Good News About the World Falling Apart

What if death feels like bliss, not fear? I was in the room when my mother consciously left her body — and it changed what I believe about dying.

In Hindu tradition, a conscious, peaceful death is called Mahasamadhi — the great awakening. In French slang, orgasm is called le petit mort — the little death. In this episode of Good News About the World Falling Apart, I put them together through a personal story: my mother’s choice of VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking) at 92, and the night I was woken at 1 AM by overwhelming joy and saw a golden glow around her bed, 15 hours before she passed.

This is not about violent or painful death. This is about peaceful conscious dying, near death experience reports, afterlife accounts, and why our fear of death may be based on never looking at it directly. If you’ve wondered what happens when you die or what happens after death, I hope you leave with a little less fear — and a felt sense of release, relief, and spiritual awakening.

00:00 - Little death, great Samadhi 00:45 - Why death terrifies us 02:15 - Not all deaths: focusing on peaceful death 03:20 - My mother’s choice at 92 05:00 - 1 AM: woken by joy and golden light 06:20 - The relief of letting the body go

I’m Ananda Forest. This channel is Good News About the World Falling Apart — the fall of patriarchy, evolution of consciousness, and paradigm shift as birth, not death

Do our loved ones meet us when we die? Stories from nurses, children, and dying parents say yes.

In this episode of Good News About the World Falling Apart, I share true stories of deceased love ones who return to comfort and guide us — from a pediatric oncology ward, to a car accident, to my own mother's final days. Shamans around the world have taught this for centuries: those who love us never leave us.

If you fear death or are grieving, this is for you. There is life after death, and love knows the way when no one else does.

TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Why death is the real falling apart 0:40 - The nurse and the children who saw visitors 2:00 - The girl in the ambulance and the family photos 2:40 - My mother, Aunt Nancy, and the stars 3:30 - Who meets us at the threshold 4:10 - Good news for the flip side

About this channel: My favorite season is the fall... of patriarchy. As this 5000 year old paradigm falls apart, there is good news to be found — the evolution of consciousness, heart awakening, and hope in transition.

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My 92-year-old mom chose VSED—voluntarily stopping eating and drinking and what happened over those 10 days changed how I see death.

After her memory and body began to fail, she decided she was tired of being alive. In this video I share what VSED is really like, how morphine, comfort care and singing carried her, and the extraordinary temple-like field of love that opened on day 6 when she blessed each of us.

This is a story about dying with dignity, death with dignity and what a conscious, peaceful end of life can look like.

In this video: 0:00 - The scariest part of the world falling apart 1:15 - What is VSED? 2:45 - Why my mom chose this path at 92 4:30 - Days 1-5: ketosis, calm and singing 5:45 - Day 6: the room became a temple 7:30 - Her final blessing and Mahasamadhi 8:45 - What conscious dying taught me

About this channel: Good News About the World Falling Apart explores evolution of consciousness, heart awakening, and the fall of patriarchy as a birth into something new.

This video shares personal experience only and is not medical advice. If you are considering end-of-life options, please speak with hospice, palliative care, and trusted medical professionals.

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I said the Serenity Prayer for 30 years before a whole new level opened up: not simply the Difference between what I can change and what I can't, but the Difference between Serenity and Courage, the Difference between Being and Doing. In this video I walk the Serenity Prayer line by line, share the version I actually use in recovery, and show you how to tell which one — serenity or courage — the moment in front of you is really asking for. You'll learn: • Why "the wisdom to know the difference" is the part that does all the work • Serenity = being. Courage = doing. How to tell which you're in • The breath practice I use when I genuinely can't tell the difference • What the Buddha and the elephant taught me about carrying only what's mine If you've been white-knuckling something you can't control — or avoiding something you can — this one's for you. CHAPTERS 0:00 The part of the prayer everyone skips 1:20 Serenity vs courage: the difference that changes everything 3:04 When the problem is too big to carry 3:53 The lesson that came from my daughter 6:10 The Buddha, the elephant, and what to put down WATCH NEXT → Eckhart Tolle's Warning → Gratitude, Sobriety & the Breath That Saved Me CONNECT Subscribe for a new video every Sunday about the world falling apart — and the good news inside it: https://www.youtube.com/@goodnewsaboutworldfallingapart/videos #SerenityPrayer #Recovery #InnerPeace

A Shuar shaman from the Amazon told me four words that changed how I see everything: you see what you are.

Years ago, a healer from the Shuar tribe in Ecuador came to the center I was running. Even as his rainforest was being destroyed for oil and mining, his first act was to heal us with compassion. What he said to me late that night still guides my practice of gratitude, serenity, and waking up.

In this video I unpack what "love thy neighbor as thyself" really means — not as a command, but as a diagnosis — and how gratitude works like a garden to transform the world you see.

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Chapters: 0:00 The wisdom that changed me 0:45 Who are the Shuar? 1:28 Healing while his land is destroyed 2:15 You see what you are 3:15 Gratitude is like a garden 4:30 You can't legislate loving kindness 5:20 Waking up together

When stress hits, your heart shuts down and you fall asleep to compassion. Ananda Forest teaches how to recognize your spiritual narcolepsy triggers and use breathwork to stay awake—grounded in Eckhart Tolle's teachings on consciousness and the "dream of form."

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Ananda pulls from his work on the fall of patriarchy and paradigm shift, connecting personal awakening to planetary transformation. If you're tired of falling asleep at the wheel of your own life, this one's for you.

 Featuring references to: • Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now and A New Earth • Yogic breathing and the three-part breath • 12-step recovery wisdom on staying present • The polyvagal nervous system's role in compassion collapse

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"What if your deepest pain was actually your greatest teacher? Inspired by Ram Dass's profound concept of fierce grace, I share how addiction and depression became the unexpected catalysts for my spiritual awakening.

In this video, I explore how RAM DASS—the legendary spiritual teacher—reframed suffering not as punishment or failure, but as initiation into a deeper consciousness. I apply his teachings to my own recovery journey, showing how two of my darkest challenges became my most powerful growth engines.

If you're struggling with addiction, depression, or simply feeling lost in pain, this is an invitation to see your struggle through a new lens: not as a curse, but as grace.

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Gratitude can open a door you didn’t know was there.

In this personal reflection, I share what getting sober taught me about gratitude—and how realizing that breath is the most precious thing we have changed the way I experience life.

You’ll learn how conscious breathing can become a doorway to presence, how the three-part yogic breath works, and how a simple breathing practice can help you return to your body when you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or lost.

This isn’t about pretending life is easy. It’s about noticing the gift that is already here: one breath, then another.

Try the three-part yogic breath along with me and notice what changes when you treat breathing not merely as an automatic function, but as a practice of gratitude.

What is one thing you are grateful for today? Share it in the comments.

Left wing, right wing — two wings of the same bird. What if the political divide is a distraction from the real story: a dying paradigm that can't be saved?

In this episode, I explore why getting caught up in red vs. blue keeps us from seeing the deeper truth — that our political system itself is structurally broken, regardless of which party is in power. From billionaire-backed elections to the futility of "fixing" a system built on ego, I make the case that what's emerging isn't a better party… it's a new consciousness entirely.

Drawing on the metaphor of a 92-year-old dying man, the T-Rex that can't become vegetarian, and the oak tree that starts as an acorn, this episode is an invitation to step back from the noise and plant seeds for what comes next.

⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 — The limits of "News & Politics" 1:32 — Two Wings of the Same Bird 2:40 — Billionaires, Both Parties, & a Flawed System 4:06 — The Dying Man Metaphor 6:10 — Can You Turn a T-Rex Into a Vegetarian? 7:40 — Planting Seeds for the Third Turning

📖 My book: Good News About the World Falling Apart: The Third Turning of Human Consciousness — available at my website or on Audible.

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Why are we here? The answer starts with hydrogen.

Most people think the singularity is AI. But the real singularity — the one enlightened beings have been pointing to for millennia — is the journey from scattered stardust to unified consciousness. In this episode, I trace the path from hydrogen atoms in a star all the way to the halo around a saint's head. Because that's not just poetry. It's direction. It's human destiny.

Using Brian Swimme's cosmic perspective and Amma's "each lifetime is a sentence in the book of your soul," we explore why pain exists, what we're actually doing here, and where this whole thing is headed.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — It all starts with hydrogen 0:57 — The Meter of Awakening 1:56 — Brian Swimme: from hydrogen to rose bushes to humans 2:35 — What enlightened beings see that we don't 3:32 — The flip book of your soul 4:46 — Where the pain is actually taking you

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