obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.
i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.
anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.
This great hope filled article by Psychiatrist Courtenay M Harding, titled "Beautiful minds can be recovered" may also be of interest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/opinion/beautiful-minds-can-be-reclaimed.html
http://mifellowship.org/sites/default/files/Wellways/Pdfs/Beautiful%20Minds%202013.pdf
If the links don't work they can be found by Googling:
beautiful minds courtenay harding
obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.
i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.
anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.
An interesting book by Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz has been brought to my attention via PM:
http://www.bookdepository.com/Antipsychiatry-Thomas-Szasz/9780815609438
This exchange of letters between Karl Menninger (of the famous Menninger Institute in Topeka Kansas) and Thomas Szasz may also be of interest:
obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.
i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.
anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.
Here's video 5:
obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.
i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.
anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.
This seems to be video 4 in a series. It mentions the 5th video in the series which apparently talks about depression...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=0F_kLbtnWWM
obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.
i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.
anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.
There are several Psychiatrists who are/were to varying degrees involved with anti-psychiatry, that will give you all the cons of taking addictive and synthetic medicines.
Some names that come to mind: Peter Breggin, Thomas Szasz, Ronald Laing, Al Siebert, and Courtenay Harding.
Some of their books may also be useful.
Depression is serious enough to demand pro-active and professional attention.
Professionals that may be able to help with alternative therapies and medicines: Psychologist, Naturopath, Exercise Physiologist, and so on...
Integrative Medicine recognises that there are multiple dimensions to health and illness, along with many different types of medicine. This is reflected in the body-mind-spirit-social model.
Exercise is medicine (aerobic more so than anaerobic), laughing is medicine, sex is medicine, fruit and vegetables are medicine, quality sleep is medicine, and so on...
No, it was receiving the free gift of faith (a higher level of consciousness) that allowed me to see the wilful blindness of the Pharisees and to reject their claimed authority.
so i'm reading another carl sagan book and he seems to invariably find a way to slam j-dubs in each one.
(i can't say i blame him.).
anyway, in this one he discusses the fact that the gospels give contradictory geneologies of jesus--differing lines back to david from joseph, and a different number of generations.
Carl Sagan: one of the brightest minds and greatest communicators ever - I just love his Cosmos series.
a poster on another thread made the following comment, that really made me think.. it is about god: .
"imo i would say [god is] not evil but just indifferent.
apathy allows it.
Designs, I accept that our views of Paul's message are opposite.
For me his position against any and all religion is clear in his expounding law vs grace, and faith vs works, especially in Romans and Galatians.
The introduction to Galatians, and Galatians itself, makes for interesting reading in the Message Bible for those so inclined.
a poster on another thread made the following comment, that really made me think.. it is about god: .
"imo i would say [god is] not evil but just indifferent.
apathy allows it.
Of course your point is valid defender of truth.
And I'm asserting that the Kingdom will benefit humans and animals alike, in ways we may find hard to imagine until we are more familiar with the solution/medicine/map.
How can we know if we are making headway against the obstacles?
When we can personally read, understand and explain Romans and Galatians (without human "help").
a poster on another thread made the following comment, that really made me think.. it is about god: .
"imo i would say [god is] not evil but just indifferent.
apathy allows it.
Hey defender of truth!
No, a different point is being made.
The phrase "the gospels" is not really Biblical either and creates confusion as to what "the gospel" is.
"The gospels" is obviously a reference to the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
However "the gospel" is a composite message, map, medicine, framework and blueprint which is detailed throughout scripture.
Therefore one can speak of the gospel according to Paul, Moses, Isaiah, Psalms, and/or the apostles.
Whilst we are rejecting, or ignorant of, God's ultimate solution and map, the Kingdom cannot come to pass in full on earth without in some way overriding legal impediments, human autonomy, and our free will.
I believe God has put his solution forward and wants us each to individually and personally examine it and make an informed and free choice for or against.
I have personally experienced significant transformation as a result of embracing this solution and map (despite threats from the Watchtower hierarchy).
Therefore I believe it would be game changing if we humans devoted just as much time to this solution and map as we have to its nemesis religion.
