Und habt ihr nicht mich vernommen, sondern den SINN, so ist es weise im gleichen Sinn zu sagen: Eins ist alles.
Heraklit von Ephesos (um 520-460 v. Chr.)
vorsokratischer griechischer Philosoph, Fragment B50

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Sinnfindung

Sinnhaftigkeit, Sinnfindung und Wertschöpfung werden fassbar, wenn sich der Mensch auf ein übergeordnetes Ganzes bezieht, beispielsweise auf eine menschliche Gemeinschaft.

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Zitate des Sinnforschers Viktor E. Frankl, Psychotherapeut, Begründer der Logotherapie

Viktor Frankl forderte neben der Tiefenpsychologie eine Höhenpsychologie.

Der Glaube ist nicht ein Denken, vermindert um die Realität des Gedachten, sondern ein Denken, vermehrt um die Existentialität des jeweils Denkenden. Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) österreichischer Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Neurologe, KZ-Überlebender, Sinnforscher, Begründer der Logotherapie

Gott ist der Partner unserer intimsten Selbstgespräche. Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) österreichischer Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Neurologe, KZ-Überlebender, Sinnforscher, Begründer der Logotherapie

Die Frage ist falsch gestellt, wenn wir nach dem Sinn des Lebens fragen. Das Leben selbst ist es, das dem Menschen Fragen stellt. Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) österreichischer Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Neurologe, KZ-Überlebender, Sinnforscher, Begründer der Logotherapie, 1982

Glück stellt sich spontan ein, wenn wir einen Sinn in unserem Leben entdecken. Anders gesagt: Wenn wir unsere eigenen Antworten auf die großen Fragen gefunden haben. Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) österreichischer Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Neurologe, KZ-Überlebender, Sinnforscher, Begründer der Logotherapie

Ein einziger Augenblick kann rückwirkend dem ganzen Leben Sinn geben. Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) österreichischer Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Neurologe, KZ-Überlebender, Sinnforscher, Begründer der Logotherapie, Ärztliche Seelsorge. Grundlagen der Logotherapie und Existenzanalyse, S. 14, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1971, 1. August 2007

Überleben kann der Mensch nur, wenn er auf Ideale hin lebt. Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) österreichischer Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Neurologe, KZ-Überlebender, Sinnforscher, Begründer der Logotherapie, Ärztliche Seelsorge. Grundlagen der Logotherapie und Existenzanalyse, S. 60, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1971, 1. August 2007

Sinn kann nicht gegeben, sondern muss gefunden werden. –
Sinn muss gefunden, kann aber nicht erzeugt werden.
Was sich erzeugen lässt, ist entweder subjektiver Sinn, ein bloßes Sinngefühl, oder – Unsinn. Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) österreichischer Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Neurologe, KZ-Überlebender, Sinnforscher, Begründer der Logotherapie, Das Leiden am sinnlosen Leben. Psychotherapie für heute, S. 28, Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1977, 21. Auflage, 2011

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Zitate (engl.) von Viktor E. Frankl

Life has meaning under all circumstances.
Everyone has a will toward meaning.
Human beings have freedom of choice, over attitudes, even if over nothing else.
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy, edited by Joseph Fabry, et. al., Logotherapy in Action, pg. 33, Institute Logotherapy Press, June 1979

People have enough to live by but nothing to live for: they have the means but no meaning. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy, Man's Search For Meaning, Pocket, updated revised edition, 1. December 1997

If a prisoner felt that he could no longer endure the realities of camp life, he found a way out in his mental life – an invaluable opportunity to dwell in the spiritual domain, the one that the SS were unable to destroy. Spiritual life strengthened the prisoner, helped him adapt, and thereby improved his chances of survival. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Everything can be taken from a man but [...] the last of the human freedoms – to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement. When we are no longer able to change a situation – just think of an incurable disease such as inoperable cancer – we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

A human being is a deciding being. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

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 (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

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. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

The last of human freedoms is the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

What is to give light must endure burning. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

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. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy

We who lived, in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but 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. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy, Man's Search For Meaning, Pocket, updated revised edition, 1. December 1997

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Unter allen Patienten der Lebensmitte, das heißt jenseits 35, ist nicht ein einziger, dessen endgültiges Problem nicht das der religiösen Einstellung wäre. Ja, jeder krankt in letzter Linie daran, dass er das verloren hat […], und keiner ist wirklich geheilt, der seine religiöse Einstellung nicht wieder erreicht, was mit Konfession oder Zugehörigkeit zu einer Kirche natürlich nichts zu tun hat. Carl Gustav Jung [BW 540] (1875-1961) Schweizer Psychiater, Psychoanalytiker, Tiefenpsychologe

Wer sein eigenes Leben als sinnlos empfindet, der ist nicht nur unglücklich, sondern auch kaum lebensfähig. Albert Einstein [BW 499] (1879-1955) deutsch-schweizstämmiger US-amerikanischer theoretischer Physiker, Entwickler der Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Physik-Nobelpreisträger

Nichts trägt einen Sinn in sich. Der wirkliche Sinn der Dinge liegt im Gefüge. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) französischer Pilot, Schriftsteller, Ein Lächeln ist das Wesentliche, Kreuz-Verlag, 2. Auflage, August 2007

Der zeitliche Abstand […] lässt den wahren Sinn, der in einer Sache liegt, erst voll herauskommen. Die Ausschöpfung des wahren Sinnes aber, der in einem Text oder einer künstlerischen Schöpfung gelegen ist, kommt nicht irgendwo zum Abschluss, sondern ist in Wahrheit ein unendlicher Prozess. Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002) deutscher Philosoph, Wahrheit und Methode, S. 282

Die Sinnantwort wird nicht durch die letzten Dinge gegeben, sondern durch die nächsten. Viele Menschen warten zeitlebens auf den großen Augenblick, der ihrem Leben einen akzeptablen Sinn gibt. Die meisten warten vergebens und sterben – ihrer Meinung nach –, ohne dass ihr Leben einen bemerkenswerten Sinn gehabt hätte.
Die Erfahrung des leeren Lebens, das «eigentlich» nicht wert war, gelebt zu werden, macht nicht selten das aus, was man Mittlebens- oder Endlebenskrise nennt. Rupert Lay (*1929) deutscher Philosoph, Theologe, Unternehmensberater, Psychotherapeut, Vom Sinn des Lebens, S. 115, Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt/M, Berlin, 1990

Der östliche Weg führt in und durch die Stille. Stille meint hier nicht nur Schweigen, sondern Absichtslosigkeit. Das bedeutet: Ich lasse micht auf ein Geschehen ein, mit dem ich nichts bezwecken möchte. Rein vom Äußeren her gesehen, erscheint und ist dies nutzlos […]. Absichtslosigkeit steht dem Zweckdenken diametral entgegen. Die Haltung des gewohnten „um zu ...“, des „damit ...“ hat wesentlich zur Sinnentleerung unserer westlichen Industriegesellschaft beigetragen. Sie übersieht, dass die Wesen in sich einen Wert darstellen und nicht einen Zweck für andere zu erfüllen haben. P. Guido Kreppold OFMCap., Diplompsychologe, Theologe, Franziskanisches Zentrum Augsburg, Wege aus der Sinnkrise, S. 7, 2003

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The purpose of this human life is to undo negative karma and gain positive karma. That is the sole purpose of human life. (Calibrated as true.) Dr. David R. Hawkins, Video Seminar The Clear Pathway to Enlightenment, Long Beach, CA, 8. March 2008 – On The Purpose Of Life, minute 0:42, YouTube clip, 9:57 minutes duration, posted 27. February 2010

As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life. […] Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind. Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader

I also understood that I had a purpose, but I wouldnt have to work hard at figuring out my purpose. I just had to go and be myself and allow it and live life with abandon and the purpose would unfold before me. I just would have to allow it. not pursue it, but allow it. Anita Moorjan, Indian Singaporian neardeather, diagnosed with terminal cancer in April 2002, spontaneously healed after NDE; cited in: video interview Near Death Experience clears in 4 days, grade 4B lymphoma cancer‬, presented by Web TV juicylivingtour, host Lilou Macé, YouTube film, 46:40 minutes duration, posted 16. August 2011

If you want to find your true purpose in life, know this for certain: Your purpose will only be found in service to others, and in being connected to something far greater than your body/mind/ego. Dr. Wayne Dyer [LoC 450] (*1940) US American self-help advocate, spiritual lecturer, author, Facebook entry, 17. January 2011

The meaning of life is to give life meaning. Ken Hudgins, US American author

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose. Dolly Parton (*1946) US American country singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress, philanthropist

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007) influential US American writer of the 20th century, The Sirens of Titan

The Meaning of Life is to give Life Meaning. Album "01011001" von Ayreon

Some people seek meaning in life through personal gain, through personal relationship, or through personal experiences. However, it seems to me that being blessed with the intellect to divine the ultimate secrets of nature gives meaning enough to life. Dr. Michio Kaku (*1947) Japanese US American leading theoretical physicist, University of New York, futurist, co-founder of string field theory, popular "communicator" of science, A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension, Oxford University Press, October 1995

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Five essential recommendations

After having interviewed 235 people who "had found happiness and meaning" from age 59 to 105 Dr. John B. Izzo and his colleagues had found five adages reinforced by these elders.

Be true to your Self. [Find your heart's desire.]
Live with no regrets. [Practice acceptance].
Become love. [Love is a choice, a way of being.]
Live [enjoy] the moment.
Give more than you take.

Source: John B. Izzo, Ph.D., US American author, public television host, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1. January 2008

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Literatur

Viktor E. Frankl, Psychotherapeut, Begründer der Logotherapie, Ärztliche Seelsorge. Grundlagen der Logotherapie und Existenzanalyse, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1971, 1. August 2007
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) französischer Pilot, Schriftsteller, Ein Lächeln ist das Wesentliche, Kreuz-Verlag, 2. Auflage, August 2007
Viktor E. Frankl, Psychotherapeut, Begründer der Logotherapie, Das Leiden am sinnlosen Leben. Psychotherapie für heute, Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1977, 21. Auflage, 2011
Rupert Lay, Vom Sinn des Lebens, Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, 1990, Januar 1997

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Viktor E. Frankl, edited by Joseph Fabry, et. al., Logotherapy in Action, Institute Logotherapy Press, June 1979
Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian psychotherapist, Nazi death camp survivor, founder of logotherapy, meaning researcher, Man's Search For Meaning, Pocket, updated revised edition, 1. December 1997
Dr. John B. Izzo, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1. January 2008

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Wikipedia-Einträge Sinn des Lebens, Viktor Frankl Logopäde

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P. Guido Kreppold OFMCap., Diplompsychologe, Theologe, Franziskanisches Zentrum Augsburg, Wege aus der Sinnkrise, S. 7, 2003

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Video interview with Father Rick Warren (*1954) US American evangelical Christian minister, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA, philanthropist, bestseller author, A Purpose Driven Life, presented by Big Think, 5:21 minutes duration, posted 4. February 2008
Video presentation by Father Rick Warren (*1954) US American evangelical Christian minister, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA, philanthropist, bestseller author, Living a life of purpose, presented by TED Talks, 2006, YouTube film, 21:48 minutes duration, posted 15. April 2008
Success of his book The Purpose-Driven Life triggered his own crisis of purpose
Stewardship of influence and the stewardship of affluence.
Video interview with Jonathan Haidt, US American associate professor, Social Psychology area, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Searching for Meaning, presented by Big Think, 5:40 minutes duration, posted 11. June 2008