Introspection
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Peace from yourself
by Introspection infor some reason i feel like i should make this post now.
often times we tend to think of peace in terms of external conditions, but when you stop and think about it, it's really your own experience, what's inside you, isn't it?
this is why you can say something, use the exact same words, but convey a very different emotional tone regardless of what those words are.
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Do you read *every* thread?
by Introspection inwell, do you?
it just seems incredible to me with the amount of traffic that's on this board - just curious how many if anybody does that.
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Friends you met through this board
by Introspection injust wondering how many have either met or atleast talk with people from this board on the phone and such.
how did you connect?
was it just a post that really spoke to you or what?
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A Subtle Form of Fundamentalism
by Introspection init seems that although we often talk about the fundy attitude of witnesses and other religious groups, we don't seem to see that attitude in other types of behavior.
it's pretty straight forward really, i'm just talking about the attitude of "i have the truth, this is the way it is".
now even an open minded person will subject their position on a given issue to change given new information, but that is not what i'm talking about.
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It's simpler than you think.
by Introspection inok, with all this talk about beliefs and whatnot i thought this might be a good post.. i have addressed it before but i think i can make it clearer now.. it kind of comes down to this: there's no such thing as a true thoughts, but all thoughts are real.
all thoughts are real simply in that you're having the thoughts - even if it's not true, it is true that you are having a thought.
more mind?
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JWs are broken souls
by Introspection ini heard this from a friend of mine once, this is how he described an elder i used to be roommates with.
i went to court for jury duty yesterday, and lo and behold there was a witness sitting in front of me, reading the new book on isaiah or whatever it was - and there i was behind him reading steven hassan's combating cult mind control.
(oh the irony - if only i had a pic) .
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Dealing w/JWs & Disease Theory Model
by Introspection ini was reading something about a cyclic theory of disease and it got me thinking about the jw mindset, and how we try to change it.
sorry for the long winded message, i just got up and i'm not as lucid as can be.
i think you'll get the basic gist of what i'm trying to say though... often times we seem to think in terms of a single cause, like the witnesses calling on you in the beginning, your parents and when they were first called on or whatever.
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Phytochemicals for Cancer Prevention
by Introspection inhere are some quote from the february issue of life extension magazine, there is a lot of good info in this one.
i don't think this issue is available online yet, but if you want to check later their website is http://www.lef.org.
i plan to add more to this thread later.. studies show that people who eat a lot of red, orange, green and yellow vegetables have a significantly decreased risk of various cancers.
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Morality etc.
by Introspection infrom what i can tell there are atleast 4-5 members who might appreciate this and others may find it interesting.
even if you've read it before maybe you haven't read this particular translation.
a quote from tao te ching, 38:.
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Identifying mind states used by JWs
by Introspection init seems that it would be very useful to know the tricks jws use, most of us are no doubt aware of this on some level but i thought it would be nice to really get into them, maybe even look at some actual incidents that have happend to see what was going on.
what comes to mind for me is that some of the emotions involved are guilt, shame and fear, but not only that there is the whole "love bombing" thing on the other side.
i think it's worth pointing out that the bombing is basically to stroke your ego, i mean they are being nice to you because they want a new person.