Introspection
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Rethinking the Meaning of Prayer
by Introspection inan interesting article:.
http://www.noetic.org/ions/publications/51_spong.htm
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Caravan of Love
by Introspection inby the rippingtons, from the brave new world cd is a nice upbeat song.
i guess they're considered contemporary jazz.
when you get a chance why not check out sound clips from sites like cdnow...
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Non-dual quote
by Introspection inthis quote is from an interview with eckhart tolle:.
.. you cannot fulfill the commandments unless you are egoless--and there are very few who are--as all the people who have tried to practice the teachings of christ have found out.
"love your neighbor as yourself" is one of the main teachings of jesus, and you cannot fulfill that commandment, no matter how hard you try, if you don't know who you are at the deepest level.
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Still preaching?
by Introspection init seems to me that many who have left the hive seem to want to do a sort of "anti-preaching", to proclaim the evils of the society, religion, whatever.
i agree that certain issues need to be made known to the public, but my question is about how we do it.
if we're preachy about it, how effective are we likely to be?
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Egocentric support?
by Introspection ini thought this would be a good topic as many who are still sorting through the jw experience do not seem to see that their newly adopted worldview is just that, their own.
while i can understand how some would want to just "vent", i fail to see how such behavior helps anyone.
we all know that as jws we went along with what others told us to believe, yet it seems to me that beneath many posts of self expression, there's a subtle tendancy to be pushy, even preachy.
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Psychology of prayer
by Introspection init seems there has been much talk on prayer lately, and i thought it would be helpful for us to discuss the psychological nuts and bolts, without getting into the realm of religious belief.
regardless of whether the source of change is human or divine mind, i think we can agree that the mind is a powerful thing, capable of affecting real change.. my guess is most of us don't pray for money or material things, but those of us who do basically ask for two things: direction and strength, or you might say knowledge and power.
i recall that as jws, we were taught to be specific in our prayers.
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Forgiveness
by Introspection inthis quote could have gone in another forum, but i'm hoping you can add a quote from caroline myss, stephen... "without forgiveness human society and existence are impossible.
we are forever hurting one another, forever stepping on one another's toes.
so we have to forgive and be forgiven or else we cannot go on living full lives.
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Healing and meaning
by Introspection inthe following is by dean ornish, no doubt many have heard of him, he's the md who has the program for reversing heart disease.
i thought many of us would be able to relate to these words:.
"for me the epidemic in our culture is not only physical heart disease but also emotional and spiritual heart disease.
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Mystery vs. Mastery
by Introspection injust thought i share something interesting i read recently, this is by rachel naomi remen, a md that has worked in the field of mind-body medicine:.
"the mind has its limitations.
when we are mentally identified, we have a tendancy to deny that which cannot be understood.