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Introspection
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Intro's quote-o-rama
by Introspection ini guess i've been inspired by stephen's quote threads, so i'm going to start one myself.. not one particular author here, just whatever i can find:.
q: why do you think that people are so protective of their egos?
why is it so hard to let go of one's ego?.
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Is it really the ex-JW thing?
by Introspection intoday i was thinking sometimes what people feel that others can't relate to isn't this whole history of having been a jw.. just curious, anyone out there feel that way?
i guess this is here because of the relationship bit, a bit general though i suppose.
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Umm.. Actually no Heathen. I suppose one way of looking at it is this: You have friends from different sources, work, kids friends' parents if you have them or whatever.. Really it seems pretty typical that not all of those people can fully relate to you fully as an individual, which may not be a big problem. I guess the thing is if a person is used to doing their own thing it is less likely to just bump into someone who is "on the same wavelength" as they say. I'm thinking for some people maybe even meeting ex-JWs isn't the big "oh yes!! Now someone can relate!!" experience, so.. logically it would be something else.
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Is it really the ex-JW thing?
by Introspection intoday i was thinking sometimes what people feel that others can't relate to isn't this whole history of having been a jw.. just curious, anyone out there feel that way?
i guess this is here because of the relationship bit, a bit general though i suppose.
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True Satan, but all the same sometimes you see people with lots of friends and it doesn't seem like they really relate to them well either..
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Question for those who know psychology?
by D wiltshire inmy question is:.
a little girl who is part of my family has the habit of always holding on to people's ear lobs, mainly with persons who are close to her whether they are a relative or not?.
what are the causes for this type of behavor?.
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Does she pull strongly..?
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Is it really the ex-JW thing?
by Introspection intoday i was thinking sometimes what people feel that others can't relate to isn't this whole history of having been a jw.. just curious, anyone out there feel that way?
i guess this is here because of the relationship bit, a bit general though i suppose.
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Today I was thinking sometimes what people feel that others can't relate to isn't this whole history of having been a JW.. Just curious, anyone out there feel that way? I guess this is here because of the relationship bit, a bit general though I suppose.
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OK...Let's Be Honest About Love
by ladonna inok guys and girls,.
we have recently had a "crush" thead to which many of you responded with such enthusiasm.. but what about "love"?.
who is "in love" with someone on jw.com???.
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"What's love got to do with it?"
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I'm Screwed Up, You're Screwed Up
by Farkel ini have not followed very many threads of late, so if someone has already made the same observations i'm about to make, i apologize for my redundancy.. .
i admit it: i'm part of a highly secretive, highly elite group.
(we have to drink two quarts of fresh yak blood and get a tattoo of a pentagram on our butts as part of of the initiation.
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Intro's quote-o-rama
by Introspection ini guess i've been inspired by stephen's quote threads, so i'm going to start one myself.. not one particular author here, just whatever i can find:.
q: why do you think that people are so protective of their egos?
why is it so hard to let go of one's ego?.
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Another one from Zen Mind, Beginners Mind:
If you understand the cause of conflict as some fixed or one-sided idea, you can find meaning in various practices without being caught by any of them. If you do not realize this point you will be easily caught by some particular way, and you will say, "This is enlightenment! This is perfect practice. This is our way. The rest of the ways are not perfect. This is the best way." This is a big mistake. There is no particular way in true practice. You should find your own particular way, and you should know what kind of practice you have right now. Knowing both the advantages and disadvantages of some special practice, you can practice that special way without danger. But if you have a one-sided attitude, you will ignore the disadvantage of the practice, emphasizing only its good part. Eventually you will discover the worst side of the practice, and become discouraged when it is too late. This is silly.
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Good people in the WTS
by Introspection ini sometimes think there may be people who will be largely unaffected by the organization crashing down, by virtue of them actually being good hearted people.
naturally the psychological shock will be there if they didn't see it coming at all, but i really think for some people the religion doesn't touch the core of who they are.
(actually, i think that's the case for everyone, but since this is a free country you're free to believe otherwise ;) ) so, do you know anyone like that?
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I remember when I first left it was basically because I couldn't do the whole witness thing in good conscience anymore. Sure I could have kept pushing magazines and go sit through meetings etc, but I knew it's all BS if it didn't come from the heart, and there wasn't much coming out of there especially for those activities.. (I didn't buy the "keep going through the motions" business) In terms of what I was thinking, I was kind of like well, if I die at Armageddon it's only fair. Although I would pray for strength etc. because I wanted to do the right thing. Little did I know I was already doing the right thing, I just thought it was wrong. So really in a sense I left before I knew anything, certainly a lot less than what I've learned since finding sites like this! I wonder if anyone else has an experience along these lines? Frankly I knew at some level that something wasn't right, I just knew very little consciously.
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Good people in the WTS
by Introspection ini sometimes think there may be people who will be largely unaffected by the organization crashing down, by virtue of them actually being good hearted people.
naturally the psychological shock will be there if they didn't see it coming at all, but i really think for some people the religion doesn't touch the core of who they are.
(actually, i think that's the case for everyone, but since this is a free country you're free to believe otherwise ;) ) so, do you know anyone like that?
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Happy you bring up a good point, and I really don't think people like that will just all the sudden decide "Well! I am just not going to be nice anymore because it turns out this religion is not the truth, so I am going to be a guy with a chip on my shoulder" and.. well you get the drift. I suppose for some there will be resentments, understandably so. But I think they can see the kindness shown is sometimes real, and the love and kindness they practiced within the organization is also genuine, and it seems to me you can't help but have those things influence you. So although someone like that who eventually leaves may be psychologically hurt, I think spiritually they are alright - they just have some sorting out to do.