WELCOME DESCENDER. WELCOME SANDY.
Posts by Dansk
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11Question I haven't seen yet
by Descender inthis is my first post, i've been reading the board for a few months now and i must say it's rather addicting.
anyway, back to the topic of my post.
i was wondering how many, if any of you went out with a bang, like on a sunday morning meeting while you were giving a talk, or maybe while you were giving a #2 or #4 talk on the ministry school.
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Spritual Emptyness
by JH in.
now that you don't practise any kind of religion anymore, do you feel a certain emptyness as far as your spirituality is concerned?.
have we become like animals, without any spirituality?.
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Dansk
Great Questions, JH, and I think LyinEyes hit the bullseye with
the steps I am making that are taking me further and further away from the WT ,,,,,,,,, are taking me closer and closer to my own spirituality.
Brilliant!!!!
I wondered about "Where else is there to go?" - but only fleetingly. I went out into my garden, admired the the 150 trees I planted coming into bud, watched the frogs mating in the pond I built and was enchanted by the birds feeding from the feeders I'd put out for them. This isn't about "I", it's about what each of us can contribute to our spirituality.
I don't know who or what our Creator is - or, indeed, if we even have one. I don't believe in evolution - never! - but I feel that the Spirit, whatever it is, permeates everything. Going out into one's garden or into a park when it is quiet, or atop a green hill that overlooks a valley, all these things help us get closer to the spirit - and as LyinEyes mentioned, this takes us further and further away from the WT and closer to our own spirituality. We learn that we are not dependent on collective thought anymore, we are free to follow our innermost feelings - that gut feeling that tells us what is really best for ourselves.
Look around at the untouched beauty of our planet; listen to the wonderful souls who pour out their feelings on this forum, those of a kindred spirit. Love IS all around - and so is the spirituality we seek; we can tap into it like putting a plug into an electric socket and turning the power on.
JH, don't try too hard - but imbibe the spirit that is around you, that which the native peoples associated with the land. I believe western civilisations lost the spirit for awhile, but many are now finding it again. Being stifled by the WT takes some getting over, but I believe when one accepts one is really free from the Org. - that it really is a condition of the mind, though pain can come with it - then we can truly experience our spirituality.
If there is a Creator he will see the good in us. He knows that we are striving to find him, but things have gotten in the way and we have to remove the dross. And if there's no Creator - then reach for Nirvana; that higher plain of consciousness one reaches after experiencing true enlightenment (anybody got there yet? I'm still trying - taken me a lifetime).
The important thing is not to worry, but to keep on doing good and emanating love in the world. If each one of us did this on a daily basis then it would spread out like the ripples in a pond and affect other individuals who could then do likewise. That is GOOD spirituality.
Look at it as a journey, JH. You're definitely not alone.
Dansk
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OUTLAW has left the building
by OUTLAW init`s been a busy week.i`ve left my lakeside cabin and moved to a beautiful ranch house.this place is big.large spacious rooms, large to medium windows everywhere,over looking just incredible scenery.the view from every window looks like an old western painting.a great big airtight fireplace sits between my well equiped kitchen and a gi-normis living room.the rancher sits on 16acres of ranch land surounded by other ranch`s.grazing pasture that go`s on forever.two lakes behind the house,another about 1/4mile away.a beautiful forrest that frames the pastures.
a herd of well maintained horse`s,that wander past my property.moose so big,they step over a 4ft fence,and more wild life than zoo..i thought i was in the middle of nowhere before,this place is a 1/2 hr drive from nowhere,lol!..
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Dansk
Hey Outlaw,
Have you got room for four more?!
We're all pleased for ya, mate. Sounds idyllic.
Dansk, Physio & Boys
P.S. Empty sends his/her regards, too
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Is Relgious belief a trick of the mind?
by sleepy in.
what is it about our brians that drives people to religious beliefs that are so obviously nopt founded in fact or reason?is it an inherant founction of our tiny brians or is it in fact our brians going wrong in trying to make sense of the world?
maybe its the psychological equivelent of an optical illution were your brain in trying to make sense of what it sees constructs an impossible reality .like say when you draw a "3-d" box on a flat piece of paper and the brain tries to work out which face is on the front , but it can't, as none is, but the brain will put one in front whatever.maybe religion is what the brain makes to explain the world and uses it so the weiredness of reality makes more sense.
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Dansk
It's got nothing to do with our brians. It's to do with our jeans.
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Bionic eye/Gen.11:6
by metatron inon the today show on nbc this morning , they had a guy who just got a bionic eye replacement ( made in holland).. his optic nerve still worked, so they put in a lens and artificial iris.
he's very happy with it now.
i think it only cost.
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Dansk
Yes, and is the artificial iris a tulip!
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UN against the U.S. and Great Britian
by BillyBob ini'm new to the forum but have lurked for over four years!
in fact i've never even posted on an internet board before,.
so please go easy on me.
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Dansk
Well done BillyBob - say 'Hello' to your good wife for me.
I'm in Manchester, England. What's it like living in a desert?
By the way, Manchester is the best city in England and where all us
intellectuals interlectuals intelecktoolsintelligent people liveLovely meeting you!
Dansk, Physio and family
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UN against the U.S. and Great Britian
by BillyBob ini'm new to the forum but have lurked for over four years!
in fact i've never even posted on an internet board before,.
so please go easy on me.
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Dansk
Hi BillyBob and welcome from one Newbie to another!
Great first post. No doubt some "new light" would be emitted from the GB if the UN were to dissolve. It's got more tricks than Tommy Cooper - and all just as bad!
Where you from (countrywise)?
(NB: Tommy Cooper: a brilliant (late) English comedian who frequently took the stage as an extremely poor magician - and made your guts ache he was so funny!)
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Generation of 1914 BEGONE!
by UnDisfellowshipped inanother false prophecy by the watchtower society:.
awake!, november 8th 1986 issue, page 8:.
awake!, november 8th 1994 issue, page 10:.
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Dansk
Great research UnDisfellowshipped, saved a bunch of us the time and trouble to do it ourselves. Your page should be printed out and posted in the front window of every house - better than a "NO JWs" sticker (man, I used to love seeing those stickers - meant we had an easier day on the ministry).
How on earth did we ever believe that garbage?!
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Joke that made me laugh
by ScoobySnax inthis bloke walks into a pub with a steering wheel hanging out of his flies (zipper), so the barman goes..."'ere mate did you know you got a steering wheel hanging out of your flies?
" yeah replies the bloke, ....its driving me nuts!
boom boom!
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Dansk
Made me laugh, too, scoob. Ha Ha!
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Dansk
A good effort - but why do such people end up becoming Born Again Christians? They can be just as whacky and just as annoying (O.K., not really quite so annoying) as the WTS.