5 Simple Ways to End Suffering Very Quickly
Our brain is by default conditioned to stay unhappy. But we can re-program it. We can end our suffering by using some simple mind hacks.
Here I have shared 5 simple but very effective ways to end suffering so let’s begin:
Start seeing your life from the spiritual perspective
Here I am going to use our body as an example because we look at it every single day in the mirror. So, let’s say in the morning you wake up, you look in the mirror and you only see in the physical perspective to your body. You may think to yourself, I wish I was fitter, I wish I would have more muscles, why my face breaking out, Why do I look this way, why am I ugly, and so on. There are so many things attached to it, and the reason why you feel that way is because you are only looking at the physical part of your body. And you are also comparing yourself to others.
A lot of competition is going on in your mind. And the more you look at it from a place of competition; you are always going to find someone better than you. And you are always going to feel less than or not enough.
Now, if you start looking at your body from the spiritual perspective, at the same time, if you start to see yourself as a whole and then you look at your body; you will find the invisible power within, you will get to know that you are a soul. You will get to feel the energy you bring into this world, you will see the memories you have built with the people in your life, and you will feel the connection of love within you.
That is all those spiritual aspects. And that you cannot compare with anybody, because you are so incredibly unique. Your spiritual experience is completely different from everybody else.
So, when you look at things from a holistic perspective, your suffering will disappear from your life.
“You are not a body with a soul, but
a soul with a body. When the body
dies the soul returns to the source.”
Wayne W Dyer
- Gratitude
Every day after waking up in the morning, start practicing gratitude. Write down 5 things you are grateful for. The benefits of gratitude are uncountable. It increases feelings of happiness and a positive mood. It improves your emotional health, reduces stress and suffering.
Feel gratitude for the body you have, for the perfect functioning of your body organs, for the breath you are taking, for the food you are eating, for the house you are living in. You can feel gratitude for everything. The more you will be grateful for the things you already have the more you will find the things to be grateful for.
Feel gratitude for the fact that you are a soul. You feel gratitude for the energy you bring into the world. Feel gratitude for the joy that you feel when you connect to nature.
All of that, when you see yourself beyond the physical form and have gratitude for it, you are going to notice that you are suffering a lot less in your day-to-day life.
- Meditation
You can practice meditation to end suffering. Meditation has numerous benefits for your mental health as well as to end suffering. When you meditate daily, it promotes your emotional health, enhances self-awareness, and improves peace of mind and sleep.
The easiest way to meditate is simply to focus on your breathing. Just get aware while you are breathing in and breathing out. Start practicing meditation for 1 minute in the starting and then gradually you can increase to 15 minutes, and this way you can make it a daily habit.
- Shift Your Expectation into Appreciation
Here is another secret to ending your suffering. Shift your expectations for appreciation and your whole life will be changed at the moment. The minute you appreciate something you are suffering, your suffering is gone. It’s just your expectations that are stressing you out. But sometimes not meeting your expectations can cause you to come up with a new way to do something better than what you did before. Focus on something you appreciate, something you love, or something you grateful for.
Your whole life will change when you able to shift any expectations to appreciation. It’s a little bit about gratitude. It’s shifting the way you focus.
So instead of expecting someone to act in a certain way, say to yourself that today I am going to appreciate what she is without having any expectations. Rather than the way I expect him/her to behave or act in a certain way, I am just going to appreciate whatever it is, and whatever state he/she is in, whatever his/her life path is.
Remember, where focus goes energy flows, and the result shows. Whatever you focus on expands. If you focus on what someone is doing wrong, that’s going to grow and expands in your mind and very soon or quickly without even your realization, you will start noticing all the things that they are doing wrong rather than all the things that they are doing right.
In the same way, if you focus on the good side of someone you will find more good about that person. If you can feel grateful for every little thing then you will notice more good and bigger things are coming into your life which you can be grateful for. It happens because whatever you focus on expands. If you focus on positivity or the good side, then positivity and the good side will expand. Similarly, if you focus on the negative side then negativity will expand.
If you are suffering because of some challenges then remember, challenges are always important for you to grow. What you are learning from these particular challenges or particular situations is important. Because if you can learn something from those challenges, you are growing. And if you are growing, it will make you very happy.
Or even if you just take 5 minutes each and every single day to focus on the positive side or the good side that coming from a particular situation, you will notice a dramatic change in your life.
- Surround Yourself with Wisdom People
And the last way to end suffering for you is to surround yourself with wisdom teachers. There are so many teachers out there you can find them on YouTube, books, or social media. Start exploring their teaching. The more you start to surround yourself with conscious people, and wisdom teachers, the more you will grow. And the more you do this it will increase your vibration and the less you will suffer. And the less you suffer, the less suffering you will bring into this world.