Posts by schnell

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What Is This Thing Called Enlightenment?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

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i've been doing personal research on this for quite some time.

what do mystical experiences have to do with it.

what is this thing they call liberation?.

schnell

To me it is the ability to see the world ego-less having the mind shut down the default mode network and the experience of total infinite oneness with no separation of a you and other like the big bang where everything that is, is a non dimensional point with infinite density.

Yeah, ya pretty much nailed it.

Do you practice meditation, Brokeback? I have in months past and enjoyed some benefits from it. I just did Tai Chi this morning with my wife, and I would like to start Aikido soon.

The word "mystical" increasingly seems synonymous with "metaphorical" to me, but has a lot to do with our physiology and psychology as we go through with this.

I also find doodling sacred geometry, including Metatron's Cube and the Tree of Life and the golden ratio, to be very very relaxing and soothing. They're also very helpful in art.

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Looks like I am an RV

by lrkr in

so it looks like now i'm a return visit.

i don't have it in me to be mean to the j dubs when they drop by so i chat with them.

on thanksgiving morning one of them dropped by (my wife previously asked them to stop coming by).

schnell

You're more patient than I have been. If he comes back, it will be with an(other) elder.

Can I ask what your aim is? Do you want to try and reason a little, maybe open his eyes if he will?

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I'm not the only one who sees the similarity am I?

by NikL in

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i've been thinking this for some time.

we all know what this picture is.... .

well, this is dachau concentration camp.... .

Vegan paradise

by coalize in

if in the wts earthly-paradise fantasy, the wolf won't eat no more the lamb and they will be the best friends, will human continue to kill lambs to eat?.

the earthly paradise is vegan?.

There are dumber or equally dumb organizations out there in this regard. Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis believes there was absolutely no death before the fall of man, and since all the land animals were made on the same day as man, there were dinosaurs on the Ark, too.

One theory I've heard is that animals will not eat each other for a period of time so as to fulfill prophecy, and then it's back to nature. I'd be more curious as to whether or not that happens within the millennial reign if I didn't know the answer is stupid either way.

I have met a family of vegan JWs. Just try to picture the most judgmental sister imaginable.

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"Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

by DATA-DOG in

i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

i hear a haunting sound from another room.

"is that a children's song?

schnell

https://youtu.be/lOfZLb33uCg

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The Metropolitan Museum Oasis Bible Tours in NYC

by Beachlover in

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i just came home from a day in nyc and was taken to the met for the the woman and her offspring tour i went to keep peace and just enjoy my family.

i've been to the metrpolitan museum of art on many occasions and have enjoyed spending time wandering thru the exhibits appreciating the art and history.

since all family members wanted to do the tour by the wts entitled a woman and her offspring, i thought i could just follow along and just enjoy the art and exhibits.. in all honesty, i'm still amazed at this whole tour.

schnell

Oh, I bet I know who the 7 days will be named after.

Loschday, Splaneday, Pierceday, Morrisday, Lettday, Herdday, Jacksonday, and Sandersonday.

"Looks like someone's got a case of the Splanedays..."

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The Metropolitan Museum Oasis Bible Tours in NYC

by Beachlover in

jw
friends

i just came home from a day in nyc and was taken to the met for the the woman and her offspring tour i went to keep peace and just enjoy my family.

i've been to the metrpolitan museum of art on many occasions and have enjoyed spending time wandering thru the exhibits appreciating the art and history.

since all family members wanted to do the tour by the wts entitled a woman and her offspring, i thought i could just follow along and just enjoy the art and exhibits.. in all honesty, i'm still amazed at this whole tour.

schnell

We were just talking about these tours in another thread earlier today, about the "sinister speaker".

I'm glad you spoke up a little, and I'm sure it was tough.

90% of everything is pagan to which I casually pointed out his wedding ring and the tie around his neck, to which he said its all a matter of how its viewed

How is that any different from mainstream Christians acknowledging the pagan origins of Christmas and saying it's cleaned up and okay for the family today? I've seen JWs pass around a YouTube clip of Pat Robertson saying as much on the 700 Club, and they're so proud to point it out.

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Hard to be completely respectful and the JW attitude

by scratchme1010 in

recently at work they conducted an mbti test for me.

for those who don't know, the mbti test is a personality test used by organizational psychologists in companies and organizations.

it is supposed to describe the best way you communicate, the best way of giving and receiving feedback, and for managers that test is supposed to explain to them the best way to manage their employees (i'm over simplifying, i know).. my profile came up as some kind of introvert (and when i was told that i said "what?

schnell

Well, ridicule is (mostly) the only weapon against unintelligible propositions.

I hear you. I get a lot of flack from family about being negative too, because I'm critical of our precious beliefs. I don't get it from work though, where my focus is on work.

I always roll my eyes at tests like that. They're just an excuse one way or another. A perceived type is often misperceived and does not ever constitute the whole you. I might find something interesting in a Jungian archetype or two, but even Jung would advise against identifying exclusively with any one of them.

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2016 Election getting family members disfellowshipped

by Ryan007 in

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/11/21/election-rhetoric-getting-people-uninvited-thanksgiving/94208524/.

sarah-jane cunningham knew that her facebook posts about the election were rubbing her family the wrong way, but she didn’t realize the posts would get her uninvited from thanksgiving dinner.. the 19-year-old said her mother called a week before thanksgiving and confronted her about the facebook posts regarding president-elect donald trump.. “she asked me if i was going to be disrespectful to my family, and i told her that it could work either way, cunningham said.

"if the things i am saying are disrespectful to trump supporters, the things they are saying are also disrespectful to me.”.

schnell

What are the ominous parallels? Sure, lots of people have made that connection, reporters and others. What about it?

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2016 Election getting family members disfellowshipped

by Ryan007 in

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/11/21/election-rhetoric-getting-people-uninvited-thanksgiving/94208524/.

sarah-jane cunningham knew that her facebook posts about the election were rubbing her family the wrong way, but she didn’t realize the posts would get her uninvited from thanksgiving dinner.. the 19-year-old said her mother called a week before thanksgiving and confronted her about the facebook posts regarding president-elect donald trump.. “she asked me if i was going to be disrespectful to my family, and i told her that it could work either way, cunningham said.

"if the things i am saying are disrespectful to trump supporters, the things they are saying are also disrespectful to me.”.

schnell

Cool. What brings this up?