there is a huge difference between been religious and been spiritual.
been religious is about been superior to others in the sight of god.
however, been spiritual is about self awareness, inner peace and unity with the natural world.
Deltawave: Spirituality is a misnomer for what you're talking about.
What you're talking about is just being a principled and decent being.
Now, if you believe in something beyond the synapses and neurons in our brain, you're talking about religion again.
there is a huge difference between been religious and been spiritual.
been religious is about been superior to others in the sight of god.
however, been spiritual is about self awareness, inner peace and unity with the natural world.
Buddha taught that getting rid of cravings and desire were the key to happiness. How is self denial of pleasure, asceticism, loving yourself? How is denying yourself sexual pleasure or a good meal with a loved one loving yourself?
I have read where the Buddha said those things. But, from what I've read, what you said is a little off. He tried indulgence and realized that didn't make him happy. He tried asceticism and realized that didn't make him happy.
I'm by no means an expert on buddhism. But from what I've read, his personal conclusion was that there was a middle way. Living a balanced life. Not a life of complete self-denial or a life of over-the-top indulgence. But a life where happiness isn't dependent on satisfying cravings and desire.
He is said to have taught in the Kalama Sutta (a famous 'sermon' of his, for lack of a better word) that one should not believe or accept a teaching if he didn't agree with it - including his own teachings.
i know there are many posts discussing the may money requesting televangalism...er... broadcast i mean!
but i wanted to start one where anyone can put what they have heard any non-exjw, non-apostate witnesses say good or bad about the broadcast.
i don't see how it can't rattle followers... but then again i might be surprised how they can twist things (2+2=5).
I have had a couple still-in Ministerial Servants express discomfort with the broadcast.
That's all the specifics I would like to say as they don't know I'm mentally out.
i know there are many posts discussing the may money requesting televangalism...er... broadcast i mean!
but i wanted to start one where anyone can put what they have heard any non-exjw, non-apostate witnesses say good or bad about the broadcast.
i don't see how it can't rattle followers... but then again i might be surprised how they can twist things (2+2=5).
couple of weeks ago an elder took a young man aside and crawled all over him after the tms for wearing a "skinny" tie.
it was one of those 2 inch wide ties.
nothing bright or scandalous about.
I notice that elders usually only bully like this when it's someone that is easily buffaloed.
i was on the jw.org website today and decided to watch a video entitled 'respect jehovah's authority'.
to my surprise approximately 3mins 25secs into the video, as the opening title began to fade, a symbol of the all seeing eye (eye of horus) appeared on the screen.
the scene was not set in egypt, but in a hebrew tent in the wilderness where praise was being sung to jehovah!!
Yeah, you're wrong. It's a flourish, not an eye. You can see it better in this enhanced image.
It's the same pattern used earlier in the video when introducing the characters.
But you may be on to something regarding this video. At 15:32 minutes into the video I saw something very strange.Here is the original photo. If you look closely, you can see it in the bottom left corner.
Don't see it? It becomes easier to spot once you enhance the video.
on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.
she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.
i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.
debating this was going to be the last day in field service was not hard after dealing with a nasty mess because i was grouped with the misfits of the kingdom hall!
i was reading this website on my phone while something started to stink in my car and one of the weird kids nobody wanted to work with yelled "hey, you leaking all over my seat, he was freaked out too!
" the older, retired elder, his pioneer daughter had forgotten to put his depends on and that became my problem.
I gotta say, I like working "rural" territory (farm areas). If the company's decent, you've got more time to chit-chat, laugh, joke, drink coffee, and if you really get lucky and get the right partner, listen to some non-kingdom tunes on the ride. Not to mention how easy it is to count your time doing that kind of territory.
My former pioneer partner and I used to work together every day. He was a little off because he had to take all these meds for some chronic illness. He couldn't drive because of the meds, and we were also the only two brothers that were pioneering. So, we always worked together. We became fast friends and I felt bad that others didn't look past his quirkiness. Listening to Stevie Ray Vaughn cranked up to full blast on the back country dirt roads of Texas...man, those were some of the good times.
an appellate court has reversed the conviction of a bacliff woman who recorded her boyfriend raping his 14-month-old granddaughter on her cell phone, saying the trial judge tainted the jury by arresting a prospective juror during jury selection.
alisha marie drake had been sentenced in 2013 to 15 years in prison for using her cell phone to record the act.
her boyfriend, jason grant, was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography and is awaiting trial.
Jehovah can visit you in the jail.
I love this Judge so much for that one comment.
i have a pretty good intuition but i have to admit i am going back and forth on the jw tv may broadcast.
i keep asking myself are they really in financial trouble (wishful thinking) or are they just grabbing for more money?.
i always appreciate reading everyone's thoughts and ideas on here.. let me know what you think.
