Matches for Suffering

⊂ talks ⊆ ponder-struck ⁘ created 2025-11-14 ⁘ updated 2025-11-26 ⁘ words 575 ⁘ 03:00 min
We meet with suffering in our lives. Some of it is unavoidable. Some of it is avoidable. When you try to avoid the unavoidable, reaching for a make-believe world that runs counter to actuality, you generate avoidable suffering. Your physical body is a source of suffering. Your negative emotions generate suffering. Your rational mind suffers with conflicting thoughts. Read more...

⊂ talks ⊆ swag-beard ⁘ created 2026-03-24 ⁘ updated 2026-03-25 ⁘ words 656 ⁘ 02:57 min
Guest star streamer! Li'l Ana-D in the red riding hood! More cringe than your youth pastor! More street cred than your average roadkill opossum! In this reel: Dee gonna share ya the secret sauce to end that mass of suffering. Ouch! Swagging without the swagger? New roll in the hood yo! Nobody home — everybody homie! Triple ultra-bar excellence! Back alley subject gangsta tagged hard! Read more...

⊂ talks ⊆ series-anthologies ⁘ created 2026-01-21 ⁘ updated 2026-01-21 ⁘ words 2522 ⁘ 15:59 min
Enter the first Ponder Struck anthology! We bring you a collection of core contemplations, exploring four major themes at the heart of wisdom traditions across the ages. Why do we suffer — and where all does it happen? Can one remain grounded while reaching beyond? How do we reach lasting fulfillment? Can mystic systems of awareness actually help you? This is the uncut full story. Read more...

⊂ page ⊆ root ⁘ created 2024-12-12 ⁘ updated 2025-06-18 ⁘ words 41552 ⁘ 00:00 min
Dive into our growing catalogue of videos. Some of them short and to the point. Others dreadfully long but packed with essential musings. Browse the @Mr.Om.Ananda ▸ YouTube channel for the latest digs. Enjoy the show! Read more...

⊂ talks ⊆ walkie-talkie ⁘ created 2025-11-27 ⁘ updated 2025-11-27 ⁘ words 484 ⁘ 02:47 min
We are not walking. We are driving far. Expand your mind. Broaden your horizons. Don't be a silly little bird suffering in your self-constructed cage. Break beyond the box and meet the fullness of your potentials. Be here now and everywhere. Soar beyond that tired old roost. Read more...

⊂ talks ⊆ hearty-chatter ⁘ created 2026-01-07 ⁘ updated 2026-01-10 ⁘ words 481 ⁘ 02:35 min
Being kind doesn't mean saying and doing what makes people like you. Compassion is about alleviating the suffering of others. Behaving in ways that leads to their lasting benefit. Whether they love or hate you for it — not the point. Read more...

⊂ talks ⊆ backyard-stream ⁘ created 2026-01-10 ⁘ updated 2026-01-10 ⁘ words 1222 ⁘ 06:24 min
Should one charge for wisdom of life or spiritual teachings? An ever-green questions — opinions many and divided. Entitled takers. For-profit teachers. Where do we find a point of balance? Who gets the free meals? Who pays the bills? Access to basic insight — self-awareness, freedom from suffering, wholesome mental states — is a basic human right. Read more...

⊂ talks ⊆ quick-drops ⁘ created 2025-07-26 ⁘ updated 2025-10-03 ⁘ words 610 ⁘ 02:59 min
Problems and suffering in today's world are very real! So get off your metaphysical high horse, Mr. Wakeyman. Step into your energetic exoskeleton. Go purge the desert! Frozen fields, broken battle-axes — that final work of art. My sympathy for the collateral children at Middle East... Read more...

⊂ talks ⊆ practice-series ⁘ created 2025-03-10 ⁘ updated 2026-04-22 ⁘ words 1536 ⁘ 19:28 min
Negative emotions are an endless pool of suffering. Breath is the great mediator and conductor, flowing through and between all things. Fear, Anxiety, Disgust, Anger, Sadness, Depression. All of these generate disruptive tensions. We engage the dynamics of breath to stabilize our emotions. Into a tranquil field of containment and contemplation. Read more...

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