Comments on: Man’s Search for Meaning http://www.rabe.org/mans-search-for-meaning/ Sharing ideas and provocations on living single while happy. Reflecting on the social psychology of stereotypes and other cultural phenomena. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://www.rabe.org/mans-search-for-meaning/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 Rachel Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:58:07 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/mans-search-for-meaning/#comment-2159 Thanks, Wiebes, for digging up that website and sharing it here! I think that statue is even more needed nowadays when everybody seems to be good at shifting responsibility onto others... Thanks, Wiebes, for digging up that website and sharing it here! I think that statue is even more needed nowadays when everybody seems to be good at shifting responsibility onto others…

]]> By: Wiebes http://www.rabe.org/mans-search-for-meaning/comment-page-1/#comment-2158 Wiebes Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:50:41 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/mans-search-for-meaning/#comment-2158 One thing that I really liked when I read "Man's Search For Meaning" was the "Statue of Responsibility" that Frankl wanted to build. It was a quick line in the book but I always thought it was a great idea. I stumbled across this website and it looks like I am not the only one who thought it was cool. http://www.sorfoundation.org/architectural-renderings One thing that I really liked when I read “Man’s Search For Meaning” was the “Statue of Responsibility” that Frankl wanted to build. It was a quick line in the book but I always thought it was a great idea. I stumbled across this website and it looks like I am not the only one who thought it was cool.

http://www.sorfoundation.org/architectural-renderings

]]> By: Rachel’s Musings » Symptoms of Something http://www.rabe.org/mans-search-for-meaning/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Rachel’s Musings » Symptoms of Something Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:04:48 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/mans-search-for-meaning/#comment-96 [...] Victor Frankl wrote about the existential vacuum more and more of us are experiencing. He is not the only one who has observed that we are searching desperately for meaning, for purpose in our lives. Again, the traditional fillers of this need are disappearing, most importantly religion. When it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain theistic beliefs against the overwhelming evidence against the existence of an almighty, omnipotent god, it is also problematic to claim that we’re fulfilling god’s purpose on earth. Admitting this to ourselves, we quickly slide into a meaning crises, which, according to Eric Maisel, might be the reason behind a lot of depression. The increasing popularity of spirituality and New Age religions is probably a direct result of this meaning crisis. And that might be one of the healthier ways of filling this vacuum… [...] [...] Victor Frankl wrote about the existential vacuum more and more of us are experiencing. He is not the only one who has observed that we are searching desperately for meaning, for purpose in our lives. Again, the traditional fillers of this need are disappearing, most importantly religion. When it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain theistic beliefs against the overwhelming evidence against the existence of an almighty, omnipotent god, it is also problematic to claim that we’re fulfilling god’s purpose on earth. Admitting this to ourselves, we quickly slide into a meaning crises, which, according to Eric Maisel, might be the reason behind a lot of depression. The increasing popularity of spirituality and New Age religions is probably a direct result of this meaning crisis. And that might be one of the healthier ways of filling this vacuum… [...]

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