JavaJane

Awwwww! Thanks!

I have (from a source who would know) heard that Rosie said during the filming of the new class that he new class "wouldn't have any of that Eve lesbian nonsense" in it. It doesn't, but they NEVER informed the regular old believer that the teaching was "nonsense", did they?

Chockfull, isn't that how the debbil appeared to Eve?

This is the illustration from the book... much closer, I think.

I do have to say that Lifetime has actually improved in the past couple of years... They acquired Project Runway (one of my all time favorite shows EVER) and have done a better job with their original series than those ridiculous movies. I am not bashing the subject matter either, but when a network consistently shows movies about abuse and thinks that that is the only subject matter that an audience of women will approve of, then they need to re-examine their thought processes. It look like Lifetime is doing that now. Being a woman, I find it insulting that movie companies think I should fit into a little tiny box defined by my gender as far as what movies I would like. I don't do well in that category. I am a woman who likes science fiction, good dramas, historical films, documentaries, and "dick and fart" humor. I don't enjoy romantic comedies. I think that confuses some people.

One of the kid's favorites... I would not could not in a house I could not would not with a mouse.

Lifetime... That would be Lifetime.

I would soooooooooo rather watch the guy film. The only "chick-flicks" I like are Jane Austen films.

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of Dolores Umbridge....

Didn't she teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwart's?

One of my fellowship coordinators told me that you should eat raw potatoes because they were natural penicillin... and that Mrs. Weirwille had recommended it. And then there was the way Mrs. Weirwille could "rightly divide" pie...

Rosie's the head of the profit-ic counsel, alright!

I remember the whole colon cleanse mess... mandated cleaning of one's colon was a little over the top for me!

But really, who needs a colon that's so clean you whistle when you pass gas?

Yeah, who the heck thought dressing up in "Sunday Best" was EVER a good idea while camping??

Yeah, I know... I was listening to some of the old GSC podcasts and it just popped into my head when I heard someone talk about how people would imitate VP's mannerisms (like yelling at people, etc...) and my brain went, "WTF?? Did someone ACTUALLY say that? And I actually believed it???"

Yup... I'm thinking it was LCM paranoia...

The way I was taught it (I only had LCM's Advanced Class) was that the familiar spirits operated at seances by imitating the dead because they were familiar with the dead person they were imitating. Does that make sense? (I mean from a twi standpoint, not for normal people - it makes no sense at all if you think about it without the KoolAid chaser!)

My flowers have been amazing this year, and have attracted a lot of butterflies to the front yard as well as two little yellow finches who are nesting in one of the bushes in the front bed. I trimmed the other bush to resemble a bonsai tree after it was attacked by some sort of weird wormy things last year that took out chunks of it. It looks better than it did, but I will be very curious to see how it looks next year after it gets a chance to grow back a bit. Once it cools down this fall and the finches have moved out of the other bush, I will probably trim that one up as well. My herbs have also done remarkably well this year. It seems that my tomatoes are late in turning red. I will have two I can pick next week, but the rest are still green, and not as many as I would have liked. Same story with my cucumbers. We had a lot of rain this year, and I wonder if it has resulted in my plants being stunted. But, the thyme, sage, and basil have almost made up for my lack of tomatoes! My cabbages seem to be doing well, although the cabbage worms turned two heads into lace while I was on vacation for a week! I'm planning on planting a couple of rose bushes out front next year, and maybe trying some earlier producing tomatoes in the back next time. I had some success a few years back with the Paul Robeson black tomatoes. I might try those again. And I might plant some daffodils and tulips for next spring, too!! I swear, gardening is like a form of meditation for me! I come back in after a few hours of working with the soil and my plants and I feel like a huge weight has lifted off of me.

The way they explained it to me was that it was a spirit that was "famiiar" with someone, so they could imitate them after they were dead... And, yeah... I don't believe most of what they taught about the spirit world anymore. In fact, I can't say I believe any of it... although I do have my own beliefs on the subject now. Now, however, I don't believe everyone who doesn't think like me is possessed.

I just remembered something weird... I remember being told that after VP died, that some people in leadership positions became possessed with a "familiar spirit" of VP which were sent to confuse and divide the ministry. I never listened to the "leadership tapes" because I was too young at the time. Was this taught? What examples did they give? I remember when I heard this I thought "nah, it's just people imitating their hero... that's normal." But when I said something to that effect to my leadership, they told me that they had seen people's faces change to look like VP's features. It creeped me out a lot. So glad I don't live in that horror movie any more.

I just finished listening to the podcast called "Social Equanimity" from 08/01/2010... talks toward the end about exactly what this thread addresses... interesting stuff!

Don't worry about "getting over it"... You might never get over it - or maybe you will. You have been through a lot. It all takes time and work to recover. Let yourself be and let yourself heal. There is no pressure here.