Posts by Undine

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A poem about my Jdub life and escape

by Mommie Dark in

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23 years ago

found in mommie's files:.

you put me in a box.

when i was eight years old.

23 years ago

Undine 23 years ago

~Mommie Dark~

What an E X C E L L E N T poem.

Undine

Also,
I hope that you are doing much better after being in the hospital! ~¿~

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What message of Goodness do they teach?

by ozziepost in

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23 years ago

the latest study article encourages witnesses to display goodness in their everyday lives.

(january 15, 2002).

nothing wrong with that, you may think, but what motive is being fostered in the article?.

23 years ago

Undine 23 years ago

How well I remember those feelings of "helping someone so that
I could get in a sideways witness" to them. It is almost as though
a JW should feel guilty if they do something nice for a non-witness
and then NOT attempt to "give a witness". SO MUCH GUILT!!!!!

What a confinement of one's spirit!

I think that this is one of the most lovely new sensations for me, that of helping people, befriending people,
simply, BECAUSE. No strings attached. No guilt feelings for NOT droning on about the Bible. No dread
feelings for forming natural friendships, not friendships stifled by the constraints of "doing good" together.

Undine

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I never thought about jealousy

by metatron in

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23 years ago

as i look back over the trials and tribulations of.

being a witness, there is one aspect of it that i. never gave much thought about.. jealousy.

it just never occured to me.

23 years ago

Undine 23 years ago

~Metatron~

EXQUISITE post. Thank you for it.

Undine

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Your best (one sentence) description of the WT

by moman in

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23 years ago

here iz mine:.

#1) "a cancer of the soul".

#2) "a fools paradise".

23 years ago

Undine 23 years ago

Or, a movie title,

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

Undine

(I really like the one Mulan wrote!)

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Unplugging Glug Glug The Genius Within

by Celtic in

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23 years ago

from the more intelligent of you out there, how did you accomplish hanging onto your genius within?.

any views?.

peace.

23 years ago

Undine 23 years ago

~Mum~

I think that perhaps the phrase "genius within" can sound
rather haughty and pompous, and I don't like that at all...but every person has some
intrinsic natural ability that, Imho, qualifies as "genius".

I have personally experienced the stifling of these
"natural abilities" as a result of being one of Jehovah's Witnesses
for so many years. And I am sure that I am not alone in feeling this way. (?)

And learning that it really is allright to cultivate such abilities was/is
pretty wonderful, for me anyway.

Thats all,
Undine

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