outandabout

Yeah, we were taught how wrong fear is, but it was natural to fear being reproved and yelled at and shamed at any moment. Then feeling guilty for being afraid, because fear was negative believing, therefore anything bad that happened was one's own fault. At least that's the mental hell I experienced.

How strange that the Gospels were thought to be unworthy of our attention. That is where we learn about Jesus Christ after all, a rather important subject if you're a Christian, to put it mildly. And we were always led to believe that reading anything other than The Word or collaterals or The Way Mag etc. was "off the Word". Now I read what I want, including the Bible. Actually, my enjoyment of the Bible has increased since I've been out of TWI.

A root is supposed to nourish the leaves but the leaves were working for the root. Ooops wrong thread I think.

This reminds me to be thankful it's March and I don't have that Corps Evaluation that I dreaded. Nor do I have to justify where I want to live. Yay!

I have a funny story about personal prophesy. I had a tape from John Lynn where he prophesized over me and one from John Schoenheit with another guy (who did it in Spanish) from a trip to Israel. Well one day for some reason I put them on a lower part of an end table. My husband was vacuuming one day and somehow it sucked up the tapes out of their cases. !!??!! Never did find out what the Spanish part said.

I'm surprised it's still there.

Ah, the memories.....

I don't want to go anywhere near anything that remotely resembles TWI.

Food for thought: 15 years out of my 70 in TWI makes 21% (rounded off). Googled that as a pie chart. The green represents TWI time. Gives me a lot of perspective! So much of my life NOT in a cult and JUST as much my life as the 21%. Just some musings on a Friday.

In Redlands CA on my interim year as WOW branch leader.

Wow, ain't that the truth.

That's because he was so spiritual and tapped in.

I've had to google stuff on the internet to catch up on things I never knew about while I was in the TWI cocoon. It's like I was on another planet for 15 years. (or in a coma)

You'd have to figure out what myrrh is.

Re; the burning bush. At the time I was being a little satirical. "You want a biblical costume do you? Ok, take this!"

I remember Halloween parties where we had to go as biblical characters. (of course) Once I taped sticks and leaves and orange and yellow streams of crepe paper and went as the Burning Bush.

I was so bored with all the Wierwille legacy stuff. I didn't understand what that had to do with God's Word. Or why a Wierwille was any more important in the body of Christ than the rest of us.

Are they aware that the body of Christ includes ALL born again believers?

Pot bless??? Say it isn’t so!

"Move the Word" - still don't know what the h3ll that means except I always felt guilty for not doing it enough.

I agree. Good article. Can't help but recall how I eeked out 20% of my minimum wage job to TWI so I could be "blessed".

Sometimes there is a lot of venting needed because we spent years with stuffed feelings and opinions and were not actually allowed to experience our reality, only the reality we were told to accept. It can take awhile to get in touch with the authentic self. And venting things that couldn't be expressed is often part of the process.

How incredibly selfish of TWI to not have employees pay into SS. How do they get away with that? Just when I've learned enough about that despicable organization I find out something else. People used and abused. There for the grace of God go I. They must be stuck there at HQ. But then TWI might kick them out if they get too old to work like slaves and TWI would have to actually recompense them in some way for their years of loyalty - which they wouldn't. Cold hearted Pharisees.

I remember you as a toddler. I have a distinct memory of your mom going into Kenyon Hall for something and I was there for some reason and with her was this adorable little blonde munchkin.

I always like it when Children of The Way come here and post. I wish they did more often. Always interesting.