About: Ben Ralston
Posts by Ben Ralston:
A Boy & a Puppy & One of the Sweetest Things You’ve Ever Seen. {Video} ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Feb 2, 2013 If this doesn’t melt your heart nothing will. 5,788 views |
Dolphin Asks for Help, Camera Crew Rescue Her. Wow. {Video}by Ben Ralston on Jan 25, 2013 Beautiful as this is to see, let’s remember that what we’re watching is a wild dolphin caught up in man-made fishing wire. We all can leave less of a footprint on this earth. 2,180 views |
A Short Video about Life & Death. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Jan 23, 2013 Everything will change, and everything that we think we know will have to be un-known. 1,054 views |
The Lesson We can all Learn from Lance Armstrong Now. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Jan 18, 2013 He says he’s sorry, as if those two words alone have some kind of redemptive power. They don’t. They’re just words. Without Truth behind them they’re just words. 2,850 views |
The 3 paths (how) to Happy, Healthy, Peaceful, Real, Authentic. How to Be Love. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Jan 12, 2013 So many spiritual teachers tell you: 2,267 views |
6 Tips for Perfect Balance. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Dec 23, 2012 The eyes, like the breath, are a vital bridge between mind and body. When the eyes are steady the mind is steady, when the mind is steady the body is steady. 2,225 views |
12 (+1) Reasons Why Numerology = Nonsense.by Ben Ralston on Dec 18, 2012 21.12.12 is coming up and, oh look, apparently that’s when the world will end. Give me strength. 782 views |
The Moment Ravi Shankar Saved My Life. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Dec 14, 2012 I was 16 years old and profoundly lost. 1,154 views |
The Best Piece of Advice I Ever Was Given. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Dec 13, 2012 The Sacred is in every moment. When we find it we reconnect with an infinite wellspring of motivation, inspiration, and love. 5,008 views |
This is How We Forge a New Earth.by Ben Ralston on Dec 11, 2012 What happens next is so beautiful: you are free, you are light and unburdened, your old patterns and habits change, your relationships change, you feel better about yourself, there is less fear, more love, and a greater sense of inter-connection with the world around you. 1,004 views |
Dear Undecided U.S. Voter…the Rest of the World is Not.by Ben Ralston on Nov 5, 2012 The rest of the world (apart from Pakistan) would vote – if they could – overwhelmingly in favor of… 2,717 views |
Why Life is So Difficult Today (& Mankind is Such a Mess).by Ben Ralston on Oct 16, 2012 Our ancient ancestors felt it… they felt the spirits of the stars through the core of their own being, their own spirit, and they gave the stars names. 3,906 views |
Planet 47: A Beacon of Light.by Ben Ralston on Oct 10, 2012 They built this place with their hands, with their hearts, and with their courage. 219 views |
Men just don’t romance ladies the way they used to… {music video}by Ben Ralston on Jul 26, 2012 Musical video experiment documenting the demise of romance over the last 60 years. 1,085 views |
What Your Body Needs (Once a Year). ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Jun 29, 2012 To step out of the mundane and remind ourselves that life is sacred, magical and mysterious, and to actively celebrate and participate in that awareness. 836 views |
How to be more Open, Sensitive, (Self)-Loving, Caring, Compassionate, Feminine, Masculine… Human {video}by Ben Ralston on May 16, 2012 “…You learned that it’s not safe to open, to trust, to be vulnerable, to be sensitive – to be feminine.” 1,199 views |
Power ~ Ben Ralston {video}by Ben Ralston on May 10, 2012 Your true being is absolute. And that absolute being is all-powerful. 668 views |
Is Spirituality really a Sign of Selfish Narcissism? ~ Ben Ralston {video}by Ben Ralston on May 7, 2012 With all the problems in the world: starvation, poverty, war, corruption, abuse… do I deserve to focus on myself – is self development / spirituality selfish? 840 views |
Spiritual Bullsh*t & New Age Nonsense: Don’t Relinquish Your Power.by Ben Ralston on Apr 20, 2012 And the more you do this, the more joy you get from every moment you are here. And we don’t have that many moments… as you do this you increase your capacity for joy, for love, for freedom… and that’s a very beautiful thing. 1,547 views |
Can We Understand Our Being?by Ben Ralston on Mar 21, 2012 In order to live love… we simply have to be what we are. Nothing more, and nothing less. And if something is pulling us out of that state, we have to recognize that there is a reason for that. 1,078 views |
How to Release Buried Emotions & Suppressed Feelings? {Video}by Ben Ralston on Mar 7, 2012 A talk about healing and personal development. What causes our emotional problems, and how can we solve them? 1,897 views |
(Social) Media & the New (Spiritual) Business Paradigm Video. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Feb 17, 2012 Some are falling by the wayside, and others are flourishing. If you want to prosper and flourish, the answer is to be more real… 505 views |
The latest Yoga Scandal? Or you prefer to read about Truth? ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Feb 4, 2012 It takes great courage to be honest with yourself… to be honest means to be doubly courageous – you have to have the cojones to confront your fears, and to then carry on in spite of them. 4,462 views |
Why I Do Not Train Yoga Teachers and…Yoga? Dangerous?! ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Feb 1, 2012 I taught Yoga to many thousands of people for 10 years, full time. 4,312 views |
Trust.by Ben Ralston on Jan 20, 2012 That trust leads to self-respect, and that respect leads to love. For oneself, for others, and for the world around us. 1,169 views |
Low self-esteem (and what to do about it). ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Jan 18, 2012 I hope this post sheds light on what I believe to be the key to a more sustainable, compassionate, and peaceful human society: how we love ourselves as individuals. 5,217 views |
Depression & thyroid function transformed. But what about 18 months later?by Ben Ralston on Nov 25, 2011 Your essence is pure, perfect consciousness. As such you are divine. Yoga calls this Satchitananda (pure being, consciousness, and bliss). 3,236 views |
Why healing, personal development and spirituality are really the same thing.by Ben Ralston on Oct 20, 2011 Now I realize that there is only one thing I need to do to get back into that space of joy. 2,114 views |
Mark Ruffalo Occupies Wall Street with passion, compassion, intelligence, charisma ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Oct 14, 2011 “This is not an anti capitalist movement per se… this is a movemenat about equality and democracy and liberty and justice and the rule of law… those are deep democratic principles that have been completely forgotten” 2,757 views |
Somebody can be. And it’s my pleasure. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Oct 9, 2011 Who has ever heard of a ‘healer’ claiming to have the “fastest, most efficient healing technique in the world”. 1,001 views |
3 impossible (true) stories, 1 way to feel more God-like. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Oct 3, 2011 Actually, a better word than synchronicity is perhaps ‘miracle’. Because although mathematicians can work out the odds of some of the things I’m about to tell you about happening; and although they might say that there is a billion to one chance; I’d say that it’s simply impossible. So it’s a miracle. 1,624 views |
“Tread softly, and with Joy” (ancient Thai saying) ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Sep 30, 2011 It wasn’t just their gifts that made me uncomfortable. It was their generosity of spirit. They gave me some things, yes. But they gave me all of their attention. They were totally present. And I’d never met anyone before that wasn’t in two places at once… 1,136 views |
The 3 steps to profound healing (of your broken heart, bones, spirit).by Ben Ralston on Sep 28, 2011 Own it. 11,826 views |
If you find an animal dying slowly and painfully, would you do what I did? ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Sep 25, 2011 I killed the puppy with my bare hands. The single toughest thing I’ve ever done – physically and emotionally. I don’t think that I regret it, but at the same time, I’m not sure I did the right thing (is there ever a right thing to do?). Nor am I sure quite what I learnt from the experience. The truth is: I’m still learning from it… 2,958 views |
“Blue Sapphires and Red Bull” (Why I left Bangkok…) ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Sep 22, 2011 Up until now, there had been no indication that this whole situation was anything other than a very fortunate co-incidence. I just happened to be looking around the same temple as a stone collector, who just happened to stand under the same doorway as me when it started raining. One thing led to another and now I just happened to be in the office of a famous Thai jewelry store falling in love with the most beautiful woman in the world, figuring out how I was going to become the wealthiest 21 year old in history. 1,423 views |
Why we are all nothing more than ants (and no less than God) ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Sep 9, 2011 Being an addict is like living inside a prison inside yourself, and healing is just all about breaking free of that prison. 1,676 views |
Offended by the word ‘****’? (This one’s for you)by Ben Ralston on Aug 27, 2011 In 1939 when Gone With the Wind was released, the famous line: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” almost didn’t make it past censorship. In those days, the words ‘hell’ and ‘damn’ were taboo. Hard to imagine that now isn’t it? 3,903 views |
Why I had to leave Bangkok after just one night. Part 1 – The Girl with Black Eyes. ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Aug 26, 2011 I cried a little writing this. Sometimes, I am ashamed to be a man… 7,210 views |
Am I a ‘privileged f*ck’? Yep, guilty as charged. (But guess what? So are you!) ~ Ben Ralstonby Ben Ralston on Aug 23, 2011 A sad, hilarious, exasperating look at the underbelly of internet blogging. The comments, (dis)’likes’, and ‘thumbs’ that show all too starkly just how human we can be. 4,165 views |
My wife told me to edit this (too graphic). I didn’t – read at your own discretion.by Ben Ralston on Aug 16, 2011 Every word of his was a stone dropped carefully into the pond of my young mind, and those concentric circles of compassion continue to ripple out through my life, even to this day… 4,898 views |
The reason why most alternative healing doesn’t work: Secondary Gain.by Ben Ralston on Aug 13, 2011 Secondary Gain is a medical term. If you ask a doctor what it means, they’ll know. If you ask a Reiki practitioner, they probably won’t. That’s because it’s a concept that the world of alternative healing has not fully woken up to yet. I believe it’s also one of the main reasons why: most alternative healing doesn’t work; and most personal development methods / spiritual practices are inefficient. 4,936 views |
How your personal views are worthless (& why you should probably re-think everything you think you know)by Ben Ralston on Aug 12, 2011 When I was at school I had a friend who was, to be honest, an asshole. He once hawked up a big green lump of phlegm out of the depths of his chest and spat it full in my face. Yes, that kind of asshole. But he was nevertheless my friend, and I loved him, and somehow still do (although we’ve long since lost touch). 2,917 views |
London is burning—here’s why.by Ben Ralston on Aug 9, 2011 My fears were later justified. When I was forced to send him home early he pulled a knife on me… lack of funding in the education system almost cost me my life: the country had enough money to carry out an illegal war, but apparently not enough to take care of it’s young. 4,579 views |
You did not help yoga evolve. (It’s the other way round…)by Ben Ralston on Jul 14, 2011 Once I stopped resisting what I was being taught – once I gave up my preconceived ideas of what I would learn – and embraced the ancient teachings fully, everything changed. My health started slowly returning, along with my dignity. My heart stayed open, and I began to understand the beauty and wisdom of chanting. My meditation, in which I’d previously been aware only of aching bones and weary muscles, went deeper, and I began to embrace and enjoy the silence within. I felt lighter than ever before. 1,130 views |
Get out feeling good. (The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead).by Ben Ralston on Jul 14, 2011 You are not your name, your gender, your nationality, your body, or any of the other things that we normally associate ourselves with. What are you? What is today? What is important…? 1,419 views |
‘The Emptiness’ & the Feeling of Emptiness (Two very Different Things)by Ben Ralston on Jun 14, 2011 As a child I had a recurring dream; a nightmare. I was floating in space, utterly alone. I could wave my arms and legs, but there was no way of moving anywhere – I was weightless, with no momentum. Lost, alone, and powerless… 2,760 views |
Why conspiracy theorists love to theorize about conspiracies…by Ben Ralston on May 4, 2011 It’s not important whether Osama planned 9/11; it’s not important whether he lived in a cave in Bora Bora or a mansion in Pakistan; it’s not important whether he’s alive or dead. It’s not important, compared to the simple question “Am I happy?” 1,023 views |
2 things wrong here: One: ‘priests’ abusing children. Two: a ‘church’ with $166m in spare change.by Ben Ralston on Mar 26, 2011 Corrupt to the core? What business does the Church, or any so-called religious institution, have hoarding hundreds of millions of dollars?! 497 views |
Healing is easy: some evidence!by Ben Ralston on Mar 19, 2011 I’m constantly amazed at the seemingly miraculous power of this therapy. But as I wrote in the article I linked to above, healing should be fast, easy, and fun. We are meant to happy. It’s our natural state. 485 views |
How healing / personal development / therapy became super-fast & easy!by Ben Ralston on Mar 19, 2011 Therapy evolved. It used to be psychological, emotional, or energy based. The problem with these approaches is that the root cause is not healed; the cause is rarely head, heart, or energy based. 8,431 views |
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