Breakingthewall

Deep post. Anyway, my point is more about analysis

It's not a belief, it's a reality which I understand deeply. All that stuff about beliefs is self-help . You are the manifestation that is happening, at the same time as you are the totality that is manifesting. They are not separate, they are one. You cannot separate yourself from thoughts or suffering or pleasure; separation is an appearance, it is creating a separate self. There is no separate self. Non-dualists like Ralston preach non-duality by creating absolute dualities.

The point is that Ralston places suffering on one side and you on the other. Then "you," whatever that is, are deciding whether or not to suffer. Things aren't like that. What you are isn't the deciding center, but rather the entire human energy complex that activates according to certain impulses, based on an evolutionary and social programming that creates real structures, neurological pathways as real as your bones. "You" can't decide not to suffer because you are that suffering.

That doesn't work. That's categorizing problems as those that justify suffering and those that don't, implying that suffering for A isn't legitimate but suffering for B is. Wrong. Suffering is suffering, and it's always a sign that something is wrong. If you're suffering terribly because you're second in your university promotion, you won't solve it by observing that suffering and letting it go, but by understanding your entire psychological structure and how and why it categorizes things, why you need to be number one, what triggers your emotional system, built in childhood, that compels you to do that and makes you suffer more than being burned with a hot iron. Its much more deeper.

You must dissolve the barriers that limit you and become limitless full-time. The only way to do this is to perceive your limitations and desire to dissolve them. It is very serious work that requires total will and total dedication, since these barriers are inherent to human beings; they are evolutionary energetic barriers created for the viability of complex life. What you must do is not trivial; it is a total conquest, a phase shift in what it means to be human, and no one can tell you how to do it. Only you can understand what limits you, and only you can intuit how to open those doors.

I didn't mean that, I meant being connected with your absolute nature.

What if you suffer a lot because your dick measures 2 cm and your girlfriend loves parties with horses? Or if your son has cancer? Or if you are old and no one talks to you? Or if you are a woman in Afghanistan? Or if you have any neurological disease that prevents serotonin flow correctly and you are in a severe depression? Or if your father hates you because you are not an engineer? Or if your mother is addicted to metanfetamine and fuck 10 homeless every day?

There is only one way: to reconnect with your essence. You are reality expressed in a form; there is no death, only change. You don't know what that change will be; it's irrelevant. It is reality, it is what you are. You are always home; you are the total cosmos flowing within itself, and there are no boundaries. Knowing this is useless; you have to perceive it all the time, and to do so, you must break your limits.

Yes it's easy. If the Congolese guerrillas tell you that in two hours you'll be roasted on a grill, why are you suffering? Use those two hours to be happy! Are you being roasted NOW? No. Fool, why are you suffering? Enjoy this time! These foolish humans. (condescending chuckle with faded shirt partially open)

If, for example, you operate on scales of evaluation, comparison, and categorization of the reality, you will suffer if you don't reach certain standards. You will live in tension, and all your relationships will be permeated by this quality. The best part is that you won't realize this, so you'll turn to spirituality, and voila! This will give you a higher status. And so you'll continue dancing that dance without knowing you're doing it. How, according to Ralston, will you stop suffering if your entire psychological system is programmed to categorize? Listening to Ralston for a few minutes, it becomes clear that he is not free from this; he looks at himself, he has a self-image that is always present. What he does is self-control the consequence while leaving the cause untouched. Low. Old self help.

Why would the Ukrainian government do something like that? What would they gain from it? On the other hand, those who sought the downfall of that government had much to gain from those hundred deaths. According to Oliver Stone's documentary, the police chief responsible for controlling the demonstrations found a very well-paid job at an American multinational corporation.

Why the US would oppose an engineering project designed to allow two sovereign and independent countries to trade? Everyone knows the US provoked the war in Ukraine; it's absolutely obvious. Anyone who isn't blind can see it, but think what you want.

Who blow the nord stream? Russia will fortify its borders and the lands of the Donbas in such a way that any attempt at invasion would entail a terrible sacrifice. Furthermore, it will consider the Donbas as Russian territory, and any attempt at invasion will be met with nuclear weapons. Therefore, the answer is that the borders will remain fixed for as long as Russia exists as a country.

Germany is not to blame that the CIA blew up Nord Stream so the US could then sell them expensive gas and ruin their economy; Russia would have continued selling gas to Germany.

@BlueOak How long do you think it will take Germany to start buying Russian gas again? Two years? The US has never stopped buying Russian uranium, while prohibiting Europe from buying Russian energy. We'll see how long this scam lasts.

Sure, EEUU , who starts and provoke wars for profit. Israel kills for what they consider their land, not for economic gain.

A puppet, or perhaps a strategic ally, of the world's leading power. China won't let Russia fall because that would weaken its own position. Russia can sustain this war for years, which is unnecessary since Ukraine is exhausted. The end of the war is near, a war in which Russia wins, Ukraine is destroyed, Europe is impoverished, and BlackRock and others profited by forcing this conflict. The only problem is that EEUU is already a joke, a parody, but business are still working

They are not stupid, they are absolutely corrupted. Without one molecule of integrity. That's western politics nowadays.

I would say it's impossible to make a prediction because it depends heavily on the evolution of technology, and that could take unexpected paths: immortality, unlimited energy, and so on. What does seem obvious is that in the coming years we will see China explode. Never before in history has there been such a push, a billion wills fanatically coordinated forward. The Chinese capitalist model is very different from the American one, since it is state-controlled and follows a fixed agenda. Anyone who deviates from it is expelled. Let's see how it evolves

No, I don't believe in any religion, but I believe that Christianity, or Buddhism, point to positive values (responsibility), and Islam to negative values (obedience) The biggest problem of Christianity was Adopting Augustine of Hippo's idea of eternal hell and original sin, according to which God, who is mercy and love, condemns you to eternal hell for a sin committed by your ancestors that He incited them to commit. Moreover, since He is omniscient, He already knew at creation that your destiny was eternal horror because He loves you. This turns Christianity into an ideology of absolute terror, but if you read Christ and observe His actions, you deduce his message. If you read Muhammad and observe his actions (a pedophile warlord), you deduce his. Christianity is a religion that come from down, from slaves, and in centuries arrives to the state. Islam come from up, from a conqueror, from the beginning. It's absolutely different. And over all societies are what they are, and in the name of the lamb of love they burn you alive in the public square for being a heretic or to steal your lands or anything . But everyone knows that the central idea is love, humility and forgiveness.

Yes, it matters. It's not the same text that tells you to love your enemies and give one of your two tunics to the poor, even if you're a hypocrite and own slaves, is not the same as one that tells you to rip out the hearts of 100 virgins a month so the sun doesn't devour the earth, or one that says only those who die with a sword in their hand will go to Odin's banquet. Or other that says that it's ok to fuck 9 years old girls when you are 53

The only truth there is is: reality is. Therefore, everything you write is writing about the truth. Ineffable, mundane, divine, conscious, elevated, egoic... all of these are merely value judgments that arise within the human paradigm.

Green means you want to be good and be among the good people. Going beyond green means you want truth, clarity, and directness, without judgment.

This whole "path of renunciation" thing is a misunderstanding. The only thing you need to renounce is lies, and not in five years, but always. Spiritual work is about polishing your life every day, peeling away the sticky, disgustingly soft layer of mud made of lies until only polished metal remains. The work must be constant; every second of your life, every breath, your underlying intention, your direction, your very vector of existence must be aimed at breaking through the layer of falsehood.

Wrong, That's the Old Testament. After Jesus Christ, the law changed. Circumcision was no longer required, and certain foods were no longer forbidden, etc. Everything derived from the New Testament is timeless and generally positive.