Introspection
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Belief and enjoying life
by Introspection ini was thinking it must seem kind of strange for someone to hear me say belief is useless and to think less, that will likely mark me as nuts by both stereotypical camps so i thought i explain a bit.. first of all, let me say that as far as i'm concerned there is no reason to think that generally, belief, religious or otherwise can't be an honest attempt at describing reality.
however, that's the whole crux of the matter - i think it's important to distinguish between reality and one's description and model of it.
as accurate as some models may be it can never replace the real thing, certainly not when it's merely concepts in your head.. if you believe the bible, you would agree that creation reveals the glory of god.
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Focusing on agreeable points that relieves sufferi
by Introspection init occurred to me this evening that it would be more helpful for us to be able to stick to what is relevant to helping others cope and things we can all agree on at that, rather than thrusting a new world view on the confused person.
i'll be the first to admit that i've gotten too excited about my own perspective on this board at times, and although it might make for an interesting read to some people those extra things just doesn't help, atleast not necessarily.. in any case, it seems to me we can all agree that there are some basic "first things first" kind of things that are more important to address rather than even going into minute details.
now i don't know about everyone, but my guess is i'm not alone in that i'm not all that clear on what those might be because i am coming very much from my own perspective rather than one of helping others in the predicament of struggling with being a witness and such, as i am not focused on this anymore.
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Identity and suffering
by Introspection ini really don't have much to say, but since i usually prefer a conversational style of posting over a dry, just the facts kind it's usually lengthy and perhaps somewhat verbose.
so i decided to sit down for a minute and organize basically what it is i have to say on this subject, so people can just get the essence of what i'm saying.
outside of this it would really just be chatting i suppose.
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Who are you outside of a thought?
by Introspection inhi all, i thought this question might be useful for some here, i find it tends to be a powerful tool that points to the fact that we are not the thoughts that tends to bring on depression or what have you.
obviously, if you stop thinking you don't just disappear, and thoughts of course come and go but you are always there.. anyways, something to consider.
you might say this is one of those questions that are not meant for an answer, but i say go right ahead and answer it, if the answer is something outside of a thought.
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Live
by Introspection inthis is a favorite of a dear friend of mine, i've come to appreciate it more since when she first shared it with me.
i was tempted to write some commentary on it but i'll let it speak for itself:.
someone who goes with half a loaf of bread.
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Good stuff
by Introspection init seems to me this is the most appropriate forum for this.
in any case, the following are a couple of story/experiences i heard from my zen teacher, actually he's kind of one of those people who doesn't care much about specific traditions - truth is truth and so on.
i'm just telling it from memory so hopefully it will come through alright.. .
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San Francisco ex-JW picnic
by Introspection insaturday, june 22, 2002 from 12:00 noon until dusk - picnic for exjws in golden gate park, at lindley meadows, tables 12 & 13. bring along some food or (non-alcoholic) beverages.
for further details, email paul-henry thomasian at [email protected]
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D Wiltshire email me
by Introspection inwell, not exactly long lost reunion but i lost your email, and its locked on this board so drop me a line.. mark
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Do you consider yourself an ex-JW?
by Introspection ini'm gonna go for the direct approach here.
it's kind of strange to identify yourself as an ex- anything, to define yourself using a former identity as a point of reference, one that is no longer.
in some cases you might use it to clarify your relationship, (i'm jane's ex-husband, or whatever) but again it gets weird.. i mean we don't think of ourselves as ex-kindergarteners or something do we?