do you find yourself, since leaving the religion, having an exhorbitant amount of personal paradigm shifts?.
sometimes i question my sanity.. i feel so open to ideas...don't know where to start sometimes.. don't feel dogmatic about too many things...maybe feel that it just 'isn't for me'...at least for right now (lol).... but in all of this, i never tire of these epiphanies and spontaneous feelings of gratefulness and love.. .
does anyone else out there experience this ?.
Do you find yourself, since leaving the religion, having an exhorbitant amount of personal paradigm shifts?
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Sometimes I question my sanity.
I feel so open to ideas...don't know where to start sometimes.
Don't feel dogmatic about too many things...maybe feel that it just 'isn't for me'...at least for right now (lol)...
But in all of this, I never tire of these epiphanies and spontaneous feelings of gratefulness and love.
Does anyone else out there experience this ?
tonight and into tomarrow morning is the annual perseids meteor shower.
this year will be great viewing since the moon will not be up to drown out the meteors.
the activity should start peeking around midnight and you want to be looking northeast.. early next month a very rare shower (the aurigids) that astronomers know very little about.. read more here:.
tonight and into tomarrow morning is the annual perseids meteor shower.
this year will be great viewing since the moon will not be up to drown out the meteors.
the activity should start peeking around midnight and you want to be looking northeast.. early next month a very rare shower (the aurigids) that astronomers know very little about.. read more here:.
bumpety bump bump
said the elder who came to our door this morning.
last time he came we weren't in a position to give him one because we were doing a big cleanup.
today- well, i was in my pyjamas!.
"So you're not going to give me a cup of coffee this time either?".....
didn't get to finish it as he talked over the top of me about his prophecies and gay marriage.
How obnoxious
I then said, "All religions are crook and I'm done with them!" and he heartily agreed!
That's better
feelin' pretty groovy that i'm starting my college 'career' or what have you...with a 4.0. it is great to be back in school...to stimulate my mind in a college setting, get out of my cave for a bit, and maybe even eventually have the accomplishment of a degree.. or two..who knows... less than 10 years ago, this didn't even seem like a real possibility for me...because i didn't imagine it to be.
but, since the good ol' paradise didn't show up...i decided to create my own paradise (quirky and flawed as it may be) !
and this paradise includes educating my self in and out of school, being open to ideas and possibilities, experiencing things for myself, living until i die... .
hi fakesmile, lol
by not having dreams and goals outside of the watchtower box and encouraging our children to expand beyond the cult.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=digfo2dgc9y.
happiness
i've heard of a couple of cases of a person being present (maybe wife, or friend) for support at judicial committees - is this commonly accepted by the elder committee or is it just a rarity?.
11. If the accused is a married sister, it is best to have her believing husband present for the hearing. He is her head, and his efforts to restore her and direct her can be very helpful. (1 Cor. 11 :3) If unusual circumstances are involved or the elders feel it would be best not to invite the husband because of their concerns for the safety of the wife, the elders should call the branch office.
12. If the accused is a married brother, his wife would normally not attend the hearing. However, if the husband wants his wife to be present, she may attend a portion of the hearing. The judicial committee should maintain confidentiality.
Wow.
feelin' pretty groovy that i'm starting my college 'career' or what have you...with a 4.0. it is great to be back in school...to stimulate my mind in a college setting, get out of my cave for a bit, and maybe even eventually have the accomplishment of a degree.. or two..who knows... less than 10 years ago, this didn't even seem like a real possibility for me...because i didn't imagine it to be.
but, since the good ol' paradise didn't show up...i decided to create my own paradise (quirky and flawed as it may be) !
and this paradise includes educating my self in and out of school, being open to ideas and possibilities, experiencing things for myself, living until i die... .
It's totally fine.. you didn't make a fool of yourself. It was good to hear from you.
College is a new world for me, so I'm taking it all in..
I'm not super-ambitious by nature, so who knows where this may go... it has been a good experience so far
'cerebral hospitalization'/convalescence ~ it has been like coming out of a coma that I was always in.
feelin' pretty groovy that i'm starting my college 'career' or what have you...with a 4.0. it is great to be back in school...to stimulate my mind in a college setting, get out of my cave for a bit, and maybe even eventually have the accomplishment of a degree.. or two..who knows... less than 10 years ago, this didn't even seem like a real possibility for me...because i didn't imagine it to be.
but, since the good ol' paradise didn't show up...i decided to create my own paradise (quirky and flawed as it may be) !
and this paradise includes educating my self in and out of school, being open to ideas and possibilities, experiencing things for myself, living until i die... .
Thanks, rmt1~
I hear what you are saying. A high GPA is certainly not my goal in life. I enjoy learning, and it is rewarding to see that I did well... had I not recieved those grades, I wouldn't be less of a person for it. For sure going to college is not a way to 'get back' at the JW entity, or even 'the ultimate' way to heal. Healing seems to happen in time and without so much force...I am living my life~ raising my little ones, growing my little independent business, teaching yoga, dancing, going to college... I do get these rushes of joy when I think upon the realization that my lifestyle now is only possible because I chose to leave the religion...I thank my self for that often...and I'm sure my little ones will too
I'm living my life, not to spite JW or anything/one. That would take too much energy. I imagine that I am peacefully swimming along...
feelin' pretty groovy that i'm starting my college 'career' or what have you...with a 4.0. it is great to be back in school...to stimulate my mind in a college setting, get out of my cave for a bit, and maybe even eventually have the accomplishment of a degree.. or two..who knows... less than 10 years ago, this didn't even seem like a real possibility for me...because i didn't imagine it to be.
but, since the good ol' paradise didn't show up...i decided to create my own paradise (quirky and flawed as it may be) !
and this paradise includes educating my self in and out of school, being open to ideas and possibilities, experiencing things for myself, living until i die... .
s&r~ the nerd in me is doing a happy dance these days
rmt1~ I like how you put that...speaking of 'intense experiences' (which is so very relative and subjective), ideas have been brewing in my head regarding all kinds of things thta I'm beginning to view differently... my new views since leaving the religion have been leading me astray in a good way.. no regrets, really
