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A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

 

It was a very touching experience that I had this last weekend at the ATM machine. It was about half an hour discussion but what follows is the highlights that I remember most vividly.

It begins with a once a upon a time pioneer partner of my wife (H4O) coming in to the ATM.

JW says....how are things going? (all teary eyed and most certainly sincere in her beliefs and concerns for me) Her conversation hinged on the nearness of the end and the need for encouragement from the brothers. Where will you go?

Me.....Well first of all why do the witnesses change that scripture you just quoted from whom will you go to where will you go? It is changed from a person to a thing where, it is Christ to whom we should go for encouragement.

She hedges and then says....

Jw...We all need encouragement from the brothers ;who are your brothers?

Me...I said just a minute, walked over to the window seen a man walking past and said do you see that man? He is my brother!!!

JW says...Well you don't even know him, what if he is a homosexual?

Me... My assignment from God is to love my brothers, lets leave the judgment up to God.

JW...But he does not know Jehovah and honor his name.

Me...Your mothers name is Jane, if I keep repeating her name over and over Jane Jane Jane is the honor you speak of? No I believe the honor the scriptures speak of would be to show her due respect and love in all you say and do.

JW...(changing topic yet again) well we really miss you guys you know how terrible world conditions are and how near Armageddon is.

Me...Armageddon may be near But not as near as 1975.

(Again she is taken back and dumb founded)

JW...Well we would sure like to see you back anyway.

Me...We are happy in the place we are at right now.

Just then a man who was using the ATM just around the corner, walks up to us and says " I was listening to your conversation and I say Amen to you my Brother! Have a nice day and walks out.

Jw's eyes enlarged with amazement at this total stranger calling me brother.

Me...See what happens if you just reach out in love to all?

She then excuses herself wishing me all the best. I was amazed how this man walked into this picture and cemented the point I was making. This to me was a very touching and moving moment in my life.

 

Caliber

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snowbirdRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

That was a wonderful experience that gives lie to the WT's contention that JW's are a true brotherhood!

I loved it.

Sylvia

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GentlyFeralRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

That's a beautiful little story. At the risk of hijacking this thread, I want to relay something that happened to me while it's fresh in my mind:

I was out riding my bike this morning, squeezed the brakes too hard, and fell right over. Immediately, two strangers raced across the street to help me up, set my bike upright, and make sure I was okay.

They really are everywhere.

gently feral

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Hope4OthersRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

It brings a warm satisfied feeling after getting your point across to a closed minded jw.

Cheers!
hope4others
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DagneyRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
Wow, good job!
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Bring_the_LightRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
JW...Well we would sure like to see you back anyway.
Chyah WAH!?!?!?! why all the effort put into kicking people out?
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zensimRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

Caliber: That is a beautiful story - I love synchronicity like that.  I bet that guy is telling the same story also.  I bet the JW isn't telling the story quite the same!

GentlyFeral: They must have been Scientologists

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JimmyPageRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
Beautiful.  We ARE all brothers.  Couldn't have said it better.
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DeidraRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

Beautiful.  I'm touched nearly everyday by people who show me love (not JWs). 

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BurnTheShipsRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

Wow, that was powerful.

Thanks for sharing it with us Caliber.

BTS

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saklunchRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

Caliber - that was a great experience.  I especially love how you pointed out the correct word usage in the scripture, JW's love to misquote "whom go away too?"  great job!  To bad the JW won't be earning any brownie points for "helping you see the light".  This started my day off, just right.  Thanks.

Sarah

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Burger TimeRe: Re: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
JW's would call this a hidden dirty love bomb.
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rache31Re: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
Loved that experience.  JW's don't know anything but what they're told over and over at the meetings.  Real love and brotherhood doesn't have to be inside a hall.  She was trying her best to reason with you and get you back, huh? I forget who already commented on this, forgive me.  But that story will be told differently to other people in the hall!
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NeonMadmanRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
Yes, but is your PIN number still 1914? :P
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journey-onRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

Talk about serendipity!

She and you at the same ATM.....you talking about all men being your brother.....a total stranger overhearing your conversation.....that stranger having the courage to say what he said then calling you brother.  All the little points coming together in space and time to create this event that brings peace and confidence for you and perhaps a seed planted in her mind that may in time grow.  The stranger may have received something from this as well.  Thanks for sharing this.

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Meeting Junkie No MoreRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

Beautiful!  You can bet this 'pioneer' sister will be mulling that entire conversation over and over in her head for quite some time, trying to come to grips with a different 'reality'.  Great job and thanks for sharing!

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caliberRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
Zensim & Journey-on .......Some interesting thoughts you mention...... discussed below !

Upon what universal principles/concepts is synchronicity based?

The principle of synchronicity is based on the concept that everything in the universe has some kind of correspondence one to the other. There is a "classical idea of the sympathy of all things." 5There is a link, there is a bond, so to speak, and even so-called inanimate objects have a form of communication. In other words the whole universe is a living breathing entity and its various life forms, in all the kingdoms (animal, plant, mineral, human, etc.) are not as removed from each other as previously thought. In support of Hippocrates (** see introductory quote on Page 1 of this article ) Carl Jung said: "The universal principle is found even in the smallest particle, which therefore corresponds to the whole." Synchronicity, An Acausal Connecting Principle, by C G Jung, pg. 74.

Is there a scientific theory to support synchronicity?

"... They are finding that the isolation and separation of objects from each other is more apparent than real; at deeper levels, everything —atoms, cells, molecules, plants, animals, people — participates in a sensitive, flowing web of information. Physicists have shown, for example, that if two photons are separated, no matter by how far, a change in one creates a simultaneous change in the other." From: A Wink From the Cosmos by Meg Lundstrom ,www.flowpower.com/synchro.htm, a version of this appeared in Intuition Magazine, May-June 1996 pg. 1.

Thanks for the encouraging words from all posters !

Caliber

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flipperRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

CALIBER- Great experience my friend ! You are my brother too as well ! It was really good how you were able to let that JW see what it is to think " outside the box" for just a brief time without her JW blinders on ! You did more good for her in that brief time than all the meetings she has attended for years ! Good job ! You never know - sometime she may really think about it in her spare time - when she's not witnessing that is ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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ninjaRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
I had a great experience at the ATM the other day also.....I had money in it
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journey-onRe: A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!

The principle of synchronicity is based on the concept that everything in the universe has some kind of correspondence one to the other. There is a "classical idea of the sympathy of all things." 5There is a link, there is a bond, so to speak, and even so-called inanimate objects have a form of communication. In other words the whole universe is a living breathing entity and its various life forms, in all the kingdoms (animal, plant, mineral, human, etc.) are not as removed from each other as previously thought. In support of Hippocrates (** see introductory quote on Page 1 of this article ) Carl Jung said: "The universal principle is found even in the smallest particle, which therefore corresponds to the whole." Synchronicity, An Acausal Connecting Principle, by C G Jung, pg. 74.

Is there a scientific theory to support synchronicity?

Caliber.....this reminded me of my post awhile back about the brain's synapses, that small gap between the physical neurons (brain cells) that are the pathways directing thought. ...10 billion neurons with 10,000 synapses connecting each one!!!  So, if the adage, "As in the microcosm, so in the macrocosm" has vailidity, who is to say there is not some "method" or purposeful intention for these synchronistic encounters and experiences?....some conscious process by which we connect.  Perhaps this is one way the Divine speaks to us.  All we need are "eyes that see and ears that hear". 

 

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