Years ago I was the WT reader and had a panic attack onstage. If anyone noticed they never said anything. I know it was a product of all the pressure being a JW puts on you. I also know that going to a meeting or assembly makes my shoulders knot up. Thank The Flying Spaghetti Monster for massage therapists!
JimmyPage
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Panic Attacks
by trailerfitter inhi, i was reading on here a while ago that some of you guys and girls suffer from panic attacks.
how common is this in the jws?
the wife had a bible study today and i was sort of listening looking for a discussion point.
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Muscle testing, applied kinesiology, and just plain being wrongheaded
by JimmyPage inmy wife's family have been jws for generations.
we all know that the watchtower had crazy ideas about health early on and were usually at odds with the medical community.
so it's no surprise that my in-laws are big on non-traditional ways of treating ailments.. but for years now the society has printed articles and preached in assembly talks against applied kinesiology, or muscle testing.
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JimmyPage
Many JWs act shocked when they have to be in the hospital and the staff treats them nice. It's like everything they've been told about the medical community was a lie. :)
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Muscle testing, applied kinesiology, and just plain being wrongheaded
by JimmyPage inmy wife's family have been jws for generations.
we all know that the watchtower had crazy ideas about health early on and were usually at odds with the medical community.
so it's no surprise that my in-laws are big on non-traditional ways of treating ailments.. but for years now the society has printed articles and preached in assembly talks against applied kinesiology, or muscle testing.
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JimmyPage
I'm resisting the urge to say, "What a boob!"
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Zen Living Part 22 (summarized): Zen-powered Creativity
by JimmyPage increativity isn't some aspect of you.
you are an expression of creative energy.. drawing, writing, or playing music as zazen are effective and illuminating forms of meditation.. zen poetry is an ancient art in which the poet expresses through language, as directly as possible, the experience of the present moment.. a zen approach to art appreciation means experiencing art directly, without thinking about it, comparing it to anything, or judging it.
such experiencing makes the difference between great art and lesser art more apparent.. .
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JimmyPage
Creativity isn't some aspect of you. It is you. You are an expression of creative energy.
Drawing, writing, or playing music as zazen are effective and illuminating forms of meditation.
Zen poetry is an ancient art in which the poet expresses through language, as directly as possible, the experience of the present moment.
A Zen approach to art appreciation means experiencing art directly, without thinking about it, comparing it to anything, or judging it. Such experiencing makes the difference between great art and lesser art more apparent.
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Refusing blood, surviving, and brain damage- your experiences?
by JimmyPage inthe reason i bring this up is because my father went through an extended illness, refused blood, and would later act extremely confused.
granted, he was on drugs like morphine, and my jw family often blamed his behavior on that, but i suspect there was more to it than that.
i'm not discounting the drugs at all, it's just that sometimes my father became almost childlike and simple at times, even when his drug regimen was altered.
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JimmyPage
The reason I bring this up is because my father went through an extended illness, refused blood, and would later act extremely confused. Granted, he was on drugs like morphine, and my JW family often blamed his behavior on that, but I suspect there was more to it than that. I'm not discounting the drugs at all, it's just that sometimes my father became almost childlike and simple at times, even when his drug regimen was altered.
Anyone else have thoughts on this?
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Muscle testing, applied kinesiology, and just plain being wrongheaded
by JimmyPage inmy wife's family have been jws for generations.
we all know that the watchtower had crazy ideas about health early on and were usually at odds with the medical community.
so it's no surprise that my in-laws are big on non-traditional ways of treating ailments.. but for years now the society has printed articles and preached in assembly talks against applied kinesiology, or muscle testing.
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JimmyPage
Could you elaborate on the relocated areolas? Seriously, I'm not trying to be funny.
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Muscle testing, applied kinesiology, and just plain being wrongheaded
by JimmyPage inmy wife's family have been jws for generations.
we all know that the watchtower had crazy ideas about health early on and were usually at odds with the medical community.
so it's no surprise that my in-laws are big on non-traditional ways of treating ailments.. but for years now the society has printed articles and preached in assembly talks against applied kinesiology, or muscle testing.
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JimmyPage
Did they read books like "Eating For Your Blood Type"? Were they afraid of the evils of immunizations? They once got on to me because my driver's license said I was an organ donor. I mean, how outdated were their ideas?
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Muscle testing, applied kinesiology, and just plain being wrongheaded
by JimmyPage inmy wife's family have been jws for generations.
we all know that the watchtower had crazy ideas about health early on and were usually at odds with the medical community.
so it's no surprise that my in-laws are big on non-traditional ways of treating ailments.. but for years now the society has printed articles and preached in assembly talks against applied kinesiology, or muscle testing.
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JimmyPage
And yet they probably thought they were super Witnesses, right? I mean, how do you justify this superstitious nonsense "in light of present truth"? (gag-sorry)
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Does the Issue of Universal Sovereignty make sense to you as an explanation for evil?
by gubberningbody init used to for me, and now it doesn't.. i'm not sure how i was able to accept that argument now that i don't, but perhaps it was connected with my increasing compassion for people and their personal suffering as i've grown older.. now it seems like a sick excuse.
more like a bar-bet with satan and all of creation suffers.. i read paul's words and he has no rejoiner except to say in effect "sucks to be a vessel of wrath...glad i'm not one, but who are you to complain anyway, huh?
who's bigger, smarter and more powerful than you, you, you complaining vessel of wrath, you.
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JimmyPage
I remember thinking, "this issue has nothing to do with me. Jehovah and Satan need to work this out amongst themselves."
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Muscle testing, applied kinesiology, and just plain being wrongheaded
by JimmyPage inmy wife's family have been jws for generations.
we all know that the watchtower had crazy ideas about health early on and were usually at odds with the medical community.
so it's no surprise that my in-laws are big on non-traditional ways of treating ailments.. but for years now the society has printed articles and preached in assembly talks against applied kinesiology, or muscle testing.
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JimmyPage
My wife's family have been JWs for generations. We all know that the Watchtower had crazy ideas about health early on and were usually at odds with the medical community. So it's no surprise that my in-laws are big on non-traditional ways of treating ailments.
But for years now the Society has printed articles and preached in assembly talks against applied kinesiology, or muscle testing. So you would think that a good JW would listen to that and fall in line.
But no! My in-laws all continue the practice and insist it has real value. My wife's mother has even used it in the past to answer yes and no questions, which is basically akin to spiritism. A friend of mine compared the practice in general to water witching, which I thought was apt.
To me I think what I'm dealing with here is a stubborn streak in this family to refuse to admit they are wrong. I think it goes deeper than just the usual JW thinking that they are never wrong in their religious beliefs. I think the general "I'm never wrong" attitude has contributed to their staying trapped in the WT but I also think it goes beyond that because what the Society currently teaches about these practices is being completely ignored.
What do you think of all this? Anybody else run into similar situations?
