Leo Gura

That's not true at all. Most people who listen to Ralston will not be able to do 5% of what he does.

Anything that doesn't make him more defensive.

Don't squeeze him please. It is counter-productive.

I know what he is talking about. But that is irrelevant because most people will not be able to do it. He is like Henry Cavill telling you: "Just walk up and ask for her number, bro. It works for me."

It is not a personal attack. His view is quite biased. Please don't take that personally.

That is true. But you said more than that above.

In the end is the key word. The spiritual journey is long and winding.

Spiritual people suffer more, not less. Because they have to face more truth. A regular person can just go get drunk. A spiritual person can't.

Notice how mortality tries to invent a faux version of immortality, while avoiding the actual Immortality. Classic inversion. Reminds me of Trump's Truth Social.

Eventually you will realize your view is too self-biased. Sounds like it might take you years to realize that.

"End unnecessary suffering". The title of this thread! Lol Many people here are trying hard not to suffer. This is a very real and common trap. It's very counter-intuitive because the more you try to not suffer, the more you'll suffer from failing at it. As spiritual people, our superego tells us: "You shouldn't be suffering this much, you're the spiritual one! What's wrong with you?! You should be better than this. You should be like that monk who lit himself on fire."

He does hate Greens. So he is conservative. But Trump is too selfish to be a serious conservative. Being a serious conservative requires a humility and fear of God that Trump doesn't have. The conservative part of Trump is the part that hates being moralized to and limited by Green conscience.

@JoshB

Rather than trying to not suffer, be okay with your suffering.

Talk to them normally, then at the end say something like, "Say, you're cute. Let's swap numbers and we can grab a drink sometime."

Rather than trying "pick up girls", just sit next to girls you like and start talking normal with them. Ask them some shit like why they are taking that class and what her dreams are. Don't try to use pickup lines on them. Just be curious about them, ask questions, and grab a number at the end.

Tell that to a kangaroo.

I wish Neil DeGrasse Tyson would ask me where God came from.

Can't call them that since they reject magic. That's called a geek

I would like to be less biased towards women. I'm personally working on that. And I hope you guys do the same. This is a natural consequence of our commitment towards Truth. Truth should make us less biased.

I post everything good I find in my book reviews list.

They are so important that if you were born a kangaroo, you'd have no idea enlightenment exists. Just imagine Ralston lecturing a kangaroo about enlightenment.

So a girl who's really into make-up, is a nerd? That's the problem I have with the nerd definition. A cheerleader who's really passionate about cheerleading or Taylor Swift, now qualifies as a nerd. To me nerd means a technical intellect. STEM people are the true nerds. Academics are nerds.

Ralston is a unique and very rare human being. In a class of his own. Because he has a genetically different mind/consciousness. Most people simply cannot do what Ralston can do. I'm not saying you shouldn't try his ways. But if you keep trying his ways and you're perplexed why they ain't working for you, now you know why. Tell that to a lion when you're wrestling with him.