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EP- 87 – வாழ்வின் அர்த்தம் புரிந்துவிடு…Man’s Search For
Meaning… - Greatness Series - Zero
to Hero 100 days Personal Transformation Journey
Meaning… - Greatness Series - Zero
to Hero 100 days Personal Transformation Journey
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Episode 87.
Episode 87.
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ஹீரோயின்களுக்கும், ஹீரோக்களுக்கும் இனிய புத்தாண்டு நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள்.
ஹீரோயின்களுக்கும், ஹீரோக்களுக்கும் இனிய புத்தாண்டு நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள்.
As we have
completed all the 7 Habits of Stephen Covey, I want take up “Greatness Series” to
address other best behaviours, habits, simplifying tools, good books, Videos,
TED Talks and resources.
completed all the 7 Habits of Stephen Covey, I want take up “Greatness Series” to
address other best behaviours, habits, simplifying tools, good books, Videos,
TED Talks and resources.
I was going through
mid-life crisis about 10 years back. I was feeling frustrated, depressed and
full of anger. I was at my bottom most part of my life. During that time, I landed
on this book
mid-life crisis about 10 years back. I was feeling frustrated, depressed and
full of anger. I was at my bottom most part of my life. During that time, I landed
on this book
Today’s topic is
Viktor E. Frankl’s – Man’s Search For Meaning. It is one of top 10 influential
book. Over 12 million copies are sold.
Viktor E. Frankl’s – Man’s Search For Meaning. It is one of top 10 influential
book. Over 12 million copies are sold.
Brief description
about the book:-
about the book:-
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers
with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual
survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl
argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it,
find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his
theory, known as Logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is
not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man's Search for
Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues
to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.
with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual
survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl
argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it,
find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his
theory, known as Logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is
not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man's Search for
Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues
to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.
Viktor Frankl was born in 1905 and was a Viennese psychiatrist and
neurologist who developed the theory of logotherapy. Logotherapy is a type of
existential analysis. He was a student of the University of Vienna where he
studied medicine, focusing on the subjects of suicide and depression. Although
he was influenced by Alfred Adler and Sigmund Freud, his work in the field of
psychiatry was very different from theirs. He has won many illustrious awards
in his time. He passed away on September 2, 1997.
neurologist who developed the theory of logotherapy. Logotherapy is a type of
existential analysis. He was a student of the University of Vienna where he
studied medicine, focusing on the subjects of suicide and depression. Although
he was influenced by Alfred Adler and Sigmund Freud, his work in the field of
psychiatry was very different from theirs. He has won many illustrious awards
in his time. He passed away on September 2, 1997.
Lessons from
the video:-
the video:-
·
More died from a lack of meaning
than a lack of food, medicines
More died from a lack of meaning
than a lack of food, medicines
·
Lack of meaning leads one to
Addiction, Anger, and depression. It created existential void. Quickly filled
with despair (like a poisonous gas)
Lack of meaning leads one to
Addiction, Anger, and depression. It created existential void. Quickly filled
with despair (like a poisonous gas)
·
Logotherapy – Logo – Greek word
– meaning.
Logotherapy – Logo – Greek word
– meaning.
·
3 primary sources of meaning:-
3 primary sources of meaning:-
1.
Pursuing a life task
Pursuing a life task
a. If you died today, what important task would be left undone?
i. Lecturer to be given in the future
ii. Project to be completed
iii. Team you meant to lead
iv. Book you meant to write
b. Those who knew that there was a task waiting for them to fulfil were
apt to survive.
apt to survive.
c. Life is preparing me to do something special
2.
Loving selflessly
Loving selflessly
a. Help others actualize their potential. Love is elevating /
actualizes people around you.
actualizes people around you.
b. It can be creating opportunity for a child
c. Mentoring junior member of your team
d. Introducing your friend to someone to find the career that
suits.
suits.
e. Meeting friend for coffee to brainstorm ideas for a business
venture.
venture.
f. Being with a sick parent so that they find strength to live
another day.
another day.
g. Every morning ask, who will you elevate today?
h. Frank says, “The more one forgets himself by giving himself to
another person to love, the more human he is and the more he actualize himself.
another person to love, the more human he is and the more he actualize himself.
3.
Suffering bravely
Suffering bravely
a. Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds meaning
b. How might this be valuable?
c. Suffering strengths character, by strengthening belief and
values
values
d. When you find yourself suffering see it as an opportunity to
strengthen your beliefs, your values and your ideals and inspire others by
doing so.
strengthen your beliefs, your values and your ideals and inspire others by
doing so.
e. By accepting the challenge to suffer bravely, life has a meaning
up to the last moment
up to the last moment
·
Happiness cannot be pursued –
You’re either happy Right now or you’re never going to be happy.
Happiness cannot be pursued –
You’re either happy Right now or you’re never going to be happy.
·
Stimulus vs Response
Stimulus vs Response
·
You can’t control stimulus.
However, you can control response.
You can’t control stimulus.
However, you can control response.
·
We all have Freedom to Choose
for our life.
We all have Freedom to Choose
for our life.
Viktor
Frankl's mother, father, brother and pregnant wife were all killed in the
camps. He lost everything, he said, that could be taken from a prisoner, except
one thing: ''the last of the human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any
given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.''
Frankl's mother, father, brother and pregnant wife were all killed in the
camps. He lost everything, he said, that could be taken from a prisoner, except
one thing: ''the last of the human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any
given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.''
Dr.
Frankl said it was ''essential to keep practicing the art of living, even in a
concentration camp.''
Frankl said it was ''essential to keep practicing the art of living, even in a
concentration camp.''
Conclusion:-
Most
of us would never even come close to such a horrible fate, he used it as a
reference point, a symbol of personal responsibility that could guide the
decisions we make in our everyday lives. No matter what the circumstances, this
book says, we can be free.
of us would never even come close to such a horrible fate, he used it as a
reference point, a symbol of personal responsibility that could guide the
decisions we make in our everyday lives. No matter what the circumstances, this
book says, we can be free.
My
life’s outlook drastically changed after reading this book. My problems look
smaller in front of him. I started looking for meaning in whatever I do. . It transforms me, transcends me and
inspired me.
life’s outlook drastically changed after reading this book. My problems look
smaller in front of him. I started looking for meaning in whatever I do. . It transforms me, transcends me and
inspired me.
Similar to my mid-life
crisis, that people have voids in their lives is exactly what Frankl's book can
help with. Find meaning in what I do and always have something left to
accomplish are just two of the ideas that speak across the years. I'm 47 and
every time I re-read the book, I find new relevant meaning.
crisis, that people have voids in their lives is exactly what Frankl's book can
help with. Find meaning in what I do and always have something left to
accomplish are just two of the ideas that speak across the years. I'm 47 and
every time I re-read the book, I find new relevant meaning.
As
2020 has just begun, we are all going to live only one life. As Vairamuthu says,
2020 has just begun, we are all going to live only one life. As Vairamuthu says,
வாழ்வின் அர்த்தம் புரிந்துவிடு
வாழ்க்கையை வாரிக் குடித்துவிடு
வாழ்க்கையை வாரிக் குடித்துவிடு
We all have
one life to live. Let us all live a life with meaning and purpose.
one life to live. Let us all live a life with meaning and purpose.
Quotes to ponder upon:-
Additional reading from Amazon’s review
29 June 2018
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
THIS
BOOK REVIEW IS ONLY BASED ON MY FEELINGS DURING READING THE BOOK. IT DOES NOT
INTENT TO HURT ANYONE’S FEELINGS, AND DOES NOT MEANT TO COMPARE WITH ANY OTHER
REVIEWER’S FEELINGS.
BOOK REVIEW IS ONLY BASED ON MY FEELINGS DURING READING THE BOOK. IT DOES NOT
INTENT TO HURT ANYONE’S FEELINGS, AND DOES NOT MEANT TO COMPARE WITH ANY OTHER
REVIEWER’S FEELINGS.
Well writing a review for this kind of extraordinary book is a big audacity for
me. however here I’m, trying to give some brief review of the book.
The book is basically divided into three parts, the first one describes the way
the Jews prisoners were treated in the Nazi Concentration Camps and how their
lifestyle was. In the second part, the author described the basics of
Logotherapy, a way of treatment of the Psychotherapeutic Patients. And finally,
in the third part, he described what he actually meant by Man’s Search for
meaning.
Being a Jew, the author was transferred to the Auschwitz, Dachau and other
concentration camps during the Nazi occupation in Austria. Here, in the first
part of the book, the author described his days in those concentration camps,
where is were no chance of seeing the morning sun in the next day. And this
happened every day. He described the way the SS guards used to treat the
prisoners, the corruption prevailed in the camps, the malnutrition, the
lifestyle of the camp Jews etc. The way he described the tortures the prisoners
suffered, would surely bring tears to your eyes. During his description, he
also pointed out the psychological condition of the other comrades in those
camps. When most of the prisoners lost all hope of his life, some of them still
kept the faith, that good days were coming.
In the second part, the author basically described the Logotherapy Techniques. And
the most interesting part of the book is the third part. Here the author
describes “Man’s search for meaning”. We, the human beings on this planet are
living for a purpose. Until & unless we can’t find the purpose of our life,
there is no reason for us to be here alive. Most of the prisoners in the camps
lost all of their hopes and then died because they lost their purpose, as per
the author. It is a must-read book for all I think.
The book also consists of few life-changing quotes which I liked in the book
and would like to share:
1. For success, like happiness, can’t be pursued; it must ensue, and it only
does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater
than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than
oneself.
2. There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none
to lose.
3. Suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter
whether the suffering is great of little. Therefore the ‘size’ of human suffering
is absolutely relative.
4. No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a
similar situation he might not have done the same.
5. The human being is completely and unavoidably influenced by his surroundings.
6. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without
suffering and death, human life can’t be completed
7. Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a
clear and precise picture of it.
8. There is no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man
had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
9. A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human
who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able
to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able
to bear almost any ” how”.
10. The body has fewer inhibitions than the mind.
11. No one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.
12. The more
one forgets himself by giving himself to another person to love, the more human
he is and the more he actualize himself.
one forgets himself by giving himself to another person to love, the more human
he is and the more he actualize himself.
13. The last of the human freedoms, to choose one's
attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
14. Essential to keep practicing the art of living,
even in a concentration camp.
even in a concentration camp.
Videos:-
Why Believe in Others – TED Talks
In this rare clip from 1972, legendary
psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor Viktor Frankl delivers a powerful message
about the human search for meaning -- and the most important gift we can give
others.
psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor Viktor Frankl delivers a powerful message
about the human search for meaning -- and the most important gift we can give
others.
MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl |
Core Message [MUST WATCH]
Core Message [MUST WATCH]
Man's Search for Meaning audiobook by Viktor
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