Are you really who you think you are?

by Mindchild 22 Replies latest jw friends

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  gumby

  Skipper......a bit deep for probably most.....if you were to ask them. Great info......but simplify and shorten a tad . You must remember.....were ex-dubs who, lean to the left, are one beer short of a sixpack, have one oar in the water, and were not playin with a full deck!

  There is obvious truth to the effect that our past experiences do effect how we see our selves now, but I think many people who leave the Borg are still enslaved to the idea that they are the same person they were then

  I see it both ways.

  If an ex-dub looks at a pornographic picture....he might see it as something Jehovah is not going to punish him for if this person doesn't believe in Jehovah anymore or views Jehovah as at least different than previously....( such as in christ the redeemer and forgiver) However.....being indoctrinated as a witness......he STILL might be affected as to how he reacts to what he sees. Witness upbringing in other words.... might cause an attitude towards it that reflects how much influence the religion had on him..........

  BTW.....I have noticed I always use a he when I use illustrations. Is that dubstyle upbringing or what?

  Gumby
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  Steve Lowry

  If there’s one thing I have gained from the Watchtower experience, is that I can never again take for granted as truth, the things I "see". Because of the (Watchtower) experience, I have come to realize that damn near everything is perspective, or maybe I should say, perception. While I understand (at this year of my fortieth) that I am the culmination of my life’s experiences, I also realize I can’t allow even that to overly effect my perception of ‘reality’. I try to apply the following principles to keep me on track, as it were:

  Resist giving in to the comfortable.

  Continue to re-evaluate everything.

  Always get as much information as possible and from multiple sources, before "buying".

  Never disregard your ‘inner core’ feelings. Take the time to examine them.

  Just about everyone and every group has an agenda, most of the time.

  Don’t be afraid to go against the "popular" view.

  Controversy is where the sparks of truth are very often born.

  Ultimately, what we wind up doing, is what we want to do the most, for whatever the reason(s).

  There isn’t always an answer for everything. Don’t be pressured into making a decision when all the ‘facts’ aren’t yet in.

  Resist the temptation to take another person’s word for ‘it’. If there’s work involved in finding the answer, that probably means that is where the truth will be found.

  There are probably more little principles I now try to live by, but these are at the core of them that I believe. Someone else can read these words, but it takes years of living and many life’s experiences to help a person to understand them completely. I am still just practicing them.

  Steve . . .
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  Michael3000

  Yes! I can finally say I enjoy porn - without the guilt!