My path as a Jehovah’s Witness; Recovery to Reintegration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- Jen talks about her path to spiritual initiation as a recovering Jehovah’s Witness, she shares her recognition of how the indoctrination from her childhood impacted her as an adult and how she has reclaimed her power, taking back her story and re-integrating her lived experience into who she is now. Unpacking the guilt, shame, and fear about leaving the religion. Living authentically. She invites everyone with her shared experience and thise who desire to explore spirituality into her community She holds a special kinship in her heart for all who were raised and share her childhood experience, its not an easy path
❤️ Jen
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Hey, I’m 13 and a Jehovah’s Witness. I completely unfortunately where you’re coming from and I hope you do well in your recovery. I love the way you put this so respectfully and I wasn’t raised until I was adopted. The only thing I want to mention is that it wasn’t right for you to be forced into it if you didn’t want it. I have to deal with it a lot but luckily my family doesn’t make me do it and it’s my choice weather or not I go to meetings or service and I’m so sorry you didn’t get that. I hope you know a lot has changed and the religion has fixed the misunderstanding they have put off. You’re really strong for putting your side of the story online. I hope you keep up the recovery :)
Hi. I love that you are brave enaf to lissen to exJW.
You shud always not only lissen to others but allso look everythings up if it's truth or not whithout bias.
1 Chor 15:1-4 and Ef 2:8,9 and Rev 1 is good readings and to know.
Read it and you will se. But as allways pray at first for right understanding and think alot on what it saing. ❤
Oh sweet girl, I’m glad you messaged. Thank you. You are the same age as my daughters. You sound like a smart and brave girl.
Maybe you have freedom of choice because you are adopted and they are afraid to force you into religion.
Thank you for sharing. Interesting to hear from people who have left their religion, but still have faith. All the best to you 🙋♂
Just subscribed!
Apostate greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 😊
Thank you for sharing your story. I am looking forward to hearing more about different topics 💞
I've always been outside of the religion but many relatives are. Additionally, my dad has always been heavily influenced by JWs also outside of it. This left me having to secretly express my spiritual path growing up. I have been intuitively guided to divination but have been made to feel like I need to hide it which left me feeling u authentically myself. I can completely empathise with you. I am so happy you have found your forever path. 😊❤
My son gave his first and last talk about 12 years old. The criticism should have been ALL POSITIVE but teacher focused on him rocking back and forth…. Never ever gave another talk he’s not a JW today ( thankfully) those ministry school experiences at such a young age can really be damaging
I didn’t realize the impact it had on me until I was in my 40s. So crazy.
The WT Cult is ruining families and damages children's minds
BEAUTIFUL AWESOME VIDEO! SOOO TRUTHFUL AND ACURATE....I HAD THE SAME EXACT EXPERIENCE....G = GOOD, I = IMPROVED, W = WORK ON.
O the dreaded “work on” 🤣🤣🤣
I was raised in it, hated it ,im now Born again , Baptist
I live in Honolulu Oahu and also recovering from the cult
Hope all is going good my friend.
@@CanadianAnglican I’m good! Where in Canada do you live ??
If you’re ever Maui - stop by
@@woowoowellness definitely will do!
My pimi cousins live in Hawaii and a while back they sent pics of them grinning and wearing "Hawaiian business shirts" I guess, at the KH bc they were told it's allowed now...smh 😅
Great job 👏😅👍
I got out around 25 years old , now I am 58 touday 😅..when I was 21 went to Hawaii 🌺 Honolulu and I was a jw , i staid in Hawaii for 2 years ( I am from Switzerland 🇨🇭)
I am a boy I speach Italian ( Andrea ) I
In Hawaii 🌺 I freed my self .. surf 🏄👍 , and I’m a master reiki as well😊
….i did kundalini with Osho friends
Best meditations , Nice to meet you
Take care and love
Andrea
I love it - your path sounds parallel in some ways. I hope you visit Hawaii again! I’d love to meet you.
Hello 👋 I hope I will visit again Hawaii 🌺, best place on earth 😅👍
I love Maui as well, went to all islands …if I will come , let you know , In the mean time , good maditation 🧘
Take care 😊👍
Awesome video! Just subbed! ❤
Great video. New subscriber.
Very happy to find your channel. You said you were 43 when you started having an awakening. I'm 43 now, faded for about 8 months from the org. Your vid gives me hope that there's still time for transformation. Looking forward to watching more.
I’ve heard that 43 is a common year for spiritual awakenings - I think according to Rudolph Steiner the spiritual philosopher. Have you read Gary Zukav’s The Seat of the Soul? That was the book that pushed me over. And then I read Eckhardt Tolle’s A Nee Earth. I highly recommend both books
I am a ex jw hi 👋🏻
Hey Devin! Where did you live when you were a JW? Were you also raised in it?
Great to know it.
I found that the ministry school was very helpful in my later life. I can do public speaking. The guidance afterwards never bother me, they were all my friends. I learned from there mistakes too
Tbh as a jw I never reaizes thats y the sisters do their talks in that manner .. learn something new everyday I guess.
Really? I find that curious.
Thank God Jesus isn’t a religion
so have you let go of christianity and the bible altogether? how do you live now?
I had a few years as an atheist before coming back to spirituality. I don’t consider myself Christian although I find a lot of resonance with mystical Christianity. I tend to look for the truths in all religions and spiritual paths. I appreciate Sufism a lot, especially quotes by Rumi. I consider my self spiritual but not religious. And I am a member of the Unitarian Universalist church in pasadena, CA where I used to live and still visit, I also attend a new thought church on island occasionally - these are places I find community without dogma. Some of my biggest influences now are Eckhardt Tolle, Gary Zukav, Rudolph Steiner/Anthroposophy, The Law of One, reality trans surfing and my own discernment. I’m also an avid astrologer and meditation junkie.
What’s tough about being in a sect is that they lie about and bash all the other churches so when you get out, one never wants to step into a church again. They leave with a bitter taste in their mouth. If you follow the New Age movement to the T, the mindset is just as dangerous as the Jehovah Witnesses. It’s traumatizing. You know that you are in a cult by what happens to you if you decide to leave.
I was living in Pasadena a couple of years ago. A Southern California native. 😊 Thanks for sharing your story.
Sorry to hear that. Thank God you escaped Modern Arianism. Come to Christ’s true church, Eastern Orthodoxy 🙏☦️❤️. God bless you ❤️
It's not God's true church. God's church is the body of believers around the world saved by Jesus Christ's atonement
A degree as a witness would only be recognized by the JWs no one else and there a small group compared to other religions
I disagree. If they took the time to comply with over sight agencies and get accredited it could be recognized by employers as legit seminary degree. I’ve served on the boards of spiritual institutions and training institutes. It’s not hard to be a legit educational institution.
@@woowoowellness people would laugh , especially trying to get a job I the real world with that on a resume
You might be surprised how most companies don’t care what your degree is in or who it’s from as long as you can check the box. If JWs were afraid people laughing at them they probably wouldn’t still be preaching about Armageddon and living forever.
People are leaving this cult in droves, which is good. The best to you.
The Bible clearly states that before humans appeared on the earth, only Jehovah's family of witnesses existed in the universe. The first witness to leave the family was the angel who became "Satan" the first apostate. Today, either one is serving Jehovah or the adversary Satan. There is no sitting on the fence.
This cult NEEDS to be banned worldwide!
@@MrChinchilla_hn What's your problem?