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  Enlightenment, Will It Be A Rather Common Experience In The Future?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  it has been said by some that an enlightened being came/happened once every 500 years, but now they seem to be popping up all over the place.. the buddha had to meditate like hell, he even starved himself to attain it.

  monks spend many years doing some are successful some are not.. i think with science looking into these nirvana states of mind that they will figure out a way to end suffering for the human species which will usher in a whole different way of life with higher intelligence running things.

  from my understanding of enlightenment it is a sort of rewiring of the brain where the signals go up pleasure side of the amygdala where as painful emotions and sensations go up the other side.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WxpFyk57zQ
  
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  Is The Governing Body Ethnocentic & Ego Centic?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  by the word enthnocentric i mean everyone in the watchtower culture or milieu,, since they are a part of a worldwide organization ethonicity .

  and i would also conclude they are also very egocentric.

  as far stages of human development that is only 2 rungs up the ladder 1)ego 2)entho.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  I was listening to Ken Wilber and it made me think of the retarded spiritual development of these corporation leaders.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a27037CiL4I
  
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  Is The Governing Body Ethnocentic & Ego Centic?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  by the word enthnocentric i mean everyone in the watchtower culture or milieu,, since they are a part of a worldwide organization ethonicity .

  and i would also conclude they are also very egocentric.

  as far stages of human development that is only 2 rungs up the ladder 1)ego 2)entho.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Thanks Steve for the other lopsided centricities.

  Vid, I know I speak the obvious.

  They definitely do not qualify for any spiritual teacher awards.
  
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  Interview with an Apostate: punkofnice (all about that funny Brit, Unky Punky)

  by punkofnice in

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  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. racially a very mixed family.

  we just looked like average white, working class brits.

  dad was in the marine commandos in ww2.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Fellow musician here although I don't play for any kind gig. Keep jamming man! It's good as we get older to get in touch with our talents. Very therapeutic.
  
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  Motherly Love, that "Unbreakable Bond"

  by Simon in

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  my father died a couple of months ago.

  he'd been ill for some time and had many health scares and heart troubles over the years but always managed to keep on going.

  then one time he didn't.. i'm glad i got to know him again and spend some more time with him after so many years missed because of the wts but those years will always be lost forever.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Glad to see you had some good moments with your dad. I feel sad that your mother was under WT brainwashing and she treated you rather poorly due to this cult. Telling your story to others has it's healing benefits one being it causes me to think about my parents and grandparent and appreciate the perils our forefathers faced in trying to make it in this world and how these cults pray on ignorance.
  
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  Is The Governing Body Ethnocentic & Ego Centic?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  by the word enthnocentric i mean everyone in the watchtower culture or milieu,, since they are a part of a worldwide organization ethonicity .

  and i would also conclude they are also very egocentric.

  as far stages of human development that is only 2 rungs up the ladder 1)ego 2)entho.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  By the word enthnocentric I mean everyone in the Watchtower culture or milieu,, since they are a part of a worldwide organization ethonicity . And I would also conclude they are also very egocentric.

  As far stages of human development that is only 2 rungs up the ladder 1)ego 2)entho. They have very little growth spirituality and actually are at the bottom of the heap. Jesus cannot be their rule model since they interpret accounts of him in a very egoistic way(giving them authority as his chosen Faithful and Discreet Slave). Also they are very restrictive in who they view as Jesus brother's(144,000) limiting such to only those that have the same interpretation as them which make them extremely ethnocentric.

  They are definitely on the 3rd rung which is world centric, unless you view a egocentric view of the world as worldcentric.
  
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  Technological singularity

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/technological_singularity.

  the singularity" redirects here.

  for other uses, see singularity (disambiguation).the technological singularity (also, simply, the singularity)[1][2] is the hypothesis that the invention of artificial superintelligence will abruptly trigger runaway technological growth, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization.

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  Atheists - How Did You Become An Atheist After Waking Up?

  by pale.emperor in

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  i consider myself an atheist.

  and right now i'm reading a lot on atheism in general (books written to answer creationists).. i'd be interested in knowing how you became an atheist after leaving the jws and how long did it take?

  was it instant or did your belief in a deity gradually decline?.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  I still believed the bible was god's word when I first left, it took about another 3 years till I gave up on the biblical deity.

  Now I'm thinking all god's are just a projection of the human mind. There is some psychological truths we can get from the study of these psychological projections but it is a mistake to take any stories literally.

  I'm open to the idea that we all may be in a computer simulation or in the Mind of God and that everything that exists is the mind of god therefore I'm god, this chair I'm siting in is god, Jimmy Hendriks is god, the whole universe is god.
  
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  2018 Convention movie: Jonah.... oh my god it's bad......!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  so, once again the society has produced a cringe-worthy, spew-inducing piece of "cinema".. i don't recognise this religion anymore...... enjoy this review:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f0tovqkfem.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Jonah Complex:
  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_complex

  The Jonah complex is the fear of success which prevents self-actualization, or the realization of one's potential.[1][2] It is the fear of one's own greatness, the evasion of one's destiny, or the avoidance of exercising one's talents.[1][3] As the fear of achieving a personal worst may serve to motivate personal growth, likewise the fear of achieving a personal best may hinder achievement.[1]
  
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  May 1 2018 my Ayahuasca Experience

  by new boy in

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  it has been over a year and a half since my last ceremony.

  which was way to long.

  my son came up from scottsdale for the ceremony.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  I think Ayahuasca has a very very low level of abuse it is definitely not a party time drug. It's for facing your demons(shadow), and no pleasure cruise.