I notice that when I feel down, I may begin listing parts of my experience that I genuinely appreciate. As a result, I feel lighter. Would you say Gratitude is a principle? What does it do in your experience?

I had a great time during the "Taking controle of your life" workshop this sunday. I got that "feeling broken, incapable or not enough" was not a place to stay stuck but just to aknowledge to move on, and that enthousiasm was a powerful state that we can choose to generate genuinely and authentically. Thank you!

I would like to share some insights I've got during the Spring Retreat, to inspire people to participate themselves, and perhaps to spark some insights in others. I want to open with a "haiku" I wrote as a summary of an insight I have got during the Experiencing the Nature of Being (ENB) workshop, even though it relates more to suffering than to anything else: I am I do my best It's enough. Let it sink in. Now, obviously, "my best" is not always "enough" to achieve particular results. I can't fix everything, and especially not all my relationships. Life will do what life does, and it will do things I don't like. At least until I transcend liking and disliking. Yet, it is enough nonetheless. I won't always get my way, and it is fine. I do my best, and I can't do more than that. So it is enough, no matter the outcomes. Do you hear the whispering of the part of your mind that tells you that no, this is not true, that you could have done more if only you tried harder? Kick it in the nuts! This is clearly impossible. No matter what you do, you could always imagine doing it better. It's a trap. Now, I don't want to excuse slacking off. Continue doing your best, growing and developing. But don't try to do more than that (which is impossible) and don't beat yourself over the outcomes that will arise. What will arise will arise. I also try to see others this way. No matter who they are and what they do, they are trying their best. Even if objectively it is not very good. It is just the best they can do, and they have not made themselves. They are just trying to be happy, even of they are trampling over other people and sabotaging the very happiness they aim for by their actions. They haven't chosen to be clueless and to have the personality and beliefs they have, and if they understood and could, they would certainly gladly switch with a more integrated person. I like to think of one man-baby famous politician. He is lying, self-aggrandizing, with little to no honesty and integrity and little care about truth or others. Yet, it seems to me, he's just trying - and failing - to prove (primarily to himself) that he is not a worthless piece of shit, doing the best he can. Sadly, his best is pretty bad. But again, he hasn't chosen to be this pathetic piece of crap.

Exciting news! The latest Ralston Newsletter dropped. Volume 89. In it are some valuable questions and answers that will really help people in their journey of increasing consciousness. Also a huge shout out to @Dimitar Biserov for creating a SEARCHABLE ARCHIVE of past newsletters which you can access at the link below. He has also extracted all of the Q and A from each newsletter and added that as a tab inside the archive. Check it out! https://chenghsin.link/skool/ralston-newsletter

🤯🤯😵🪦 ✅️ Done Big up to @Brendan Lea for his amazing work! And to the whole team: @Jakub Holý , @Charlie George Williams , Isa, @Niklas Lederer , John Palmer, Brodie Blackburn, Malcolm Simpson, Noah and James. Peter, we love you too! ♥️