ex-l wrote:Do you mean a far more tradition "guru" type relationship with an elder who you could discuss your issues with and gain insight and advice on how to live?
^^Hmm. In retrospect that would have been an excellent idea ...
But the reality is so much more mundane, lol. The assistance I was really looking for was their help in managing this 'brainwashing effect' I felt i was producing in myself. I
really wanted to believe ... it seems funny to me now, but I really craved the bliss of the Honeymoon Period I saw others experiencing
.
But I just couldn't get the past myriad inconsistancies & unexplained "phenomena" like the unbelievable 5000 year Cycle etc. The fact that carbon-dating is "wrong". The fact that the speed of light is also "wrong"
. The sense of arrogant superiority ... it was even admitted to me initially that, "Yes, we are elitist (!wtf, i thought ... how is that spiritual??) but we alone have all the answers you will ever need."
ex-l wrote:It appears to me that the leadership of the BKWSU then uses banishment as a control mechanism to reject any individual that sees through them. Which then takes us to the center-in-charges as being no more than franchise holders in a business allowed to make decisions however they chose. I do not mean this as a criticism of you. I think that humans live well in communities where there are elders, either individual or a council, where others can come for guidance. It has been our natural order for thousands or years.
Yes, the banishing seems fairly arbitrary and on the whim of the BK concerned. I like your franchise anology - the Organisation appears to retain no responsibility that way ... all local decisions after all.
Hey no offence taken
I understood just what you meant
ex-l wrote:I do, also, offer this as criticism of the BKWSU as I think they throw out a bated hook 'suggesting' that is what you are going to get ... to get you in the door ... but once you are in the front door ... by whatever hook, or crook they can manage ...
That's the bait of the Honeymoon Period, huh? A form of madness/self-hypnosis. Of course, now I am glad I never succumbed ... knowing my tendency to obsession I would have
gone right overboard .