you see all those people affected by these terrrible storms.. it makes you think that thanks to mitt romney's statewide health care plan, at least the people in mass.
were better off when they had to go to the hospital than the folks in the south.. rub a dub.
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I live in Alabama, and one of the places that I spent a great deal of my college years in was absolutely demolished by the April tornadoes. Nothing left but debris and dirt all up and down the street, from within a well-developed area. A place where many memories over the years were shared by myself and others, then completely evaporated within an hour.
Just wanted to throw that in.
Bruce Banner
i do not read books, but i was told it is a very good book.
if you have read the book before, tell me about it.
thanks!.
I haven't read the whole thing yet, but thank you because I was meaning to get it today after work but had forgotten. I have long been a proponent of the MBTI system however, and a post on a board for members of my type (INTP) was mentioning just yesterday something about Jehovah's Witnesses, and then I log on to here and you're practically discussing MBTI. Weird coincidence, to me anyway. But yeah, "Please Understand Me" and MBTI have some very substantial content that I've found irreplaceable in my own quest for self-discovery... I would recommend everyone get their hands on a copy if possible, and also take a MBTI test (there are plenty online) and see how much you feel the results reveal about your own temperament.
well just what is samadhi?.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/samadhi.
Glad to hear there are other ex-JWs (I assume) that are now pursuing an Eastern approach to spirituality as well. Namaste
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I was raised a Witness, and I can completely relate to nearly every point mentioned in the OP. Thanks for the tip on the book.
Still dealing with the years of emotional abuse I've been subjected to by both parents. Their unhappiness and lack of self-respect and respect of other family members is probably the first thing that seriously started to turn me away from the faith as a child. If these people have found "The Truth," then why aren't they happier, and why do they behave the way they do (always justifying their mistreatment on Biblical scriptures pointing to children needing to subject themselves to parental authority).
Even the other day, when I tried to raise a valid question with my father about the organization's interpretation of Matthew 24, he responded in an abusive manner, talking about how he didn't want to hear that "garbage," demeaning me saying who am I to think that I could find the Truth if the organization can't, and basically just using the opportunity to insult me rather than rationally discuss the points I was trying to raise. It sickened me, but fit perfectly into the pattern he's been practicing through my whole life. Using the scriptures as a justification for emotional abuse rather than as inspiration towards true compassion or empathy. So at that point I decided not to give a **** if he's determined to spend the rest of his life as a blindfolded idiot. Sigh.
Glad I found this forum.
