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  Anybody Miss Me?

  by minimus in

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  just checking in.

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  JamesThomas

  You may want to look under "Users" at the top of the page for a Miss Me.
  
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  The Way, a way of reason that generates a way of Life

  by Traveler in

  1. watchtower
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  i'm looking for those who have found the path/way of reason.

  i include a few notes to those i have approached so far.

  these past attempts seem too slow.

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  Bye.
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  7 things we probably should not stop thinking about

  by Terry in

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  2. child-abuse

  believe what we will, we still live in the real world and what happens to us proceeds from confrontations unavoidable.. the christian scientist can die from an illness which (to him) does not exist.. the hindu can starve to death in a pasture full of sacred cattle.. the jehovah's witness can sell his house and pioneer full time as he tears the pages from his 1975 calendar in exasperation.. and many is the parent who prays for mercy over the child who dies.. to think or not think is our choice.

  the content of our thought can be real or illusory.

  the progress report comes at the end of each day as we lie in bed and count the costs of our beliefs.. .

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  For me, eating nuts is a form of cannibalism.

  Alone with a cold beer and a bowl of nuts = a pleasant family get-together.
  
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  7 things we probably should not stop thinking about

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  believe what we will, we still live in the real world and what happens to us proceeds from confrontations unavoidable.. the christian scientist can die from an illness which (to him) does not exist.. the hindu can starve to death in a pasture full of sacred cattle.. the jehovah's witness can sell his house and pioneer full time as he tears the pages from his 1975 calendar in exasperation.. and many is the parent who prays for mercy over the child who dies.. to think or not think is our choice.

  the content of our thought can be real or illusory.

  the progress report comes at the end of each day as we lie in bed and count the costs of our beliefs.. .

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  JamesThomas

  Actually, if we stop THINKING about anything, and just be silently present with the reality and beauty of life in and around us, the world would be way friendlier. Or better yet, lets all get anxious and think our way into the nut-house with Terry. Think of the parties we could have.
  

  The fork in the road is always just right here below our feet.

  
  
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  We are praying for you

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
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  i have protestants, jw's and mormons praying for my soul, (think you very much).. what do you say when you are told that??

  i am so much better since i left the borg, physically, mentally and financially.

  but just in case the protestants(jesus) are right or the mormons or maybe jw, if i meet my maker i will tell him or her i plea insanity.. my deity, i knew not who's prayers was being answers on my behalf, my eyes were open but didn't know where it came from.

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  Just thank God that all these people are telling the Source of all existence, what to do.

  Yes, it's even more crazy than that sounds....so is the dance of egoistic insanity.
  
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  The Way, a way of reason that generates a way of Life

  by Traveler in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm looking for those who have found the path/way of reason.

  i include a few notes to those i have approached so far.

  these past attempts seem too slow.

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  JamesThomas

  Traveler (and wife),

  Funny, how fitting is the prophet and the fool icons. You have lots of deep intellectual and Biblical knowledge and information to share, (most left unmentioned). I have nothing, no reference to anything other than my own simple and nonsensical questions and observations.

  Thank you again for your extensive reply. It is certainly understandable (and honorable IMHO) your sincere desire to discover the deepest truths and expose the mind of “God”; and it can be pretty exciting at times traveling the twist and turns, drama and intrigue of the master story-teller, the mind. Problem is, even though we may have a strong sense of certainty that we are genuinely getting somewhere, can we actually get to truth from whimsical representations which are inherently erroneous?

  It's way simple. For example: any “knowledge” that the mind can relate to us about a tree, is not in any way connected to the actual, dynamic, aliveness of a tree. The very best the mind can offer up regarding a tree is abstract words and thoughts. Ideas, concepts and pretty scientific-graphs that are light-years removed from the reality we call a “tree”. If the mind completely fails at the level of a tree, how much more so when it comes to the ultimate truth or the infinity of God?

  Seemingly, with eyes which can not see what is obvious, we foolishly give the intellectual mind the definitive and unquestionable authority to define our own identity, and the nature of “God” and/or reality. We give it the power to designate our entire sphere of “truth” via its empty, artificial and imaginary constructs that are anything – but true. Welcome to the matrix where little, if anything -- is actually real.

  Lost in the matrix of the mind we are aware of nothing else. We worship, and embrace the images formed by the mind, and millions sincerely believe that they know “God's” thoughts and truths. Many have and will die and kill in the name of “holy and righteous” matrix-monkey-mind ideas, often passed down over thousands of years via words in matrix story books. None of it based in actual truth, if it was there would be harmony and unity, not separation and chaos.

  It seems very likely that if we actually had a true sense of “God” (the foundational Source of all existence), we wouldn't have anything to say about It, as our mind would be utterly silenced by a crushing humility. If we were lucky it would never speak again, unless when actually helpful like when doing our taxes.

  My sense is that there is no Way to get to truth/God; as it's simply not so diminutive or limited as to be absent. Rather it's about recognizing and stepping out of what is unreal, and focusing attention on the one and only undeniable truth that we all share: the pure, silent, aware-aliveness which is closer and more intimate than the mind. That, which quietly and subtly observes the matrix of the mind, senses, feelings and all other phenomena.  Be still, and know...

  Is taking the red pill about changing over to different or more “profoundly spiritual” concepts, ideas and beliefs? Wouldn't that be more of a blue-pill/matrix exchange? Perhaps, it's far more radical than that. A shift from all which was “real and knowable” before. More about sacrificing everything ever thought or believed to be true about self, and other. But only – everything. I don't image that is very alluring to a prophet who feels he is very near to intellectually figuring out the mind of God. More tempting perhaps for a complete and utter fool who only knows that he knows nothing, and that anything really worth saying on the subject – can't be spoken. So ignore all this.

  Please know that I mean no disrespect for what you cherish and hold dear, nor feel anything other than warmth for you. I just don't know how else to put it.

  
  

  Peace be with you and your dear wife.

  
  
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  How to Hear God's Voice Easily and Effectively: A Book Review

  by Hortensia in

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  2. bible

  http://smile.amazon.com/hear-gods-voice-easily-effectively-ebook/dp/b00nplbit8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=utf8&qid=1420441456&sr=8-2&keywords=how+to+hear+god%27s+voice.

  i think perhaps this book doesn't really examine the issue in depth.

  for instance, my niece suggests that the first necessary step to hearing god's voice is to skip your meds.. i'm sure we could all come up with better ways than the namby-pamby stuff recommended in this book that would enable anyone to hear god's voice.. a very tight necktie, for instance.. playing modern christian music backwards, while drinking mogen david.. instead of skipping your meds, in some cases it works better to double your meds.. wear a tin-foil pyramid hat.

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  I have a pet rock.
  
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  The Way, a way of reason that generates a way of Life

  by Traveler in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm looking for those who have found the path/way of reason.

  i include a few notes to those i have approached so far.

  these past attempts seem too slow.

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  JamesThomas

  Traveler, thank you so much for your reply. Your open honesty is noted and appreciated.

  It will take me a while to digest it – as I barely have two brain-cells to rub together (and the three IPA's I just drank, don't help). I hope to comment in a day or two with something more.

  That said, it's interesting that you should use the phrase “take the red pill”, as I too used that just a week or so ago. But it was in regards to what is outside the intellectual, egoistic, monkey-mind that generally defines “us” as a seemingly separate and isolated “self” from the pure awareness of all existence, or what you might refer to as “God”. No matter.
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  JW's love to talk themselves into believing stupidity

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. friends

  well today the watchtower conductor makes the statement that "the tv.jw.org web site is proof that we have jehovah's blessing because such an endeavor would have been impossible without his help".

  of course that causes all of the bobbing heads in full agreement.

  i wonder what god blessed cbs, abc, and nbc to get up and going and offer their programming?.

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  JamesThomas

  Perhaps, more important is: what delusional stupidity is the mind feeding us right now???
  
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  Pagan Origins

  by tinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a currently active jdub acquaintance occasionally stops by to say hello and we share a wee dram or two.

  after the general small talk of new cars, exotic vacations and sports we often get into the "why" we are xjubs.

  he is a well educated publisher who holds a phd in child psychology.

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  JamesThomas

  The most obvious and totally insane pagan-belief (that very few question) is giving credit to the infinite spender of life and universe to a primitive, human-like, male deity created by ignorant and superstitious desert-tribesmen thousands of years ago.

  I suspect that a tree is far more wise in this regard.