the only other understanding - but also people just take the idea of God being a person like the rest of us, but he who knows a lot more stuff and is a lot more powerful, so of course by this logic we're pretty miffed that he's not giving a hand to help us out with all the day to day crap we deal with.
Well, what if none of these assumptions are true?
I guess in a nutshell what I'm trying say is, instead of trying to make sense of all that we've been taught, give up those assumptions and just try to see what is true. You might try to see things from other perspectives, not so much trying to fit little pieces into this existing belief system which you already know does not work, but taking on that view as a whole to really see what it's about. What have you got to lose? All you're giving up is a thought.
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Modified magazine/JW pics
by Introspection inok, i know there has been a few of these posted and someone out there has to have them filed away.
i thought it would be nice to have this in a thread (besides i want to get them) and maybe any other image along the same lines.
so how about it?
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Ok, I know there has been a few of these posted and someone out there has to have them filed away. I thought it would be nice to have this in a thread (besides I want to get them) and maybe any other image along the same lines. So how about it?
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faith and illusion
by teejay inon another forum, a discussion has centered on the belief (or lack thereof) in the existence of god.
a believer, zechariah, i thought offered a pretty good argument as to why it makes sense to believe.
when asked the question where did god come from, zechariah said
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So much of what we “know” hinges on simple faith or belief -- and so much of that is transitory.
Yes it is isn't it, you have to have some kind of assumption to start with in order to logically deduce other conclusions. Of course, there is no such thing as a true belief - it's pretty much an arbitrary choice as you've pointed out.
I think when you see this you start becoming aware of your own mind, your thought processes - since that is basically how it works. You might then reasonably ask what is aware of my thought processes? The intention here is of course to take a step back and not so much engage in more intellectual tail chasing, but just look - if you are really interested.
In terms of what you're talking about, most intellectuals are basically interested in knowing their particular illusory view in detail. You have to actually be interested in what's real before you start to even look.
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Oneness symbol
by Introspection inok - i'm all for interfaith dialogues and stuff like that to promote better understanding, but i think this is just a little silly.
i saw this product at a show recently and frankly i find it hard to take it seriously, check this out:.
http://www.onenessjewelry.com/index.html.
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Ok - I'm all for interfaith dialogues and stuff like that to promote better understanding, but I think this is just a little silly. I saw this product at a show recently and frankly I find it hard to take it seriously, check this out: