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Anonymous:
I really need to be directed by sombody. I need to work on my bad thoughts, or badly formed thoughts. Can I find out from you directions to a meeting? I need a group on writing in the passive voice.
Oh, one other thing, please. I can't remember the difference between want and need. Can I be told by someone, please?
GregFL:
--- Quote ---On 2005-12-07 16:23:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I really need to be directed by sombody. I need to work on my bad thoughts, or badly formed thoughts. Can I find out from you directions to a meeting? I need a group on writing in the passive voice.
Oh, one other thing, please. I can't remember the difference between want and need. Can I be told by someone, please?
"
--- End quote ---
No.
:grin:
GregFL:
--- Quote --- I guess if learning to do what I did was because I was in a cult (your opinion Greg), then I would do it all again!
--- End quote ---
And thats okay Maggie (and it was fun when we went bowling, wasn't it?)
Everyone doesn't take their experience in a cult as negative. Hit that link I posted above and read it.
As for the seed being a cult, it is listed by all the major cult experts as one. It is not merely my opinion but the opinion of all respected cult experts who have looked at it, was the opinion of the congress of the united states who did a study that came out while you and I were there. That the Seed was a cult is not new information, it is just now confirmed outside the secrecy that the seed tried unsuccessfully to maintain.
So, coming to terms with the fact you were in a cult does not mean you have to reject the positives you took from it. It does hopefully however, help one understand that others may have been devastated by the same experience.
Capice?
cleveland:
My early days at the seed were quite painful...it was quite a shock to be subject to so much discipline, rigid rules, heirarchy, etc. In the middle period for me, as an oldcomer, I agree with Maggie - I had a lot of fun, did things that I couldn't have done before because they were 'uncool,' and I made some really good friends.
But in the end, I was stifled. No relationships with girls (Maggie, you hung out with boys? Any unsuperivised time with the opposite sex was prohibited for me). I was stuck in unsatisfying careers. Anytime I formed a real bond with anyone, staff would move me to a new apartment. I outgrew the seed, and I was in a role of permanent oldcomer, which was really so limiting. As I have noted before, staff was not open to my pursuing my career interests, school or relationship. They might have been more open if I had been more assertive, like Ft. Lauderdale was, but I had been told so often how bad I was at making choices and how incompetent I was that I believed it. It's no different from a disfunctional family system, and that's what I was stuck with. I would have loved to go bowling! Made friends with a girl! Ft. Lauderdale, you had more freedom than most - don't forget that. I guess it's all relative to our personal experiences. But happy holidays anyway!
Walter
Ft. Lauderdale:
Walter,
I agree with you also. I did have some freedom.
I think it was wrong that you were told some of the things you were told. I wish you would have blown up a couple of times instead of being so damn nice. I even think if I would have heard the Artist thing, I might have said something for you. I guess I kinda bonded with people by sortof fighting with them sometimes.
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