4 Keys to your life's meaning (Dr. Viktor Frankl)
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- We live in a time when more and more people believe that life is random and meaningless. And that we’re passive victims of our biology and our environment. But is it true? And how can we find meaning and make sense of our lives? We explore those questions in this video.
One of the best answers I’ve ever seen to this is in the book “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Dr. Viktor E. Frankl. In it, he describes his own horrifying experiences as a Jewish survivor of the holocaust in the Second World War. One of his most powerful insights was that even in the most hopeless and horrific situations, life has meaning. It always has meaning, which continues until its very last moment.
Frankl developed his own approach to psychology called Logotherapy. The central claim is that the main driver of human motivation is the search for meaning. He described four main ways we can find meaning and purpose in our lives.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Is life meaningless?
00:44 - Viktor Frankl’s book “Man’s Search for Meaning”
01:56 - Finding the meaning of life in an age of meaninglessness: an introduction to Logotherapy
02:57 - Part 1. Synchronicity and meaningful coincidence
05:31 - Part 2. Meaningful work
06:47 - Part 3. Meaning through love and relationships
08:30 - Part 4. Meaning through facing suffering
13:07 - Dr. J He and the last of all human freedoms
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God alone provides the meaning of life hence Victor Frankl's therapy called Logo therapy. To have mental health a person needs to be aligned with reality as it really is. Seeing this reality, terrible though it at first may be, we learn to accept it and acceptance brings peace. Through interior peace we are freed to love those who God places in front of us so we may love them. Thus we have mental health. Thank you for your lovely video.
@@ingridlinbohm7682 I promise that this is nothing personal but there is no God because if there was a God, either he has a warped sense of humour or quite simply there wouldn’t be so much pain, never ending pain. I’m happy for you that you have peace in your faith, even jealous but I’m sorry, there is no big sky daddy up there controlling everything because if there was there wouldn’t be so much pain.
I had heard of A Course in Miracles for decades, but never got around to starting it. What an amazing way to apply insights about the way our thinking leads us away from the undeniable reality of Love as our one & true being! ACIM leads you through practices that show how the ego mind traps us in thinking about the temporary or unreal as if it's actually solid & real. We actually know very little for certain, but this knowledge is kept away from us by the puffed up, know-it-all ego mind. I highly recommend ACIM's healing value.
That rules me out not that anybody can help anyway. You guys are almost 20,000 km away but one thing I really need to know, if your life’s painful and worthless, what’s so wrong with willingly donating healthy and viable organs so people who’re loved and valued by their family,friends and many others are able to live happy, healthy lives?
Why are some lives wasted nothingness? Why can’t I leave the world a better place than when I entered it and leave some kind of positive legacy that counted for something by giving the ultimate gift and ending my own pain? - it just seems so unfair as they’re your organs so you should be able to do with them as you see fit.. Oh and no, I wouldn’t want to cent, I mean what’s the point as I’d be happily gone, pain over and at least 4 people get a shot at a normal life….and a medical university can have what’s left for the future medical students to study.
If I was a dog I would’ve been humanely put down years ago.
Honestly I can’t see what the problem is?😞💔
Dear miss sassy pants Everyone needs beliefs. Yours is that there is no god and you derive some comfort from that. Others believe there is a God and likewise derive their comfort from that. No words will sway the believers of either following. Some experience brought each to their accepted reality and only experiences will change or not change them.
Meanwhile good people, whatever their belief, do good works, often side by side with their opposite. . Whatever your reason for being and surviving, i wish you continued kindness and fortitude , patience, and an open heart as you have shown in your text. Thank you.
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This morning I got up, unwillingly, totally fedup with my 'meaninless' life of 87 years old woman. Then I came across of video about Frankl's life and his lessons. So I looked for another video about his teachings, and found yours. Now, after I have listened it, suddenly I feel a shame about my feeling so miserable. After all, there are so many blessings yet to leave.. and I'm really so fortunate to be still connected to my mind. I just have go on poking the embers to see a sparkle here and there.. To day you did that for me. Thank you so much
You are an inspiration! You're not alone! ❤
Bless you for sharing! ❤
My German father’s escape from a Soviet POW camp was orchestrated by the camp’s Jewish female physician. He had helped her mother by fixing her roof in exchange for 🍞 and in return she saved his life when he fell ill in camp and his future when she helped him escape. In her honour, I grew up to become a physician. I don’t know what her name was, yet by helping my father she profoundly affected the life of his progeny. I can only hope that I have done her memory justice. I wish I at least knew her name, but more importantly I continue to know her kindness with each day I live and work.
Wow, that's absolutely astonishing, Monica! 🍞 That warmed my heart so much to read. Thank you for taking the time to share your beautiful story, and thank you for all the work you do, and all the ways you are a positive and healing force in this world. Peace, power, and love to you and yours.
You could probably contact local Jewish community/shul and they could direct you to finding that info. They have very good records of everything from that time within the holocaust museums
Such physicians as you we might be needing more of these days. Perhaps there are many to inspire the others.
In 1974 I had a middle-of-the-night conversation in a bus terminal in Winnipeg with a retired Canadian postal worker from Edmonton who had been a Wehrmacht soldier, captured by the Red Army in Romania, and who told me a very similar story of having been helped by a Jewish woman doctor in a POW camp in the USSR. I can't help wondering if it could have been the same camp and the same physician!
@@lindajmccargar6351 My father was a Romanian German civilian taken prisoner by the Soviets in Romania and sent to the labour camp in the Ukraine. I wonder! 🫢. And, uhm…Footnote: I live in Edmonton .
The statement that caught me the most was, "Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning." I've been dealing with a divorce after being married for over 25 yrs that I did not expect. This statement gave me a different perspective on how to deal with my suffering. Thank you for sharing this powerful message. 🍞
Thank you for sharing that, EC Harbor. Wishing you peace, power, and love as you heal from your divorce and find ways to move forward with new meaning. Dr. Frankl's work has been a great help to me as well.
So what is the meaning that you found in your loss and grief or in your now solo life?
Pain is inevitable suffering is optional
I too was divorced after 23 years. Absolutely devastated me. It’s been about 20 years now. It took me a month alone in Jamaica right after the divorce, tons of studying, some crazy dating, and a commitment to forgiveness. Hang in there. Don’t just survive these awful days, write a gratitude journal. It helped me so much.
One other thing. I also lost my religious belief for a while. If you have too, I recommend “ Faith After Doubt” by Brian McLaren.
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@@JGalegriaUltimately man should not ask what the meaning of his life is. But rather must recognise that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life. And he can only answer to life by answering for his own life. To life he can only respond by being responsible.
-Victor Frankl
he suffered for us, so we will learn to search for meaning in our life's. R.I.P. Viktor Frankl🥀
Just what I was thinking right now. ❤
“Man’s Search for Meaning” should be required reading in every high school. I intend to read it again after watching this.
Personally I’ve read this book during high school but only now at my 40’s after reading it again I realized what an incredible book it is. The subtleties, especially regarding the meaningful moments Dr. Frankl mentions through the book were not noticed at the time while now I realized they are the essence of Frankl’s philosophy.
🥖 Looking at my own mind, I find it’s true that it is meaning which gives one strength. I hope that I can find meaning for the last season of my life. More work, I suppose; goals to be created and met. I have already lost my husband, my mother, and my extended family members. Perhaps inviting people in for a meal or meeting in a restaurant would help to be of use in the world. We all need more cheer.
I agree, a study of the human condition and the search for meaning in life should play an important role in education.
I agree
I sought this book out in high school and I'm very glad I did - I think the same thing. Required / covered reading of this book would change more than we could predict
This might sound trite, in light of this very inspirational video, but I find that if you can get a cat or dog, or both, rescue one from a shelter...they can give your life meaning like you can't imagine. And you are also saving a life. And they definitely saved mine.
That's wonderful advice, I definitely miss and love my own dog very much. Thank you, DiamondGirl33
Yes! My dogs give my life love and blessings!🙏❤️🐶
This is ❤
Moi aussi, merci!
That's not trite at all. I think it's at the heart of the video.
I watched this video on Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan.27, 2024). Earlier today I unthinkingly threw out a crusty piece of bread that someone had left on a table inside a social meeting room. Years ago I was homeless in the U.S., mentally ill, and destitute, and I might have have eaten that bread instead of throwing it away. I needed this video today as a reminder. Thank you🍞
Viktor Frank in changing my life. He is absolutely necessary for our society. His books are the source of sanity.
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When I first read his book I was moved. I lent it to a friend and when he returned it we chatted long on it. Two days later he died of a massive heart attack. Idk why I'm sharing this..I miss you Tom. 🍞❤
I'm so very sorry for your loss, Justin 🍞❤ Thank you for honouring Tom's memory. Peace, power, and love to you on your journey, wherever it may take you
It is an example of synchronicity. I am glad you shared your story. Very affirming.
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As Confucius said, when one knew the tao (the Truth) in the morning,one may leave(from this life) in the evening (with no regret).(my own interpretation and understanding,please look up for the original text).I believe you have shared the Truth with your friend and he departed with that peace of understanding. So transcend your sadness to your farewell love which had accompanied your friend's soul to a higher realm.
If not for the book, you may not have shared that precious close time with your friend and would have lived with regret! 🙏🥐🙏
This book found me when I was 10...it has been foundational...55 years later it informs my practice as a psychologist.
No thing by accident.There is a bigger plan for every one.
Mary Jo 🙏🙏 I couldn't agree more 'as long as a person has a why to live there is always a way'- Nietzsche
People try & shake my rock solid faith in Jesus. Why, I have no idea and it matters little. I have gained great peace in just breathing in a mantra 'Let go, let God'... some people just don't know any better.
But for me I will always love & follow Jesus. And I am in the company of many smart, powerful, important, people who feel exactly the same. And that is good, hopeful & energizing. Hallelujah Amen. 🕊️ Peace🕊️
Love Abundances Hope Miracles 💕Health 💕🕊️🕊️
Thank you for reminding all who listened there is hope in our purpose. May we all find purpose in love for all, even those we don't understand or agree with
I'm going to read it also , I never knew of it's existence.
Mary jo that was so simple, clear and bueatifuly written.
God bless you
Only I can fill my mind. I choose what to fill it with. I am advance multiple sclerosis. I’m reading and viewing as much as I can of religion, philosophy, and psychology. Enjoy this book so much. My son was made to read it in his 2 months of outdoor rehab. The entire experience changed his ability for decisions, self sufficiency, self control, charity etc. He succeeded. He is an amazing man. I’m so very proud of him. He’ll be a dad soon. ❤🎉
Thanks so much, Patricia. Man's Search for Meaning is one of the books that genuinely changed my life for the better. Your courage is a true inspiration and I can tell you're an amazing mom (and soon to be grandmom). Huge love to you and your beautiful family
@@ModernIntuitionist Dear friend, thank you for taking time to respond to my text. Have a good day! ❤️
🍞 I have to share this story... my son was in the ICU at Children's hospital, in Boston MA, when he was 2. I was having an emotional time, one day. I asked "please give me a sign, any sign, to show he/we isn't/aren't alone". I stayed with him, all time but couldn't sleep in ICU. We had a hotel room across the street. I always went the same way, but some reason I decided to go around the front, instead of the back. On the side walk across the street, by my feet was a silver cross.... this is Boston, and I happen to be the one who finds that... 💜 we are not on this wild adventure alone. Keep up the amazing work!!
As of late I was under the impression that the meaning of life was suffering. Because we all suffer in one way or another. I lost my mom 4 weeks ago and I can’t tell you how much your video has helped me realize that life really is about love. And that my mom will live on in my heart because of my love for her. Thank you. ❤️
You're so welcome, J Williams. ❤️ I am so very sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you and your loved ones during this difficult time. Thanks so much for sharing your valuable and beautiful insights with all of us, and all the ways you remain connected with your mom. Peace, power, and love to you and yours.
I am sorry. I understand what you are experiencing. Instead my grandmother who raised me when I was 10. I do wish to share with you though that I have had contact with her a few times since she died in the 3rd dimensional world. She was not her body. We all have bodies to experience this earth world. There is a great deal more to ourselves that we don't recall. You will be with her again as your complete self when you have left your current lifetime. Love and healing to you.
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I am so sorry for your loss, @JWilliams
I’m so sorry to hear of your loss, I lost my mom too. Allow her to connect with you in one way or another as I’m sure she’ll try, she’ll always be with you 💕
At age 75, it’s good to be reminded of the book and the wisdom that moved me and others so profoundly in our younger years. It has always stayed with me, a shining beacon on my life journey. Thank you, Victor Frankl, for surviving, for writing, for helping us to heal.
Is this Osho's book? Also have you read the Bhagavad Gita
I have just begun to read it at 29 and am in awe of the wisdom within. 🙏
I love Dr. Frankl`s remedies for despair. I know that meaning is the fundamental need in life.
A life without meaning IS without meaning...a complete tragedy...an unlived life. A Waste.
Thankyou!!!
🍞 Thanks so much for the work you’ve done here to compile and present this material. Viktor Frankl is a beloved figure and mentor to me. My father was a Chaplain’s Assistant in Patton’s 3rd Army and saw more than his share of the carnage of war, including the liberation of the first Concentration Camp by American Forces at Ohrdruf.
Good and meaningful work you are doing here. Again, thank you.
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🍞 About 15 years ago I was adviced to read this book at 2am in the night by a stranger I just met while jogging on my own and through a series of synchronicities examining the phenomena of walking backwards into the future. It came on the exact moment I needed it, just a few days before I was going to be experiencing a life changing trauma.
Thank you so much for your beautiful edited videos of meaningful and helpful topics!!
You're so very welcome, Frank. Thank you!
It was kind of preparing you for what was coming! Hoping you are doing well!
When my mother died I was working in California on a project. One day after her funeral I said a prayer outside the Hospital I was assisting and felt a huge presence. I looked up and saw a beautiful Hawk flying high above. I knew it was a message. Synchronicity exists and so does God and that love we have for others- there is meaning in life! So live your life and cherish each and every day as a gift!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful synchronicity experience. I appreciate you!
It was a message because you decided to make it one.
Thank you for the wonderful script and celestial voice. I read his book in Persian and English as I am a physician myself. There is a piece I really like. He talks about his father and such a strong believer he was. He was arrested and died in the camp like many others but Dr. Frankl wrote:" I always remember what my dad said when life was too painful to bear, even when he was dying in the worst situation of pneumonia and malnutrition: In God's will, I stand still."
I am a cancer survivor myself and you can not imagine how these words help me every time I face the battle of fighting my cancer. We are all live and die but some of us have such an impact on other's lives that change them forever, for the better. Dr. Frankl was one of them and I know he is in heaven with his wonderful family and lovely wife at last. God bless them. 🍞🍞🍞
Wow, thank you Mandy for taking the time to share your wonderful insights and experiences for all of us in the comments. I truly appreciate you. Big love to you and yours!
Hope lives on in the face of overwhelming odds. Love is the answer. I was never shown love, showered with love, treated with love, care or kindness yet as a child growing up being violently beaten I had resilience bubbling inside me patiencely waiting to be set free. Victor Frankl has shown me the way. Coincidentally, I've just had bowel section surgery, the surgeon's name is Frankl.
The book came to me like a magic. I bought it on Friday afternoon and on Sunday morning I could not get out of bed… I was in so much pain. I thought with the help of my chiropractor I will be fine soon and when it did not happen , not able to do anything else I picked up The Book. Finished reading it in 2-3 days… it talked to me. I became embarrassed of my level of despair. What it did for my soul…. Made the long process of physical suffering and disability free from mental anguish. Thank you for reminding me. May you be happy and may he rest on peace❤️
Sounds like syncronicity..God be w you thru your hard valley my fellow pilgrim.
@@wendyolmeda1394 🙏🙏
1 synchronicity
2 meaningful work
3 use your imagination to dream up your future meaningful task
recall clearly in the one you loved most, who also loved you:love is eternal. Love and cherish the ones you are with, who are with you right now.
4facing our suffering (there is always a way to find meaning, in order to keep going)
I hear what you are saying -- and things could definitely be worse -- but that does nothing for making me feel one bit better with the severe chronic pain I am dealing with 24/7 with no relief. My life is over. I’m taking up space at this point. I can’t live and I can’t die.
The 4 is, finding meaning jn the suffering
@@lilybond6485 Lily, have you looked for a Pain Clinic? Some doctors can help you with chronic pain.
@Patricia Wright: I have been to a pain clinic, have been given medications that have some serious potential consequences, One being raising my already high blood pressure, possible stroke and heart attack. Lyrica is the absolute worst. I’ve gained weight on it putting more stress and pain in my joints. It makes me feel more depressed than my already severely depressed self. My heart is also doing intermittent flip flops. I want to be weaned off of it. The worst mistake I ever made in my life was telling a doctor many years ago that I had been through rehab for alcohol abuse -- over 30 years ago. I never took an illegal drug or abused prescription medications in my life. Whenever I had to take opiates for a surgery or when I broke my collarbone -- I never took more than the prescribed amount and always had some left over that sat in my cabinet for years. I also never felt mood altered by them. They have no appeal to me other than relieving pain and being able to give me some uninterrupted sleep which I am not getting at all. At this point I would settle for 1 Percocet every other night or every 3 nights just to get some uninterrupted sleep a few times a week. The rest of the time I will just endure the pain because I have no other options. The main reason for my pain is severe arthritis and nerve damage. Also I am quite educated about drugs and addiction having worked as an addictions therapist for 25 years.
Yes his wife died but she was killed.
Very deep and very inspiring. My heart is really touched by the way you narrate the story. I imagine the separation of Victor from his wife and later to learn that she had gone through such painful death. It is amazing how we humans seem to have learned nothing from the horror of what happened there. One would've hoped that we would all vow to ourselves never to let anything like that ever happen again. We are grateful for the example of someone like Victor Frankl.🍞
Thanks so much, Khanyi! I'm very touched by your comment as well, it warmed my heart and made my day. I appreciate you!
We can only be thankful to live today and can read and watch this video, because not all people can. For me this is the meanning for today, it is so strong and so powerfull and true!
as an older person with little income, depression, and anxiety, this has more meaning to me than all the talk about how to deal with depression from a ltherapeutic point of view.
the connection with Jung is, well - Jungian. a
your thoughts on Frankel’s philosophy have real meaning for me. thank you so very much 🌷🌱🥖(it’s still bread - i can be quite contrarian :)
You're so welcome, Alexa! I am so grateful for you, and your kind words of support 🌷🌱 Peace, power, and love to you as you find ways to confront and transcend your situation
That you for articulating what I feel in my heart🍞
I'm getting old too...I remember someone telling me when I was young "When the student is ready the teacher will come" that has always been a fact for me.. I'm not saying it isn't painful... always worth it.✌️
I read Dr. Frankl's book in 1968 when I was a young man drafted to serve in the military. His words helped me cope at that time, and this video helped me with recent despair over existence. What I am suffering now seems so inconsequential compared to what so many must
i know what you mean by your feelings being inconsequential, but they’re not, as mine are not - even though thousands have born much worse. while others are having a much better life than i have as well.
Frankel’s thoughts have meant as much to me as the therapist i finally found in my twenties, whom i saw on and off into my ‘60’s. i still am depressed and anxious, but deal with it - sometimes not very well, but i’m still here! your emotional existence has a much meaning for you as any other person’s. you just keep going. even a beam of light once in a while is worth it. keep safe :) 🌷🌱
@@feralbluee Have you ever read or watched Dr. Gabor Matê or Eckhart Tolle? They are wonderful. Dr. Maté teaches about the connection between childhood trauma and adult suffering (including addiction). Eckhart teaches how to relate to pain by cultivating a practice of presence, which allows us to detach from the suffering caused by attachment to our old pain and stories. They are amazing resources for healing old pain. Wishing you continued healing and strength. xo
(Childhood trauma can include chronic childhood stress simply from not being emotionally nurtured or validated).
Hello Brother.
Firstly, I admire you for the service to your country.
I have taken a very big interest in 20th century history.
You are a part of that. Your life has meaning, and I hope you have found much meaning in your life.
I have been surprised by many things that have happened in my life- especially in the last decade.
13 years ago I was a registered nurse, owned 4 properties, had parents and siblings, was in excellent health, and I didn't worry much about my children.
A lot has changed. It is amazing how different things are. I am quite a happy person still, but gee, things have changed.
I hope you are in a much better situation, or that you are managing your challenges.
I live in New Zealand, and I look up to the men who have served their countries, and am interested in their stories. Actually, all people's stories. We all have such different and interesting stories. I feel a kind of magnet in your comment.
Man's Searching for Meaning is one of my favorite books. It makes me appreciated the little things in life. Also, it makes me not to give up so easily when I see the meaning in things that makes me keep going and living the best life I can.🍞
Though we walk in the shadow of the wally of death. We must see the beauty of creation. I am going through a prolonged divorce with a narcissistic wife. This puts a heavy stone on my heart, my will to live flickers. But I will not be dragged down, there is hope, there is salvation, and it comes in many a mysterious way.
Thank you, brother for you blog 🍞
Thank you for this. Like many I had distant relatives at Treblinka I don't know what happened to them. As a 72 year old in a semi nursing facility I can't find much meaning staying in a single room. Today there was a baby shower for one of the aides. I was in pain and only had twenty minutes but made myself go. Supporting another gives meaning to life. 🍞
You're so welcome, Linda 🍞 Thank you for taking the time to share your inspiring comment. Absolutely, supporting another gives meaning to life. Peace, power and love to you, Linda
Absolutely. Supporting another gives meaning to life..
“…because in the end we are divine and spiritual beings. We have the power to determine who we are. And it’s this last of all human freedoms that can never be taken away.” Beautiful.
I read Man's Search for Meaning as an undergraduate in 1973. Ever since, it has been a source of hope, perseverance and meaning throughout my life.
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I don't doubt the power of human imagination and coincidences. The mind is a powerful thing. I am glad for Viktor that he was able to use his imagination and coincidences to give himself meaning. In terrible circumstances, I am sure that we will grasp at anything.
I agree with the enduring power of love... Not imaginary love of the invisible, but love of another, real person.
🍞 Bought this book for my father when my mother died. He couldn't bear to read it at that time, so I did. The resilience of the human spirit is beyond our imagination. I am intimately familiar with feeling no meaning or purpose, and my saving grace was having faith that someday, I would find some joy again. No human being could help me in that mental state, despite going through a physician prescribed program and being off work for 3 months.
For me, meaning is that my soul is something timeless and in this current human form, I am here to be a soundboard and Certified Massage Therapist for those who are suffering.
Having experienced it so deeply myself, I can share my ears and hands to comfort those in the suffering state. This empathic work has given value and purpose to my own suffering and I am grateful to be a source for good to others.
Thanks so much, Gina 🍞 Thank you for taking the time to share your difficult experiences and all the ways you've transcended them, found meaning in your own suffering, and continue to act as a positive force for others. I appreciate you
See? You became an angel. We are, becoming Angels. Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca
I'm at a loss for words. I needed to hear this because I have become so incredibly cynical and nihilistic with the passage of time. I don't even believe that love is anything more than a word with abstract meaning, yet I wish for my understanding to change and nurture my self-potential. 🍞
I am the same way and I also believed that love was nothing more than a lie to keep people working on false hope. I grew up without a mother and I was raised by an alcoholic, narcissistic father so I did not know unconditional love growing up. I know it sounds like B.S., but Frankl's love experience is 100% real. It is a transcendental feeling of true unconditional love known as "Agape" or "Metta".
I have felt it once for a period of 48 hours and it was the greatest experience of my life. During the experience I felt completely free, my body relaxed entirely, everything became crystal clear, there was no question that life had meaning, all fear fell away in an instant, I no longer feared death, I felt connected to everyone on the deepest level, and I felt unconditional love for everyone (especially my worst enemy).
Again, this feeling is real. It is accessible to anyone. It has the ability to change a person's life for the better in an instant. I would even go so far as to say that this state of being is the next stage in human evolution; it really is that powerful.
@@joshsmith8066 How did you do this? Was it through mediation?
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Love is out there, ready for you to feel it deep in your being. Life holds so much pain and also so much love. It is quite an experience to live this life...All the best
As I have been suffering being forced to watch my husband of 23 years dieing it has been tearing me to shreds. When it was pointed out how much suffering the man saved his wife by her going first and him living on--it brought me to tears. Thanks so much as this was very needed!
Every young person in the US needs to read this book. It’s life changing.
Dr.J did not flee to South America, he died in Lubianka prison in Moscow.
🍞 I happened to select Man’s Search for Meaning from a paperback book rack in a drug store in my early 20s (1972ish). At the time I was full of fear, doubt and insecurity: a depressed, lonely soul who was writing suicide notes.
This book changed me. It gave me hope and a way to continue on. I have always remembered the importance of it being there on that rack for me to choose and read. It was the bird in my trench! 🍞
Thanks so much for sharing that B Brock! 🍞 May we all find our birds in our trench. I appreciate you
I wish I had found it when I was younger.
The video is so great but also the comments below are priceless. Just to know there are so many loving and caring people are out there. I don’t have that in my family and am pretty much alone also. My spiritual journey is so important to me. Dealing with the depression makes it hard a lot of the time. I just try and put one foot in front of the other. The 12 step program teaches to take it” one day at at time. 😇
There are many unsung heroes in our midst who go on in the midst of despair and hopelessness
Stay strong ✊🙂
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Wishing you all the love in the world. G-d bless
Stay strong. You are not alone.😊
🍞 Thank you. Yesterday was my husband of 30 years, 59th birthday. It was also the 5th birthday without him. I've always asked myself if i would want to go first or last. I've never really looked at it as being pain I can spare him. God knows I wish I could have spared him what he did go through. I cannot understand however, why our precious daughters had to and what this is still doing to them. Thanks again for this bit of synchronicity.
This was so incredibly moving. I've always had the gut feeling that there had to be more to suffering than misery. I've always believed that the lead of suffering could be transmuted into golden meaning. I am surprised as someone who has studied psychology that I haven't heard of Frankl until now. I very much want to read his book. Thank you so much for sharing. The way you make your videos is incredible and super interesting. Keep up the good work 🍞🍞
Thanks so much, Cozen! You really made my day with your kind comment. Big love to you and yours!
I read Dr. Frankl's book in 1980 at a time when I found no meaning at all, an emptiness in my life that nothing could fill. I found great healing and meaning in birds. How they could still sing in -20 below zero weather in the mountains, outside my window ~ they gave me hope and I started to feed them, to help them, and soon I had hundreds outside my window, and being among them was exhilarating, healing, and just the simple act of giving them seeds and water and 🍞was peace. They still sing to me on my farm, I still feed them, and there is great meaning in helping them survive. I now rehabilitate horses for the last 29 years, that is the greatest meaning I've ever had in my life. Give. It's the meaning of life
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Thank you
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I can relate to this. I actually haven't read his book and I read a lot of books. I'm going to order it and read it I wanted to say, that one of the things that gives my life meaning as I find myself alone in my older years, is feeding and helping as much as I can. Feral cats. I don't know why there's just something about it that I feel compelled to help them. My day is not complete. There's just something missing if I don't make sure they have food. And I want to do more. So I do understand this. Everything else just feels banal compared to the giving.
@@lesliecurran1704 I am 70 now, Leslie, and I also have some sweet feral cats here on my farm. I bought them heated cat houses and a heated water bowl, so they're coping well with this winter which has been very hard, since October. Imagine your head is 10"off the ground-what the world would look like and how frightening it would be. Kudos to you for helping little animals who by no fault of their own, find themselves alone and injured, ill or hunted and sick. And what a blessing it would be for them to find you. God Bless Your Huge Heart!
I read this book. In Vietnam the tour guide spoke good English and I asked him about it. He told me he had been working with the Americans . I asked him what happened after the defeat . He was put in a concentration camp by the North Vietnamese Communists. It was very hard. I told him of a quote from Viiktor Frankl's book " They can take everything away from me, but they can not take me from myself " His face lit up and he said " Exactly " From then on I did not have to pay any entrance fees to the places we went that day.🍞
Rest in powerful peace 🙏
Viktor Emil Frankl
26 March 1905 ~
2 September 1997⚘
🍞 Thinking about Frankl’s book today is causing me great pause.
I retired early from government and my life now is very comfortable. I’m ridiculously healthy and my avocation is horseback riding. Wonderful, yes?
But I live alone, and my family relationships are very strained and difficult as they always have been .
In my 20s, I gave up on all my dreams in order to create a secure future for myself . I succeeded.
I preserved my life, but now, as the years go on, I am less and less sure why .
People say, follow your dreams, but I don’t have any… I don’t have any wish to travel or marry, or learn to paint or much of anything specific.
People say I am kind and caring, so every day that’s what I try my best to do… just be kind and caring.
It’s OK . I’m not distressed.. just puzzled about how to grow meaning for my life. I’m way too young to give up..😂😂😂
🍞Frankl was also famous for quoting Goethe "When we treat a man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be,
then we make him what he should be" and for saying that this was one of the most important psychological observations ever....
Excellent point
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
-Viktor Frankl
Thank you for creating this great video my friend. You now have new subscriber. 🍞
You're so welcome, Solo Samurai 🍞 I am so grateful for your support!
I carry this quote on a little piece of paper in my wallet. I forget about it , and then there is this beautiful surprise ( and reminder) at the most opportune times.
One of my favourite quotes and insights!
This was the first book I ever read on my road to recovery 10 years ago. I am now a successful coach mentor and speaker. 🙏🏻 🍞
I only just happened on your channel this afternoon, and I’ve listened to 3 of your videos already! Thank you so very much! I will subscribe. Many blessings for your help and mission in helping others in this tender life and world. 🙏🏽💜🙏🏽🍞🍞🍞
I read Man's Search for Meaning almost fifty years ago, when I was in high school. It was a life-changing book.
I'm 34 and I read it 2 years ago. Brought some hope into my life.
Dr.Frankl was like a 20th century messenger of a divine presence in all of us.
Frankl's philosophy changed my life at the depths of my grief and dispair. I give away copies of his book MSFM.
I taught Man’s Search for Meaning when I was teaching high school. I wish I would have had access to this video because it so clearly describes Franks’s main ideas. 🍞
I made Man’s Search for Meaning , a mandatory read for all of my 4 children. It is a tiny book but leaves a huge impact. Thank you Dr. Frankl!
Good morning, how would one go about getting their children to read a beneficial book such as this if they are not interested or bothered to do so?
@@MrVaypour Hello… I simply told them that it was required reading. Being the parent in the situation, and holding a position of authority and guidance, they were obliged to fulfill my request. They are all adults now and appreciated the “assignment “. It is a very short book.
@@HSIves1 Hey, appreciate your reply, thanks for the tip.
Thank you for this idea
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It was sobering homework and gave them a very different perspective then what is being offered in the mainstream.
I had them read it around age 13.
It has a positive impact.
I re-read "Man's Search for Meaning" when I had Cancer. During the time of Chemo when I experienced the most pain and suffering, I created a Global Women's History website to help others educate online. I had a goal of posting at least five women a day to give me meaning and purpose to live for and to survive each day... The website helped me find meaning to my suffering. Thank you Dr. Frankl.
Wow, that's so astonishing and wonderful, Debbie! Thank you for all the work you're doing to help those facing cancer (and their loved ones), that's incredibly meaningful and important work. Big love to you and yours
Heartbreaking and beautiful. Thank you!
I came across your channel yesterday and since then I listen with great pleasure and great interest to every material posted. You do incredibly good and quality work. I congratulate you and encourage you to continue. Thanks and hugs from România! 🥰🤗
Thanks so much, Cristian! Your kind comment really made my day. Hugs and big love to you and yours, from Canada!
🍞 when I was in my mid-twenties and in an incredibly painful and long lasting depression, Man’s Search for Meaning saved my life!
So insightful! I love the perspective that, when we lose a loved one and wish we had died instead, we can think that person would have suffered without us, and would we wish that on them?
I also love seeing how people who have gone through terrible tragedies have found beauty and peace in their lives. That you for presenting this video. 🍞
Thanks so much, Sandra! 🍞 I appreciate you
Beautiful! 🥺
THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🙏
This message comes at such a great moment of need. Thank you 🥖
Man's Search for Meaning has been
a light in a world where suffering and loss are our "daily bread". The nourishment provided by Frankl's divine wisdom takes us to a level of healthy transcendence. For this, we are eternally grateful💝
This was a good video! God gave hope through the beauty of nature; the "sunset," the "clouds," the "bird." Sometimes it just helps, spiritually, to appreciate the beauty of nature!🍞
Thank you for everything ♥️♥️
Thank you
When he talks about the love and connections, I don’t really know if anyone loved me dearly just for me, I know who I loved always in my heart and they remain there till my last day, my mother, brother, my beautiful dog , brother is mentally disabled and ever since I was 3 yrs old I was like so protective of him, my mother since she always suffered and was abused by my fathers family , and my dog such pure joy absolute love 😢
Thank you Plane'te for sharing your story of love and hardship, and all the ways your loved ones remain in your heart always. I certainly do miss my dog as well, and absolutely agree that they are such pure and beautiful animals. My best to you and yours
Ahhh…I feel for you. I admit I am learning to love and give myself compassion, all of the inner resources for learning who I really am and how I want my life to be beautiful, like the loving soul I know myself to be…free from the suffering thoughts of past events which were not actually about me personally…beautiful inside and out…loving, inside and out…the world can only see me as I discover my true and free self I think now…blessings and may you have a loving life! Thank you for sharing with us all! 💗
Going through a PTSD episode, I found you. Vicktor Frankle has been a name I have known for many years, I am grateful to now know his story. I want to give up, I want that last cigarette, instead I will continue to search for meaning, and be aware of synchronicities. Your video is today's. Thank you.🍞
Wow, thanks so much K A Layne 🍞 Thank you for finding the divine strength within yourself to carry on, even though it's difficult. As you continue to fight for meaning, I believe it helps raise our collective consciousness, and help others draw on their own inner strength to continue. Peace, power, and love to you as you overcome your challenges and follow your bliss. I am rooting for you, and I truly appreciate you
I have often experienced synchronicity but never shared this experience because I didn’t think they would understand that it always tells me I am in the right place at the right time doing the right thing
Thanks KA
I'm also searing for the meaning of my existence. Come to know that "Love" is the ultimate meaning to live.
Love Yourself
Love Each Other.
Love has the ability to heal oneself as well as others. 💕🍞🍞🍞🍞
Thank you so much for this video! Frankl has always been my personal hero.
I'm currently reading "Man's Search for Meaning" after suffering the loss of my beloved mother who passed away last August. It's a great read and very timely for me because it allows you to reflect on what truly is important in ones life and move forward.🍞
I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother, Annette 🍞 My heart goes out to you and your family. Also thank you for your comment. Beautifully said. Dr. Frankl's work has helped me immeasurably, as well as many others I know.
Thank you!
I believe I’ve listened to this episode before, but it really was exceptionally useful today when it popped up on my feed again because I have a friend going through a rough time and all of the things that you’ve talked about are exactly what he needs to hear. Thank you for making video! You share wonderful insight❤🍞
I do not consider myself despairing. However, this morning as I lay in bed wondering about my lack of confidence to move forward on a writing project, I picked up my tablet and what do you know? This essay on Dr. Frankel was the first thing that came up in my feed. Synchronicity? Yes. Many years ago in my 30s and at a similar time I came across Dr. Frankl's book and it changed my life. I am now a senior living in senior housing and see despair in some of those around me. This essay is a reminder that there is always joy, always beauty in my personal world. My writing project has been rekindled. Thank you. The baguette emoji is my choice!🥖
That's so wonderful S Wyman! Thank you for sharing that, and I wish you all the best with your next writing project 🥖
Always beauty in my personal world…thank you!
I'd love to read that when it's available.
@@nathanielnicholson559 That’s very sweet. xo
I read Victor Frankel’s first book years ago. He was an amazing man. “Man’s Search for Meaning” I don’t know how people find the strength to endure the horrible things they were forced to endure.
This was so good! I really needed it today. Thank you!
Another brilliant video man! 👌 Watched all your videos several times.
🍞🥖 Made it to the end and watched it on repeat for the third time. It's amazing how our will power gifts us with the ability to survive whatever life throws at us. Loved how you wrote this essay! Truly inspiring.
Wow, thanks so much Kris 🍞🥖 I am truly grateful for your support
🥐I read Mans Search for Meaning in 1964 and The Art of Loving and these books lessons have stayed with for 55 to 60 years. Thank you the presenting these lessons again. When my husband died 7 years ago I first found meaning in wanting him to be proud of me and my choices. Now I can be proud of myself because I am learning and growing new skills. I still want him to be proud of me.
I recently bought Man's search for meaning. All day today I have been thinking about starting to read it and now this video pops up on my CZcams home page. If this is not synchronicity I don't know what is. Another brilliant video from your side. I feel overwhelmed and I'm slightly teary eyed having watched it.. 🍞
Wow, what a beautiful synchronicity, thank you for sharing that Uzma. It is one of my favourite books, and I hope you love it also. Take good care and best wishes
I am working on myself and my suffering,your video really helped.
YOU DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THANK YOU❤
thank you
🍞 I read Man's Search for Meaning about 20 years ago as a teenager and it changed the trajectory of my life. Since then, over time, I've forgotten these important lessons by Dr. Frankl and your video popped up and reminded me again. Thank you
You're welcome, Alex 🍞 Thanks so much!
This lesson has stayed with me for the rest of my life and every time I suffered I am always able to find something positive from it. Even the relationship with my mother was not the norm, it was awful and scary as I look back and to know a parent would will suffering on their own child is so very hard to reason.
. . . There is n e v e r any excuse for
ANY unkind , thoughtless , uncaring nevermind deliberately hurtful and destabilising choice of behaviour - for a l l behaviour is a choice , by any supposed ' adult ' onto or at any young heart , mind and soul . So much life - lasting damage done by SO many who refuse to face themselves in the mirror ...
Good for you for looking for the positive in suffering. You will probably never understand your mother, but I hope that you won't let her actions towards you bring you down in life. Like Frankl, if you use the evil that was done to you to effect good in the lives of others, you will find true happiness and fulfillment. Your life has indelible meaning. God bless you, sister.
I can relate to you how it feels. The trauma one carries stay as a heart stabbing pain forever. It's the biggest ridicule one can have to question again and again to one own self that how can a mother be so selfish to ruin up the child's personality clever and get away without having any regret.
I just came to the point of self realization in my life at 35 years old. I came to know the real purpose of my exocrine just a couple of months ago. I realized that I have been manipulated and controlled, caged in a narrow minded Prison to be used as a robot to obey orders,
It killed my entire personality, my passion, my ideas, my dreams, my love for geniune serving attitude towards humanity. But now, I have parted ways to live my life as per my vision and purpose. Now I'm a changed person to loving my life to the fullest.
I just came across the video randomly and thought to share my life story. 🍞🍞🍞🍞 Here's to the video.
I am dedicating my entire life to Uplift and empower individuals at large to follow their dreams and passions to get along with a positive attitude to create a better future for the upcoming ones to live and contribute towards making a better human world 🌎
@@donaldcook3112 and some people just enjoy being mean 😪
Big time relate it’s the 6 year anniversary of going no contact with my mother
This video is a gift an important reminder in dark times even for someone who read the book. Done beautifully.🍞I hope this is the right emoji
Thanks so much, Hana! I appreciate you
Beautiful!
I found your channel a few days ago, and... Wow. Just wow. I already watched all the videos and they resonate with me so much! It can be clearly seen how much work and passion you put into making one, it's incredible! I've always been interested in synchronicities and spiritual things, and now I can learn more about them. Thanks to you, Modern Intuitionist❣Today's video is so important. I know exactly what my task is, but still, I procrastinate. Don't really know why. But I know deep inside that that's what gives me strength and meaning in life. I will, eventually, turn this dream into reality. At least, I hope so. 🍞
Wow, I'm so grateful for your support, Magda 🍞 Thank you for your wonderful words of support. Any work you do that brings you joy, that you do with focus and consistency, will transform your life. The world badly needs your tremendous gifts. I have every faith that you will turn your dream into reality. Best wishes
You seem to have a kind 💜 pray-and ask God to show u the way and he will truly help you find your way. I have high hopes for sharing love to others in need my heart wants to help abused children to be rescued and I hope know that somehow I will be able to see this transform the world with a helping hand to save the children. Xo
@The GigaChad Thank you for these words! 🙏 I really hope so!
@@ModernIntuitionist You deserve every support, every number of views, subscribers, etc., trust me! I hardly ever comment on videos, my subscription list is rather small, but after watching a video of yours which was recommended to me by CZcams, I immediately subscribed and wanted more! That says a lot. Your content is high quality and it makes one think; for me that's a breath of fresh air, so continue with your excellent job, Elson! And thank you so much for your kind words 😊
@@Suzeskyblue Thank you, Suzanne! They say that a kind heart recognizes a kind heart, so I can say the same about you! And after reading your goals, I am even more sure that your heart is good and pure & I wish that your plans will come true, because I have no doubt that you will change this world into a better place with your kindness 🤍
Meaning in Life ... Is the Bread 🍞 of Life ...
I'm here because CZcams showed your video on the side as a suggested video ... Boy am I glad I clicked on this ...
Very powerful and moving message ... just what I needed to hear.
Victor Frankle's "Man's Search for Meaning" in 15 minutes!
You did a wonderful job putting this together ... I think Victor Frankle would be very pleased with this if he could see it. You fit the core of his message in only 15 minutes time without sacrificing impact and meaning.
Thanks for creating this ...
Thanks so much, JC! I truly appreciate you
Beautifully done . thank you.🍞
Thank you. 🥨
Thank you for posting this. I first read “Man’s Search for Meaning” 40+ years ago. It’s good to be reminded that I really am not alone and my dreams still hold the hope of fruition. To God be all Glory. Man does not live by 🍞alone!
Thanks so much, Patricia 🍞 Beautifully said. Thank you for your wonderful comment
I must tell you that I have read Man's Search for Meaning several times and I still go to it when times are both good and bad. My copy of the book, the pages of which are dog-eared and torn, is rife with underlined sentences and passages that have a special meaning to me. I would love to just sit and talk with Dr Frankl at a small table in some distant cafe among the stars.
Wow, I really needed this! Thank you!🍞
Beautiful thank you
A wonderful presentation on Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning", a book I first read more than 40 years ago in my mid twenties, and several times over the years. His message is so powerful, it has been a guiding principle for me. I first came to know of the book from a reference made in a speech by a famous historical person in my country, and I often recommend my friends, young and old to read it. Thank you, Modern Intuitionist - I discovered you by chance on the internet a few weeks ago.
Wow, you're so welcome Waichuen Chay! Thank you for finding me, and I absolutely agree, it is one of the most powerful books I've ever read. I appreciate you
Where can I find the man's book yow? I don't have any money to buy one tho.
me too... in 1980 I read his book and I have never looked at anything in the same way since. Profound, and I recommend everyone get it and read. And then read it again.
@@lewis77793 go to a library
A chance discovery for me too, thanks to CZcams.
This is one of the very few books that I consider life changing. Although it is a short one, it is a true masterpiece! And this video is a wonderful summary of the book and the best option for those who have no access to the book or the time to read it.
Thanks so much, Photini! I totally agree with you, it completely changed the way I look at confronting suffering
THank you! It was very inspiring!
😊🍞thank you for this. Victor Frankl was an amazing human being. I need to read his book again. 😊
I have long loved the work of Viktor Frankl. Thank you for this brief synthesis of his life giving teachings. Much of my ministry has been in mental health and end of life circumstances. His stories keep me going and have been a blessing to share with others. Thank you, Modern Intuitionist, for sharing this bread with us
This is such a beautiful video! It moved me to tears. For decades I've known about Mr. Frankl's book. I have planned to read it "someday." Today is the day I'm going to buy it. Thank you for posting this video! I hope it brings comfort and inspiration to many who are feeling like they can't go on. I pray that they will find meaning in their lives in a relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ. I suffer from multiple chronic illnesses, and many of my days are difficult for me to endure. My discomfort is nothing compared to what the people in the concentration camps suffered. Thank you for putting my suffering in perspective, and may God bless you for making this video available. I watched it to the very end. Here's your bread...🍞😊
Thanks so much, Nancy! 🍞 May God bless you too. Peace, power, and love to you as you navigate your path and find meaning in every moment. I appreciate you!
@@ModernIntuitionist Thank you so much!
🍞 I love your content. I find every video very informative, inspiring and uplifting. Love & light!
This was amazing and awe-inspiring through and through, thank you so much for this .