Tonypop100

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  1. This is the reading list Ralston sent me for the apprenticeship what do you think any questions or comments would be appreciated.

    Ralston's books:
    The Book of Not Knowing (required reading)
    Pursuing Consciousness (required reading)
    The Genius of Being (required reading)
    Zen Body-Being (required reading)
    Consciousness Dialogues (required reading)
    Ancient Wisdom, New Spirit
    Reflections of Being

    Other Educational Possibilities: (if you have time)
    Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
    Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Suzuki
    Actualizations, Stewart Emery
    On Time and Being, Heidegger
    The Knee of Listening, Franklin Jones (Bubba Free John)
    Steps to an Ecology of Mind, Gregory Bateson
    The Way of Chuang Tzu, Merton
    Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu
    The Book of Tea
    Zen in the Art of Archery
    Critique of Pure Reason, Kant (difficult)

    Some others:
    The Journey to Ixtlan, Castenada

    @Leo Gura


  2. Well first you need to ask yourself. What is anger? What is jealousy? Imagine someone just slapped you in the face now you're angry now ask yourself what is anger. NOW GET REALLY HONEST. I'm sure you would agree you're actually hurt someone just slapped you in the face and now your emotional hurting. So now what do you do with that Well you get angry of course but if you're really honest you can just be hurt and vulnerable and from that honest vulnerable place you can handle the situation better. Or you can just be angry ?


  3. @zikzak not much at all like 1mg but I immediately became conscious of everything and after my mind was In fear ecstasy and everything in between as my mind was struggling with the Infinite implications. Physical my body was vibrating like fucking crazy as energy was pulsating out of every pore of my body. This shit is no joke now I know how leo burnt the tip of his fingers.