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Depression: - interestingly enough, this word describes a certain condition most of us instinctively understand, even though we may be a little unclear about the difference between depression, melancholia, sadness, grieving etc (in fact the professionals argue over this too). For myself, and I assum...

there is a difference between a reply and an answer. An "answer" answers the question ... a "reply" could just be anything. Yes, it'd be good if all respondents would "quote" any question asked of them (using the quote button above the text box) and then answer it dire...

Adult-Adult relationships are quickly but subtly knocked on the head when a newcomer joins which led to some utterly ridiculous scenarios of perfectly mature adults, far more educated and experienced, being infantilised to fit it. I remember some mature age mothers saying how insulting it was to ha...

Mr Green wrote:It is a life of misery, self beating and prostration to absolute nothing

Is that depending on where you sit in the pecking order?

Infuriated reactions that you allude to on my not conceding on a matter- what does it say? If a point is well-made, or someone's argument shows my previous presumptions or opinions were mistaken, I gain much more as an individual when I honestly concede that, when I humbly acknowledge and validate ...

My only point was that in any organization, Seniors might take moral responsibility for a wrong act of their junior/senior colleague but, in reality, you can not say that those Seniors or the teachings of that particular organization is the cause of the crime. I don't agree with many points of the ...

Try

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/40811

Let me know how you go, there are other options I can see.

Maybe the real miracle is that the BK still had enough 'animal instinct' to jump out of the way rather than dozily trusting in Baba to stop the train and save the bike (which was of course 'Baba's bike'!). Is it normal for police to book people who cross rail lines? I saw so much of that going on in...

Wonderful- thank you for a balanced view. Not putting forward a balanced view, nor a call for one. There's nothing wrong with very partisan view being put well. I am only suggesting that posts that get their point across are ones that observe etiquette, show respect and make clear, good arguments (...

First in a television documentary series looking at what became of some of the new religious movements that emerged in the West after the cultural changes of the 1960's. Whatever Happened to The Hare Krisnas : 28 minutes. It's good television. I'd say it takes a sympathetic, non-judgemental, non-cri...

From what I read, moreclearnow is trying hard to be objective and balanced. Albeit s/he is coming from a declared pro-BK bias, and once declared, a position is more difficult to change. On the other hand, most people here are ex-BK, and by becoming "ex-" (and by contributing here) one is d...

Enlightened, One of the ironies of the BKs and other ideology/faith-based groups is that they are quick to point out how the mainstream deludes people and takes over their lives through consumerism, social roles and status, false idols, faddish advice on diet or health etc leading to so many social ...

They just amputate them [personal problems and issues] for the most part ... except, as perhaps Pink might pick up on ... attempting to amputate limbs of one's personality does not work. I would pick up on it to say that the link I posted below, a short Wikipedia article, goes through some of that,...

Raistlin, You can save considerable time if you use Google translator - http://translate.google.com/?hl=en - it translates to & from most popular languages. You can copy & paste moderately lengthy slabs of text - two or three paragraphs - on one side, then select the language to translate to...

Pink Panther raised the issue of how many female BKs had been abused pre-BK. It seems it's quite typical for 'cultees' to be entrapped just as they leave home for the first time, e.g. become students. Unconsciously at least, cults seem to be aware of this and target individuals at that age. Hence, ...