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Existential Questions |
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Meaningful Life |
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The meaning of life and meaning can be broken down
to the following elements:
- Relationships; involvement with family,
partner or friends.
- Work; commitment with a job, school or
primary occupation.
- Personal well-being; an individualistic
orientation with emphasis on experiencing meaning by enjoyment of
life, having fun, and maintaining physical and mental health.
- Self-realization; an orientation on- and
reaching of tangible or non-tangible goals and psychological skills.
- Helpfulness; an altruistic orientation
on helping people in general.
- Faith; dedication and practice of
religious-spiritual or social-political beliefs.
- Materialism; meaning coming from aiming
at materialistic goals and satisfactions.
- Future / Hope; focus and expectation.
In essence these above elements should be
in balance. Very strong emotions related to one or more of these elements
or focused dedication to only one aspect may suggest an imbalance.
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Questions to find your meaning in
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- RELATIONSHIPS
I belong to ....., When I'm with ... I...., People who are most
important to me are.... because... ,I like ... (name person /
people) most because ...., people like me because...., I classify
myself as ....
- WORK
My occupation is.... because..., What I do is.... because ..., What
I like about it is..., what I dislike about it is..., What is the
importance of these activities?... Things I do well are...., In
my work I add value to people's lives by...., My colleagues value me
most for....
- PERSONAL WELL-BEING
I love to ...., I'm extremely happy when I...., The nicest thing
what could happen to me is.... because...., things I enjoy doing are
...., I feel healthy when I ..., things that take much of my energy
are... and I prefer.....
- SELF REALIZATION
I want to ....because....., My goal in life is...., I know I can
..... , the things I want to be remembered for are...., I'm proud of
myself when I ..... because...., things I am good at are...., I
feel best when I......
- HELPFULNESS
I help .....with.... because....., I gladly give advice to....,
people I'd love to help most are ...., When I help I feel....,
helping others makes me....., I want to be helped
with....because....
- FAITH
I believe in...., the best society or system is....because...., when
I die ...., I have to...because...., I know my belief is valid
because...., I trust....because... ,Things that are most
important to me are...
- MATERIALISM
I want to have....because...., if I won the jackpot of the lottery I
would...., My most valuable possession is...., My life becomes
better if I have ....., the first next big thing to buy is...., If I
lost everything I would.... The possession which represents me most
is....
- FUTURE / HOPE
Someday I hope to...., At the end of my life (when I look back) I ...., The future
holds...., I wish...., I dream about..., My vision is...., In time I
will....., If I could change the future I would....because...., If I
could change the past.....
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Life's Morality.... |
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In ethics there a three kinds of
moral:
- Intention of doing (what is
the purpose or goal / why?)
- Procedure of doing (how or
what is the best way of doing it?)
- Effect (what are the results
of an action?)
Giving meaning to one's life and
reflect upon existence on earth means this individual has awareness of
the ability to change perspective.
This Meta-awareness with the necessity
to constantly classify and put things in new perspective is essential
for learning and growth. This thought-process was initiated by use of
the senses. This primary philosophy also creates borders between self,
matter, others and world. Being in it's most enlightened state all this
may be experienced as being one.
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