{"id":3363,"date":"2019-09-20T09:15:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T07:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/existentia.com.hr\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2019-09-20T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:18:08","slug":"5-viktor-frankl-ideas-that-will-change-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/existentia.com.hr\/en\/5-viktor-frankl-ideas-that-will-change-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Viktor Frankl ideas that will change your life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/existentia.com.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dandelion-2817950_960_720-768x346.jpg\" alt=\"Viktor Frankl\" class=\"wp-image-3365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/existentia.com.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dandelion-2817950_960_720-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/existentia.com.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dandelion-2817950_960_720-768x346-620x279.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The meaning of life is hidden in your response to unique circumstances of your existence<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Frankl, each human existence is unique. We have a unique set of psychophysical givens, how they are called by Frankl \u2013 the things we do not have much control over. These are the basics of existence such as the location we were born in, the society we were born into, economic circumstances, our physical appearance, hereditary illnesses and similar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole\nphilosophy of Frankl is based on transcendence of these psychophysical givens.\nBy giving us a concrete set of circumstances and uniqueness life is asking us a\nquestion and is seeking a response from us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the end, a man should not ask what the meaning of his life is but should realize that it is he who is asked. In essence, every man is asked by life, and he can only answer by answering for his or her own life.\u201d ~ Viktor Frankl <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Meaning is not given in advance \u2013 it has to be found<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Meaning of life is not handed to us in an obvious manner. As opposed to, for example, Jean-Paul Sartre, who thinks that meaning should be built by ourselves, Frankl considers it to be inherent to certain situation. It is only upon us to find it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For him- the means of doing that is the conscience. But Frankl does not see conscience in a typical manner of evaluation of one\u2019s actions in terms of good and bad. <strong>He sees it as our capacity to differentiate between requests certain situations pose us.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this does not concern only challenging life situations, such as illness. Every situation in life requests something of us. The idea is to see what it is, in order to be able to respond. In this very response to Frankl, there is the essence of becoming a man. <strong>Our existence becomes our own only insofar we take responsibility for it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A man is\nalways free. <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>His\nfreedom lays precisely in his capability to respond to the question given to\nhim by life. <\/strong>Even in the direst of circumstances, in which all\nfreedoms are taken away from a human being, he or she has the ability to find\nfreedom, so Frankl. These kinds of theories may sound like empty theories\nweren\u2019t they coming from a man who spent 4 years of his life in concentration\ncamps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Life always makes sense\u2026<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026even when it doesn\u2019t look that way. Life is meaningful from the beginning to the end and every situation can be made meaningful, according to Frankl. And if a situation appears meaningless, it is not because it is really meaningless, but because we are not in contact with the meaning. We might not be able to see it at that particular moment. In order to be able to see it, it is Frankl\u2019s advice to refine our conscience as a means of finding a meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Meaning can be found in multiple ways<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Through work or artistic creation, projects or other kind of creation in which we actively participate in life. Also, through experience. It can be drawn from enjoyment in the beauty, relationships, art or our legacy. And in a situation in which none of this is possible, as was Frankl\u2019s experience in the concentration camp, meaning can be found in choosing one\u2019s attitude towards the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But meaning does not have to be\nand is not one and final. Each situation calls for a specific action and\nspecific response. Our ability to detect and create a meaningful life is\nreflected precisely within this ability to respond to various unique and\nunrepeatable situations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iva Paska<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austrian psychiatrist who survived holocaust had existential ideas that could change your life instantly. 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