Ending Unnecessary Suffering
How to Create a Powerful, Complete, and Peaceful Life
Peter Ralston
- •
- Provides
- contemplative
- practices
- and
- exercises
- to
- help
- you
- recognize
- how
- you
- cause
- your
- own
- suffering•
- Explores
- the
- dynamics
- of
- the
- mind
- and
- how
- it
- sets
- the
- stage
- for
- distress•
- Explains
- how
- mental
- states
- of
- suffering
- are
- created
- and
- how
- to
- control
- your
- mind
- to
- stop
- those
- thought
- patterns
- and
- assumptionsMost
- of
- us
- believe
- that
- suffering
- is
- inevitable.
- Stress,
- shame,
- depression,
- grief,
- loneliness,
- disappointment,
- the
- feeling
- that
- life
- is
- incomplete—every
- negative
- experience
- contributes
- to
- the
- emotional
- and
- psychological
- pain
- that
- impedes
- our
- ability
- to
- live
- happy,
- fulfilling
- lives.
- But
- what
- if
- most
- suffering
- could
- be
- avoided?
- Is
- there
- an
- antidote
- to
- inner
- turmoil
- that
- can
- be
- learned
- and
- applied
- to
- everyday
- life?In
- this
- groundbreaking
- work,
- Peter
- Ralston
- reveals
- how
- to
- free
- yourself
- from
- mentally
- created
- suffering.
- He
- explains
- how
- most
- creatures
- don’t
- experience
- suffering
- the
- way
- we
- do.
- They
- don’t
- worry
- or
- fret,
- fear
- the
- future,
- or
- imagine
- they
- are
- somehow
- flawed
- or
- less
- than
- they
- should
- be.
- Exploring
- the
- dynamics
- of
- the
- mind
- that
- set
- the
- stage
- for
- distress
- and
- that
- get
- us
- into
- trouble,
- he
- explains
- how
- mental
- states
- of
- suffering
- are
- created,
- how
- to
- recognize
- when
- you
- cause
- them,
- and
- how
- to
- stop
- suffering-inducing
- thought
- patterns
- and
- beliefs.Sharing
- contemplative
- practices
- and
- exercises
- to
- help
- you
- end
- your
- inner
- turmoil
- and
- foster
- growth,
- awareness,
- and
- freedom,
- Ralston
- provides
- an
- empowering
- way
- to
- create
- a
- more
- complete,
- powerful,
- and
- peaceful
- life experience.
