Breakingthewall

It's possible, but I think that I understand his paradigm, and in my opinion it's wrong. Totally wrong in its basis. Anyway, you wont agree with me because you think that his paradigm is true. That reality is consciousness and realizing that you are consciousness is the absolute truth. I think it's absolute falsehood 😅. "Consciousness" means the reality being conscious of itself. So "the absolute truth" would be the reality. Seems something banal, just an interpretation, that really we are in the same idea. No, it's absolutely different. His paradigm will bring you to a dead end, to a limit . Anyway, if I misunderstood Ralston, you could explain his essential paradigm, let's see what is it. I read fragments, but I don't going to read a book because in the moment that I see a total mistake (in my (humble) opinion) I stop reading

Well, what I really think is that Ralston is fundamentally wrong. His error is complete, like all Zen Buddhism and neo-Advaita spirituality. His ontology has false pillars, and that leads him down a dead end. Reality is not consciousness, it is conscious. The empty mind is not your essential self; this is absurd. Why is an empty mind the origin of the universe? Of course, because the universe is an illusion. error and narcissism. Why the empty mind is creating this illusion? All spirituality is based on this, let's say, strange premise. The self is false? Why? The self is an expression of the reality. Consciousness is the action of the reality observing itself. Empty mind is a pre requisite to open yourself to the core of what reality is, the absolute unlimited, the source . empty mind is not the "truth". Nothing is false or illusory but layers of the reality. All the modern spirituality is based in zen Buddhism and neo advaita, and this happen because it seems logical. But it's simply a mistake. You can open yourself to the absolute, to the generative power of reality. In fact it's what we are, expressed in this form. This openess is unlimited.

He has a clearly defined paradigm, like any other teacher. For example, in this thread we're discussing his statements about love. The thing is, his paradigm is completely aligned with Zen Buddhism and Neo-Advaita non-duality. And what happens is that these spiritual currents are (in my opinion, of course) limited. And in the spirituality, limited is equivalent to false. Especially when you claim that your limits are absolute and deny everything that goes beyond them.

Sure they are evil jews with blood thirst and low iq , and you are a good justice maker who knows everything . In your world everything is easy and clear. Sure, the massacre of October was absolutely justified. We all should cheer it, as the Muslims around the world did. Evil Jews, they deserve it! They should be thankful and renounce to his country. Look, this is only your opinion, the Israelites don't share it. Maybe you think that everything is white and black and you are in the white side, but Israelites fear Iran. That's why 90% supported the war, not because they are blood thirsty. The problem with the war has been loosing it, not the war itself. Now it's easy to know the result, but some people not absolutely stupid in mosad and CIA believed that the regime will change. They fail, that's life. Vae victis as they said.

Because he's an iconic spiritual teacher listened to by millions, and he defines what human spiritual awakening is. The thing is, he's a limited, misguided, and perhaps quite narcissistic guy, and that's rather sad, since he defines the current level of human spirituality.

It's simple, because we are a possibility happening.

The main factor that makes real meditation impossible is the need for self-definition, for identification. This need is inherent to the human being; it is a mechanism of social cohesion that allows the group to function as a single entity. Real meditation is not achieved through techniques, but through stepping out of the psychological matrix of identity. The real work is not in the practice of meditation, but in self-exposure, coherence, and integrity. Loyalty to yourself as absolute value. When the psychological axis shifts from the need for self-definition and validation to integrity and transparency, the mind becomes silent. Only then does meditation make sense, as one gains access to the primordial layers of the psyche: the drive for permanence, the fear of harm and disappearance, the need for control and other bases of the human psyche Directly perceiving these underlying patterns is what eventually allows the psyche to open. “Openness” means the absence of limits. Limits define, and create a sense of control and security. The absence of limits is initially terrifying, unsustainable for more than a few seconds. The system automatically contracts again. Anyone seeking liberation must seek this rupture. At some point, it becomes more tolerable, until it is perceived as freedom. Identity is then replaced by effortless openness, as it is revealed to be a mental process. not false, but not fundamental, not absolute. Openness is not an “open mind,” but the fact of being perceiving itself without mental limitations. It is something simple and, at the same time, complete. Not definable because there are not limits. This is the state where life becomes beauty, perception becomes deep and the heart becomes open.

Her case is very interesting because it demonstrates that mental emptiness is not equivalent to mystical awakening. In her formless emptiness, there was no openness. This openness doesn't come from the absence of mind but from the presence of life, of the other, of connection.

I close my eyes. Reality is limitless blackness, physical sensation, absolutely no mental noise, no self-reference, no questions. Empty mind, relaxed body, no contraction, no foundation, no fear. It is a pleasant state, but it is not the opening to the source. I know that within me lies access to the totality, the opening to the great mystery. Accessing it is not something I can do at will; it is something that, at a certain moment, happens. It is not a vision, nor an understanding , it is an opening. Something within me opens. Poetically, I would say: my heart opens. Empty and clear perception is still closed; it does not reveal its essence. An act of surrender is necessary, a very specific disposition of the spirit in which everything is accepted: accepting that reality may be a dead void, total disappearance, whatever reality truly is , opening your heart to it, giving yourself without reservation. This is a form of self-hacking because, in truth, I want to open access to the source, but I eliminate that impulse. I place myself in a condition where that desire no longer exists; I do not even know it is possible anymore. One or two puffs of marijuana loosen certain mechanisms within my structure. Two or three maximum doses of N,N-DMT also help, because they always turn experience into an absolute void without self. This is deeply intimidating, and doing it repeatedly creates enormous reluctance, but it is done because there is an objective being sought. After this, the psychological structure relaxes; the mechanisms of closure loosen. Then comes meditation, absolute silence, empty mind. And then sometimes , only sometimes , the source opens. At a certain moment, it becomes absolutely obvious. Reality is a bottomless abyss. I am that bottomless abyss, and at the depth of that abyss, the revelation occurs. The source. It is something that cannot be thought, and when you are closed to it, you feel misery. The source is everything. You are that. It is total, unfathomable, the absolute power of limitless reality, the unfathomable source from which life, the universe, and the living dance of unimaginable glory emanate. The source burns your psyche. There is no longer psyche , there is only the source. Your openness to it is only partial, but glimpsing the source even for an instant vaporizes your psychic structure, and once its radiance has been seen, something of it remains. But it does not remain forever. You are not “enlightened”; that is a myth. After some time, it gradually closes again, and eventually it is no longer clearly intuited. If you let yourself be carried away by circumstances, you return to a closed state , frustrating and lacking. One must be perceptive and understand that nothing is worth this closure. Little by little, your attitude and your mental and emotional functioning begin to align with the necessary order so that psychological density no longer dominates you. It's hard being isolated from yourself, it's misery. You could have the entire world, that's nothing, just a nonsense. If you are closed to yourself, that's just misery.

The absolute has form. Its positive, affirmative. Let's see, you can reach a state of empty mind and think: this is the absolute, the boundless expanse of consciousness. But it's not like that; there's something more. Reality is generative; it's the creative source of universes and life. The true absolute isn't emptiness; it's what lies at the bottom of emptiness. This is the real revelation, accessed through absolute surrender. Absolute surrender implies accepting absolute emptiness. When this happens, what you are is revealed. It's the absolute power that emanates from boundlessness and creates universes. Ralston is on the surface level. Christ touches the depths. The bleeding heart of Christ represents absolute generative power. Opening yourself to it is opening yourself to glory. Brahman, Shiva, and Kali are good analogies. Ramakrishna is a good mystic, Christ also. Both point to the source. Neo advaita point to "consciousness", just empty mind, nothing more than a mental state.

All of that may be true, but masculinity is the pioneer, the one that breaks down the boundaries of the impossible, the one that conquers reality. What would become of humans without that drive? No one is superior, both are complementary

Bibi's biggest mistake was Operation Epic ridicule. It's true that the destruction of Gaza has generated a growing anti-Israeli sentiment, but even so, many people thought that Israel had the right to defend itself, that its position surrounded by mortal enemies required toughness. Everything's fine until you start the epic ridiculous operation that is going to put all the American public against Israel, because the Americans don't like losers, and they like less being losers. Netanyahu should find a cherry blossom tree, write one last poem, and commit seppuku, with Ben Hvir as his assistant. Then let's see what happens with Israel. The position of Israel now seems worse than ever

All of these are stable processes that occur in reality. The universe is a process; everything is a process. Processes occur because there are no limits, so what is possible appears, combines, stabilizes, and then disappears. Absolute intelligence is the impossibility of incoherence. Reality is absolutely perfect in the sense that what is not perfectly synchronized does not exist. There is no one directing the spectacle; God is not creating; it is creation itself that creates itself, emerging from the source, which is the absence of limits. The absolute is a well of unfathomable depth, which, having no limits, is. And we are that. Being open to it is scary, but when you get used it's absolute freedom

Imagine God appears and gives you a choice: your penis will be sliced thinly with a bologna slicer, then you will eat it, and then you'll be slowly roasted on a grill with your whole family. Or, option B, you can go to the cinema and then have dinner at a nice restaurant. Which option would you choose? If the answer is: "I don't care," then yes, you don't have a self and nothing matters.

That's true, the door that closes is the self, with all its emotional density focused on self-image and trauma. Clearing this density is essential to having a life that is something other than constant suffering. Regarding the matter of total openness to what is, I suppose there are degrees. I don't know to what extent it's possible; I'd like to find out.

That's the typical Buddhist paradigm. They consider attachment and desire an illusion, therefore they work hundreds or thousands of hours erasing attachment and desire. In this way, they achieve a tranquil state. And they call that enlightenment. Well, it isn't. Enlightenment is opening to the living source, not the quiet peace of a 78-year-old retiree. Quiet peace is better than having OCD, but it's not enlightenment. Consider desire and attachment an illusion is just a human idea, like consider sex impure or poverty a shit. Enlightenment is not about those preferences. You could say that a quiet mind can be a previous condition for enlightenment, but not that a quiet mind is enlightenment . Also it's possible a mind with desire and attachment that is open in some moments and circumstances to the absolute. And very possible a quiet mind that never can be open to the source

If God is infinite it has no preference because it's precisely everything right? Then it's not creating anything with an intention because any intention would imply preference. Then this god wouldn't be an entity with a will, but the unlimited that is and being it's manifested in unlimited possibilities happening. Then , the unlimited that is is not "one", it's unlimited. That's why they call non duality instead oneness, because it's not two, but neither one, it's unlimited

What you are saying is absolutely wrong, it's a delusional view that is very common, I also had it many times with psychedelics. It's a stage in the dissolution of the density of the self. It has a name in meditation, Im going to search any link. This one for example. Look, what you are talking about is a creation of the mind. Don't get stuck in it

This is as far of real enlightenment as can be. It's just a belief that you get by watching gurus and that now you really believe that it's the truth. It's very obvious reading you that your ego is very dense. It's not that you still have work to do, it's that you haven't started yet

Yes I'm talking about myself, but what I am is not a mind, it's the absolute unlimited expressed now as a human I didn't create nothing, existence arises in the unlimited because it's unlimited, and what I am now is a local process that expresses the unlimited now, but I'm not the only local process because what I am, the unlimited, is expressed in unlimited forms. They also use to ask money, and some times that you suck his dick. It's up to you to accept it or not

Seems absolutely sure that there are always form, because the lapse between 2 forms in not a lapse, doesn't exist. existing means form, and form means process, relative change. What you could ask is: is the unlimited the same unlimited without existing? Is the nothing same absolute than the something? I'd say yes. The unlimited is absolute depth, and manifestation is just inevitable consequence of the fact of limitlessness

It's you, the human, who is an expression of the unlimited, who recognizes itself as the unlimited expressed in a local process. But this doesn't mean that in one side is the unlimited and in other the human seeing it, both are one.

Human mind can become unlimited and then be one with the unlimited. Then the unlimited recognizes itself, it's precisely you, but without limits

Reality is not a mind, if it were a mind then if would be alone, because a mind implies a center that elaborates. Reality is unlimited. Reality and unlimited are synonyms.

That seem a total dissolution. Could you explain how was more deeply? For me not so. The barriers are very subtle. Maybe a barrier could be implying some things about the reality due other trips or realizations that are accepted by the unconscious as ontological Truth. For me totally dissolving the mind make me see how the mental structures close and how difficult is being totally free of them . Im achieving little by little that my mind be a hole, without psyche. Just openess. It's not repressing the psyche but dissolving it. Sometimes the psyche arises of course, but not like something that drag me totally in the need of belonging, bonds, success, "glory", and over all trauma, as was the usual. Now my mind is empty, I can do any psychedelic and trauma doesn't arises even a bit. 2 years ago mind was still full of hate. Real hate for some parts of my family, in a level that I was worried about getting sick. I honestly thought that would be impossible to be free of that, and I am totally free of that, it's absolutely deactivated. Maybe it's possible to be totally free and open now, totally aligned and transparent. I don't know what is possible. I agree that it's essential to be as free as it's possible when death arrives. Not only for the suffering but let's say, for respect to myself and life as an expression of the reality that has this possiblity I think that it's a matter of lets say energetic alignment. Purifying your psychological structure until it's totally transparent, without density. It's not a matter of be good or puritan, but about your inner structures that creates a self image that need belonging, acceptation, permanece, and fear annihilation and lack of control. This seems very obvious but it's difficult, those structures are deep and strong