How Understanding Dependent Origination Can Reduce Anxiety and Fear

Introduction: Why Do We Suffer from Anxiety?

Anxiety often comes from fear of the unknown, overthinking, and attachment to control.

But what if we could free ourselves from unnecessary mental suffering?

By applying Pratītyasamutpāda, we can:
✅ Understand how anxiety arises due to conditions
✅ See that worries are temporary and impermanent
✅ Change our perspective to reduce unnecessary fear

Why Anxiety is a Product of Conditions

🔹 Anxiety doesn’t exist independently—it arises due to factors like stress, past trauma, and uncertainty.
🔹 If we change the conditions, we can reduce the anxiety.

📌 Example:

• Lack of sleep can make you feel anxious—not because you are anxious, but because of physical conditions.
• Changing mindset, habits, and environment can shift how you experience anxiety.

💡 Key Lesson:
By observing the causes of anxiety rather than reacting to it, we can gradually weaken its power.

🌿 Mindfulness and changing external conditions are key to emotional resilience.