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Yeah, but ya gotta admit, before The Way Ministry burst on the scene, who really ever thought about re-using disposable coffee cups?

To each his own Said Farmer Jones, As he kissed Ol' Bossie, the cow.

There may have been a lot of well intentioned individuals who worked in the "research department" over the years, but, as far as Wierwille was concerned, it was all just window dressing for his get-rich, MLM scheme.

Ya see, that's a prime example of this inane idea that every word has to be meticulously groomed for accuracy. Can you imagine if this same concept had been applied to the visual arts, down through the ages? No impressionism, no pointillism, no abstract, no modern, no avant garde, no surrealism, no romantic------------just pictures that "edify" (whatever the hell that means.)

ESPECIALLY Gospel----Because the words were most often *wrongly divided. *(according to TWI theology)

I speak Pig-Latin. And my services are eefray. (ya gets whatcha pays for.)

Oh not just "any" kind.-------EVERY kind. Uhmmmm. You knew The Beatles were born-again of the seed of the serpent, no?

And, now, Al Sleet, the Hippy Dippy Weatherman, with all the hippy dippy weather, man.

Well, you've heard of "Children of the Corn"? This is more like "Children of the Wheat Berries".

Yes, I can see where the first two lines, by themselves, may appear to be something from "Alien".

Straight out of PLAF (The Wonder Class), sessions 1-3.---paraphrased, of course.

We have a winner!!

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If only you knew what's inside of me now. You wouldn't want to know me somehow. Give just a little bit more. Take a little bit less from each other tonight.

Why does this thread give me deja vu of PFAL?

It sounds like TWI's concept of a "jam session" is anything BUT a jam session.

If anyone still wonders how far back Wierwille's devious aspirations reached, they only need to look at this historical iinformation with an open mind.

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If 6 was 9----Jimi Hendrix

Once again, you have demonstrated that you lack an understanding of Way theology.

Yes, people literally DIED trying to "operate" the "manifestations" in conjunction with the pseudo "law of believing". I can think of first hand examples, as I'm sure several other posters can, also.

Then again, maybe what we called "speaking in tongues" isn't really the same thing that the Bible calls "speaking in tongues". Speaking in tongues, as we know it, is really glossolalia. Not only has it been practiced by non-Christians for millenia, it predates the time of Christ.

That's the beauty of speaking in tongues. It keeps the mind in a state of passive acceptance. Neuroscience In 2006, the brains of a group of individuals were scanned while they were speaking in tongues. Activity in the language centers of the brain decreased, while activity in the emotional centers of the brain increased. Activity in the area of control decreased, which corresponds with the reported experience of loss of control. There were no changes in any language areas, suggesting that glossolalia is not associated with usual language function.[10][11][12] Other brain wave studies have also found that brain activity alters in glossolalia.[13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossolalia -------------------------------------- There is evidence that while speaking in tongues people experience a sharp decrease in frontal lobe function, the area of the brain that enables reason and self-control. There is also increased activity in the parietal region of the brain, which takes sensory information and tries to create a sense of self relating to the world. Psychiatrist Andrew Newberg, Director of the Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania, studied five African-American Pentecostal women who frequently speak in tongues. As a control activity, Newberg had the women sing gospel tunes while moving their arms and swaying.* Newberg gave the Pentecostals an intravenous injection of a radioactive tracer that allowed him to measure blood flow and "see" which brain areas were most active during the behaviors. Newberg and his associates published their findings in the November 2006 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. During glossolalia, the part of the brain than normally makes a person feel in control was essentially shut down. The findings make sense, says Newberg, because speaking in tongues involves giving up control and feeling a "very intense experience of how the self relates to God."* Newberg noted that the glossolalia responses were the opposite of those of people in a meditative state. When people meditate their frontal lobe activity increases, while their parietal activity decreases. In meditation, one loses the sense of self while controlling one's focus and concentration. http://www.skepdic.com/glossol.html

All the "artistic" endeavors of The Way (at least during my time in) were really nothing more than ad campaigns, geared toward bringing people into the fold, where they could be milked for their ABS.