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  Banner seen at convention in Miami

  by Indian Larry in

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  comments?.

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  Indian Larry

  Comments?

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  How do you shut your mind down so you can get a good night sleep???

  by jam in

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  the more i learn about jw's the harder it is.

  to sleep at night.

  the wife hit the pillow and within 5 min.. she is snoring.

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  Indian Larry

  I went to a therapist with this problem. His first question was "have you tried music therapy"? I thought he would reccomend some new age music or Yani or something like that. Instead he said to listen to whatever I like. He said it is nessesary to listen with ear buds, and with the music loud enough that it over rides your thoughts.

  I tried that for a while and it does work. However I found something that works better for me. I listen to audio books (not too exciting ones) my favorite book is the old classic Walden. It was written in the 1800's long before all the problems of todays world, it has nothing to do with religion, and he give a detailed description of living in the woods in a simple cabin on a lake.

  I listen on my iPod. I listened to that book for several years, to the point I can almost recite it word for word. I can tell you this as far as helping shut down the "snowball of thoughts" it does work for sure.

  Now I have moved on to other books but still listen every night. I now use Audible.com and get a new book every month. I set the timer on the audible app to run for 15-30 min. every night. I usually fall asleep before the timer goes off.

  Anyway, I hope that helps. It works on the principle of over riding your thoughts and refocusing your mind into the story of the book. For good peaceful books that will put you to sleep I reccomend:

  Walden by Henry David Thoreau as well as Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau. Both of those books transport me to a different time and can be like a switch to put me to sleep.

  Hope that helps.
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  Zoo flip flop

  by SyntaxError1974 in

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  nov 15,1949 watchtower page 349. proper relationship between men and beast.

  men have wrongfully gone into the wilds and trapped the wild beasts and removed them from their natural homes, and placed them in prisons, such aszoos, and thus inflicted upon them cruel punishment.

  the excuse of men for doing this is that it satisfies the curiosity and fancy of men.

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  Indian Larry

  Good catch.
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  LATEST NEWS :Door knocking results in uncovering of huge drug crop

  by raymond frantz in

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  if witnessing doesn't work much these days ,you might want to turned yourself to small time police detective like this 77-year-old from australia.... jehovah's witness uncovers huge drug crop while doorknocking.

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  Indian Larry

  Dogon- are you saying that you hope drug dealers will kill some witnesses? I would hope that is not what you mean, but if it is that would be no better than the GB wanting to kill apostates. I would like to think we are above that type of thing.
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  Why Give a Dime to WT/GB BILLIONAIRES???

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  they have gotten free labor, and tax free money and man worship for over 100 years!.

  they put their pants on one leg at a time.. they are just... men.. if they heard god speaking to them, they keep getting the message wrong?

  nu-lite is bu!!

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  Indian Larry

  Outlaw. Is it true that Jackson drives a Bently? Is there any way I can verify that. I would be interested. - Thanks
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  Has Harry Peloyan passed away?

  by VM44 in

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  harry peloyan was the editor of the awake!

  magazine for decades.. it has been claimed that he passed away in the year 2005.. but....i cannot find any record for him in the social security death index.. his wife, rose, is listed, but harry peloyan is not.. could harry peloyan still be alive?.

  if he did die, why isn't his name listed in the social security death index?.

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  Indian Larry

  I do not believe so. I am friends with someone he is related too. They have not said anything about it.
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  Prescott Arizona

  by ducatijoe in

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  i was an elder in prescott for many years... anyone now out from there?

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  Indian Larry

  Busted. I am an undercover apostate hunter.

  Acutally I chose the screen name Indian Larry because:

  A: I do like to ride

  B: I admired Larry's attitude

  C: I also agreed with his personal motto: Question Everything

  From his Wiki entry:

  Having experienced and overcome many extreme tests in life, Indian Larry adopted the question mark as his life logo. Larry "had a lot going on in his head",and was by nature analytical, and a deep thinker. But ultimately he thought that one should just "roll with the mystery", and "live in the moment". Larry often expressed to those around him that he didn't pretend to know what was going on.] Basically applying the adage that wisdom is understanding what one doesn't know. Larry explained:

  I don’t know anything in life. I just show up and go with the flow. I’m not a religious person but I'm a very spiritual person. Spirituality is instinctive and I believe it's more of a Zen type of thing. You stay in the moment and you’ll get the right answers, the correct answers. Every motorcycle is always a spiritual experience. Choppers specifically are a very integral part to my spirituality. When I go out for a ride or something I’m exactly in the moment. It’s like meditation. I’m in the flow.

  One of Larry's attributes that was well-known to the public was his many tattoos, although he didn't have most of his tattoos until later in life (he got his neck tattoo when he was in his mid 40s in the mid 1990s). The tattoo on his neck, which went across the front of his throat, was often commented on.

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  IN GOD WE TRUST VENGEANCE IS MINE SAYETH THE LORD NO FEAR

  The lettering of the middle two lines was in reverse so that it could be read in the mirror. Larry said that it was his way to remind himself not to judge others and that revenge was not his job.

  Having grown up as a witness judging others was ingrained into every part of my life. I am proud to say that I no long do that. Period.
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  Prescott Arizona

  by ducatijoe in

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  i was an elder in prescott for many years... anyone now out from there?

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  Indian Larry

  ADCMS said: " I can call myself LamborghiniFred and claim I live in Dallas...but just because I say it doesn't mean a word of it is true."

  I can vouch for that. I do ride a motorcycle but it is not an Indian, and my name is not Larry. : )
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  Prescott Arizona

  by ducatijoe in

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  i was an elder in prescott for many years... anyone now out from there?

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  Indian Larry

  ADCMS may have a point especially considering the ongoing kerfuffle in that area. (see this thread:http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/280349/1/Verde-Valley-Elders-Is-this-Ethical )

  I agree that some may be concerned that the OP is possibly a current elder fishing for "troublemakers", Shirly they would never do that though.
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  Do you think US Dollar will collapse on July 1st?

  by Iamallcool in

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  if you do not know what i am talking about, google about it.

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  Indian Larry

  This year, longtime bear and well-known economic forecaster, Gary Shilling, recently made a splash in the financial community by turning positive on the U.S. economy and dollar. Given the lingering amount of pessimism by many investors after two major stock market crashes and the fear of another repeat event, there’s at least one thing that Shilling makes clear that investors SHOULDN’T be worried about happening anytime soon: a collapse of the U.S. dollar.

  Given that a currency reflects the strength of the nation that issues it, it's important to consider the following six reasons why Gary believes the U.S. dollar will maintain its strength as the global reserve currency for many years to come. The following are taken from his exhaustive study of dominant world currencies going back to ancient Rome along with comments made in his recent interview with Financial Sense.

  1. Economic Productivity

  Among developed nations the U.S. has had the strongest productivity over the last decade. For example, the U.S. averaged 2.2%, Japan 1.6%, U.K. 1.2%, Germany 0.9%, Canada 0.9%, France 0.8%, and Italy flat. When you consider the deflationary trends now at work in emerging markets and other developed nations, Gary believes that U.S. productivity will continue to outperform and help keep the dollar strong.

  2. The World’s Largest Economy

  The dominant currency is typically found in the world’s largest economy and the U.S. is head-and-shoulders above the rest. As Gary points out, in 2012 U.S. GDP was $15.7 trillion. The second closest, China, was nearly half the size at $8.2 trillion. If you think China is about to overtake the U.S. in terms of size, Gary says “China would have to grow 12% a year for 20 years to catch up…it’s now down at about 7.5% growth and as the Chinese economy shifts away from being driven by exports…away from infrastructure, away from heavy borrowing, and so on, their growth is going to grow even more slowly.”

  3. Deep and Broad Financial Markets

  Here, Gary writes, “Internationally, money—especially today when it can be transferred anywhere in a split second—wants to be where the action is. That requires not only a powerful and large economy but also deep and broad markets in which to invest. Today, the U.S. Treasury market trumps all others in size and, in the eyes of investors…, in safety as witnessed by the mad rush into Treasury bonds in times of recent global trouble."

  Similarly, he states, “American stock market capitalization is four times that of China, Japan or the U.K. and is over three times the Eurozone's…Almost 50% of Treasuries are held by foreigners but only 9.1% of Japan's government net debt is owned by non-Japanese. According to the IMF, 62% of the world's currency reserves are in dollars. The 24% in euros is down from 29% four years ago. Foreigners so love investing in the U.S. that at the end of 2012, it exceeded U.S. investment abroad by $4.4 trillion, up from $4 trillion a year earlier.”

  4. Free and Open Financial Markets and Economy

  “Investors want to go where it’s free and open; they don’t like China. China periodically freezes their currency. They did that for example during the Great Recession. They had let it float up but then they froze it when they got worried. They’re now letting it float a bit, but they turn it on, they turn it off. Other currencies are much less free to people moving out. They typically manipulate currencies in a lot of places. The Swiss, for example…froze their currency 1.2 to the Euro when everybody wanted to be in the Swiss Franc because they worried that a strong currency would kill their exports to the Eurozone, which is their major trading partner.”

  5. Lack of Substitutes

  “Things can change over time but one statistic that I think is very important is global forex trading. Now, there’s two sides to this so the numbers add up to 200%, not 100%, because for every sale there’s a buy. But if you look at the trading, in 2001, the U.S. dollar accounted for 90% of all the daily trading in currencies. In 2013, it’s down from 90% to 87%. But if you think of all that’s happened in that time, the euro currency had come in, China has gotten stronger, etc. But it still has only declined 3 percentage points and it’s way ahead of anything else. The second one today is the euro at 33% versus [the USD at] 87%, the yen 23%, sterling 12%—in other words, this is the currency that people transact.”

  6. Credibility

  “The sixth characteristic is credibility. And that’s the only one where you can say there’s been any questioning of the dollar. And it is true that last year that Standard & Poor’s did downgrade the U.S. from triple AAA to AA+, but that hasn’t really hurt. You might remember that when they did that, Treasuries actually rallied…and it has not changed the willingness of foreigners to put money into dollar denominated assets. So, the credibility issue is the only one that is not absolutely triple-A, but it hasn’t had any decided effects so far.”