SpiritualWiki - Bedeutung

༺༻	Euphemistischer Begriff	Wirkliche Bedeutung
1.	Alternativlos	Diktat
2.	Anarchie	Staatenloses System
3.	Ausweichverhalten	Eigenständiges, selbstbestimmtes Leben
4.	Demokratie	Kleptokratieherrschaft von Plünderern
5.	Eigenverantwortung	Sozialabbau
6.	Entsorgungspark	Ehemalige Müllkippe mit Rasen bedeckt
7.	Experten	Namenlose "Durchblicker"
8.	Flexibilisierung des Arbeitsmarkts	Abbau von Bürgerrechten
9.	Freiheit	Wirtschaftsfreiheit
10.	Geld	Papierzettel, deren Wert andere bestimmen Die Schuld einer Bank gegenüber einer Nicht-Bank/anderen Bank
11.	Gutmensch	Humanist
12.	Islamist	Rechtloser Mensch
13.	Krawall	Bürgerprotest
14.	Leistungsträger	Ausbeuter und Profiteure
15.	Militäreinsatz	Krieg
16.	Minuswachstum	Rezession
17.	Modernisierung des Sozialstaats	Sozialabbau
18.	Politiker	Politdarsteller
19.	Systemrelevante Banken	Zocker, die das Geld der "Anleger" veruntreuen
20.	Umbau	Abbau
21.	Wettbewerbsfähigkeit	Lohndumping
22.	Wutbürger	Mutbürger

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Zitate zum Thema Bedeutung / Meaning and purpose

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Zitate allgemein

Feuerhimmel, 22. Dezember 2014
Abenddämmerungs-Reflexion des Lichts der
untergegangenen Sonne an Wolken, gebildet durch
Abkühlung feuchter Luftschichten

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 künstle-
rischen Schöpfung gelegen ist, kommt nicht irgendwo zum Abschluss, sondern ist in Wahrheit ein unendlicher Prozess. Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002) deutscher Philosoph, Autor, Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Herme-
neutik, 1960, S. 279ff, De Gruyter, 2. Auflage 19. Oktober 2011

Hermeneutik ist die Kunst des hermeneuein, d.h. des Ver-
kündens, Dolmetschens, Erklärens und Auslegens, 'Hermes'
hieß der Götterbote, der die Botschaften der Götter den
Sterblichen ausrichtet. Sein Verkünden ist offenkundig kein
bloßes Mitteilen, sondern Erklären von göttlichen Befehlen,
und zwar so, dass er diese in sterblicher Sprache und Ver-
ständlichkeit übersetzt. Die Leistung der Hermeneutik besteht grundsätzlich immer darin, einen Sinnzusammenhang aus einer anderen "Welt" in die eigene zu übertragen. Das gilt auch von der Grundbedeutung von hermeneia, die "Aussage von Gedanken" ist, wobei der Begriff der Aus-
sage selber vieldeutig ist, Äußerung, Erklärung, Auslegung und Übersetzung umfassend.
Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002) deutscher Philosoph, zitiert aus: Artikel Hermeneutik, erschienen in dem mehrbändigen deutschsprachigen begriffsgeschichtlichen Wörterbuch Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie (1061-1062), Hauptheraus-
geber Joachim Ritter, Karlfried Gründer und Gottfried Gabriel, Schwabe Verlag, Basel, 1974

Referenz: de.Wikiquote-Eintrag ► Bedeutung

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General quotes

Personal avowals

Recommendations

If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything.
To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood,
the mind's essential peace is disturbed to no avail.

Attributed to Third Chinese Chán (Zen) Patriarch Jianzhi Sengcan (†606), poem Xinxin Ming

The purpose of life is to discover your gift.
The work of life is to develop it.
The meaning of life is to give your gift away.
David S. Viscott (1938-1996) US American professor of psychiatry, pioneering radio talk show host, businessman, author,
Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times. A Book of Meditations, 1993

Conclusion

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-Jewish political theorist, philosopher specializing in analyzing the rise of totalitarianism, au-
thor, Men in Dark Times, S. 147, 1968, Mariner Books, 1st edition 25. March 1970, Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1983

Insights

The search for meaning is the search for expression of one's real self.
James F. Masterson (1926-2010) prominent US American psychiatrist, author, Search For The Real Self. Unmasking The Per-
sonality Disorders Of Our Age, Free Press, 1988, reprint paperback edition 1. March 1990

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Importance of meaning

Man cannot stand a meaningless life.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, founder of a new school of depth psychology, author, R.F.C. Hull, editor, C.G. Jung Speaking. Interviews and Encoun-
ters, S. 438-439, Princeton University Press, December 1977, reprint edition 1. February 1987

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, founder of a new school of depth psychology, Modern Man in Search of a Soul, Harcourt Harvest, 4. August 1955, 1971

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, foun-
der of logotherapy, author, cited in: Quotes.net

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, foun-
der of logotherapy, author, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning. An Introduction to Logotherapy, first title From Death-Camp to Existentialism, 1956, Beacon Press, United States, 1959, Washington Square Press, New York, 1963, Simon & Schuster, New
York, 1975, updated revised edition 1. December 1997, S. 99, 1st paperback edition July 2000

Lilium kesselringianum

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, neuro-
logist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logo-
therapy, author, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning. An Introduction to Logotherapy first title ''From Death-Camp to Existentialism, 1956, Beacon Press, United States, 1959, Washington Square Press, New York, 1963, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975, updated revised edi-
tion 1. December 1997, 1st paperback edition July 2000

Ever more people today than ever before have the means to live but no meaning to live for.
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neuro-
logist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logo-
therapy, author, The Unheard Cry for Meaning. Psychotherapy and Humanism, Touchstone, 1st edition 27. March 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, foun-
der of logotherapy, author, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning. An Introduction to Logotherapy [Ein Psychologe erlebt das Kon-
zentrationslager, Verlag für Jugend und Volk, Vienna, Austria, 1946], first title ''From Death-Camp to Existentialism, 1956, Beacon
Press, United States, 1959, Washington Square Press, New York, 1963, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975, updated revised edi-
tion 1. December 1997, 1st paperback edition July 2000

Genuine religiousness must unfold in its own time. Never can anyone be forced to it.
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, foun-
der of logotherapy, author, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning. An Introduction to Logotherapy [Ein Psychologe erlebt das Kon-
zentrationslager, Verlag für Jugend und Volk, Vienna, Austria, 1946], first title From Death-Camp to Existentialism'', 1956, Beacon Press, United States, 1959, Washington Square Press, New York, 1963, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975, updated revised edition 1. December 1997, 1st paperback edition July 2000

(H)uman existence – at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted – is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself – be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter lovingly.
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, foun-
der of logotherapy, author, The Unconscious God. Psychotherapy and Theology [Der unbewusste Gott], Simon & Schuster, 1943, republished as Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning. An Introduction to Logotherapy, S. 78, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975, updated revised edition 1. December 1997

1. Life has meaning under all circumstances.
2. Everyone has a will toward meaning.
3. 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, foun-
der of logotherapy, Logotherapy in Action, S. 33, edited by Joseph Fabry, et al., Institute of Logotherapy Press, June 1979

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity by contributing to the establishment of the kingdom of God, which can only be done by the recognition and profession of the truth by every man. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian playwright, essayist, novelist, writer, non-fiction philosophical treatise The Kingdom of God Is Within You, chapter 12, published in German, 1894

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Original meaning of MYTH:

First meaning: "Emergent truth" ❄ Second meaning: "Falsehood"

Words have a range of meanings. […] The word 'myth' nowadays means false. […] One of the true meanings of the word 'myth' is emergent truth. The word that means truth has now come to mean false. Words can change that much. But words have a way of making comeback. […] At the end of an era fact and myth ap-
proach each other. Video presentation by Michael Meade Mosaicvoices.org US American storyteller, mythologist, ritualist, spokesman in the men's movement, author, Facebook entry, posted 5. April 2010, Mythic Nature of the Soul, YouTube film, minute 3:34, 6:42 minutes duration, posted 3. August 2011

The known misery doesn’t cause as much tension, because it is known.
Unknown joy goes to the horizons and it causes turbulence. Minute 15:08
You have to have joy with meaning, otherwise it becomes toxic. Minute 18:36
Stress is not bad for you, if there is meaning in what you are doing. What makes you sick is being given responsibility without authority and a job without meaning. Minute 39:40
Video interview with Mario Martinez, PsyD, Uruguaian clinical neuropsychologist, contemplative psychologist, psychoneuroimmu-
nologist, author, How Longevity Is Culturally Learned, presented by Conscious Evolution Media (CEM), YouTube film, 1:03:25 duration, posted 16. August 2016

To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books. It has always seemed to me that symbolism should be restored to the structure of world education. The young are no longer invited to seek the hidden truths, dynamic and eternal, locked within the shapes and behavior of living beings. Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990) Canadian-born mystic, occultist, 33rd degree Freemason, author, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic & Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, originally published 1928, version of the free Internet archive Sacred Texts, Philosophical Research Society, revised edition June
1978, Dover Publication, new edition 28. January 2011

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The meaning of life is a paradox.

The meaning of life is a conundrum we all have to figure out for ourselves. Someone else's meaning may make sense
of their journey, but it is not necessarily right for you. Albert Camus suggested that life is meaningful precisely because it is absurd. I believe he meant that if someone figures out a meaning, and, how-
ever sincerely, tries to impose it on you, then it is likely wrong for you. In other words, there is no common packaged
meaning, as many would profess. Your life becomes meaningful when you keep this question before you, as both
guide, and a prompting to move out of yesterday's answer. Today's meaning will need be replaced by tomorrow's when
you have better questions, more comparative experience, and an enhanced capacity for ambiguity and mystery. And
all provisional meanings must meet the test of honest skepticism, and be confirmed by your inner, autonomous kno-
wing, not the consensual voice of a clamorous group around you. Something inside of us knows what is right for us, and we have to humbly learn to track its voice and align its wisdom with our outer choices.
Interview with James Hollis, Ph.D. (*1940) US American licensed Jungian psychoanalyst, professor of Jungian Studies, Saybrook University, author, James Hollis: The meaning of life is a conundrum..., presented by the publication Excellence Reporter,
Nicolae Tanase, 17. April 2015

Fractal art by Sebastian Baumer, 30. March 2008

Question: How do we know when we are truly happy in a so-
ciety that has conditioned us to be entertained, to be occu-
pied, to be self-content.
Answer by JN: It's a queer, interesting question. […]
Man, humanity, human being is not exactly born for what we ordinarily call happiness. I would say the fundamental moti-
vation for a human being, really, is meaning. Meaning, to have a meaningful life. That doesn’t neccessarily require lots of pleasures and happiness. It can be very difficult, it can be very hard, it can be full of sorrow, but it may be so meaning-
ful that it brings happiness in a very different sense. You wouldn't trade a life full of great meaning for a life of just pleasure. Insofar as happiness is a kind of pleasure one can never be satisfied with that, it's like a drug. Pleasure is not meaning. Pleasure can be meaningful, but pain can be also meaningful. When you're in that kind of a situation and you're living a life of meaning then I think you know what happiness really is. I hope that's not to paradoxical sounding.
Introspective discussion on spirituality and wisdom with Jacob Needleman, Ph.D. jacobneedleman.com (1934-2022) US Ameri-
can professor of philosophy and religion, UCSF, author, Necessary Wisdom, presented by the Commonwealth Club, Personal Growth Forum, California, host Stephanie Kriebel, board certified health coach, educator, chair, minute 21:13, 57:00 minutes duration, posted 18. November 2014

The good life is not about looking good, feeling good, or having the goods. It's about being good and doing good. Significance in life doesn't come from status, sex, salary. It comes from serving. It is In giving our lives away we find meaning, we find significance.
Video presentation by Father Rick Warren (*1954) US American evangelical Christian minister, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, California, philanthropist, bestselling author, Living a life of purpose, presented by TED Talks, 2006, YouTube film, minute 11:22, 21:48 minutes duration, posted 15. April 2008

Increasing entropy isn't incompatible with increasing complexity, but it can seem that way because of how we some-
times translate the technical terms into informal speech. We say that entropy is "disorderliness" or "randomness," and that it always increases in isolated systems (such as the universe). If the general tendency of stuff is to grow more random and disorganized, it might seem strange that highly organized subsystems come into being without any gui-
ding force [Eros] working behind the scenes. Sean Carroll, US American theoretical physicist, California Institute of Techno-
logy, cosmologist, author, The Big Picture. On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself, S. 227, Dutton, 10. May 2016

There's a huge amount of evidence that above a certain relatively modest level, more money doesn't create all that much more satisfaction and happiness in one's life, and that what ultimately confers satisfaction and happiness
are non-monetary things:
➤ satisfying work,
➤ close relationships,
➤ living a life of meaning.

I think that as more people are liberated from the struggle for survival, you're going to have more people who have the luxury of seeking meaning, seeking a sense of purpose, a sense of transcendence.
Look at the work of the Nobel-prize economist Robert William Fogel, talking about "the fourth great awakening." He talks about how the quest for self-realization has expanded from a tight fraction of the planet to much more of it, espe-
cially in the developed world. Others call it "meaning-want" – parts of the planet have gone from "material-want" to "meaning-want."
Ronald Inglehart of the University of Michigan calls it a move from materialist values to post-materialist values. I think there's a certain luxury that comes from being materially well off that liberates people to seek something more.
Interview with Daniel Pink danpink.com (*1964) US American motivational speaker, chief speech writer of US vice president Al Gore (1995-1997), visionary author, The Changing Workplace, presented by the US American eJournal, February 2006, reprinted by IIP Digital usembassy 3. June 2008

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. Erich Fromm (1900-1980) German US American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, author, Man for Himself. An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics, chapter 3, Routledge, 1947, Holt Paperbacks, 15. November 1990

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Pursuit of happiness ⇔ ensuing happiness

The Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert talk about the two "hungers". There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger.
⚑ The Little Hunger wants food for the belly;
⚑ but the Great Hunger, the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning [...].

There is ultimately only one thing that makes human beings deeply and profoundly bitter, and that is to have thrust
upon them a life without meaning.
There is nothing wrong in searching for happiness. But of far more comfort to the soul is something greater than happi-
ness or unhappiness, and that is meaning. Because meaning transfigures all. Once what you are doing has for you meaning, it is irrelevant whether you're happy or unhappy. You are content – you are not alone in your Spirit – you be-
long. Laurens van der Post (1906-1996) South African farmer, war hero, political advisor to British heads of government, friend
of Prince Charles, godfather of Prince William, cultural anthropologist, conservationist, humanitarian, philosopher, educator, filmmaker, journalist, 20th-century Afrikaner author, VHS documentary film Hasten Slowly. The Journey of Sir Laurens van der Post, produced and directed by Mickey Lemle, Lemle Pictures, New York City, New York, Vimeo film trailer, 62 minutes duration, 1. January 1996, posted 14. July 2014

The quest for meaning is a key part of what makes us human.
Happiness was linked to being a taker rather than a giver,
whereas meaningfulness went with being a giver rather than a taker.
Jennifer Aaker, Ph.D. (*1967) US American professor of marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business, social psychologist, author, cited in: Article Stanford research: The meaningful life is a road worth traveling., presented by the US American email news service Stanford Report, Clifton B. Parker, 1. January 2014

Research has shown that having purpose and meaning in life increases overall well-being and life satisfaction, improves mental and physical health, enhances resiliency, enhances self-esteem, and decreases the chances of depression. On top of that, the single-minded pursuit of happiness is ironically leaving people less happy, accor-
ding to recent research. "It is the very pursuit of happiness," Frankl knew, "that thwarts happiness."
"Happy people get a lot of joy from receiving benefits from others while people leading meaningful lives get a lot of joy from giving to others," explained Kathleen Vohs, one of the authors of the study, in a recent presentation at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. In other words, meaning transcends the self while happiness is all about giving the self what it wants. People who have high meaning in their lives are more likely to help others in need. "If anything, pure happiness is linked to not helping others in need," the researchers, which include Stanford University's Jennifer Aaker and Emily Garbinsky, write.¹
Article A Psychiatrist Who Survived The Holocaust Explains Why Meaningfulness Matters More Than Happiness, presented by the US American business news website Business Insider, Emily Esfahani Smith, Swiss-Canadian instructor in positive psychology, University of Pennsylvania, editor, journalist, writer, reissued by the US American magazine The Atlantic, 22. October 2014

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Meaning crisis

Many people are talking about the meaning crisis, but what I want to argue is that these problems are deeper than just social media problems, political problems, even economic problems. They are deeply historical, cultural, cognitive problems. Dr. John Vervaeke, Canadian psychologist, University of Toronto, consciousness researcher, author, presenting the introductory video Awakening from the Meaning Crisis, YouTube film, minute 2:50 minutes duration, posted 20. January 2019

Having more meaning in one's life was associated with activities like buying presents for others, taking care of kids, and arguing. People whose lives have high levels of meaning often actively seek meaning out even when they know it will come at the expense of happiness. Because they have invested themselves in something bigger than themselves, they also worry more and have higher levels of stress and anxiety in their lives than happy people. […] Meaning, on the other hand, is enduring. It connects the past to the present to the future.
Article A Psychiatrist Who Survived The Holocaust Explains Why Meaningfulness Matters More Than Happiness, presented by the US American business news website Business Insider, Emily Esfahani Smith, Swiss-Canadian instructor in positive psychology, University of Pennsylvania, editor, journalist, writer, reissued by the US American magazine The Atlantic, 22. October 2014

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Four pillars of meaning:

Belonging ☯ Purpose ☯
ling ☯ Transcendence

⚑ Belonging: We all need to find our tribe and forge relationships in which we feel understood, recognized, and valued to know we matter to others.
⚑ Purpose: We all need a far-reaching goal that motivates us, serves as the organizing principle of our lives, and drives us to make a contribution to the world.
⚑ Storytelling: We are all storytellers, taking our disparate experiences and assembling them into a coherent narrative that allows us to make sense of ourselves and the world.
⚑ Transcendence: During a transcendent or mystical experience, we feel we have risen above the everyday world
and are connected to something vast and meaningful.

Emily Esfahani Smith, Swiss-Canadian instructor in positive psychology, University of Pennsylvania, editor, journalist, writer, The Power of Meaning. Crafting a Life That Matters, Crown, 10. January 2017

Each year, forty thousand Americans take their lives, and worldwide, that number is closer to a million. S. 22
Belonging: It is particularly distressing to be unhappy in a country where so many others are happy. S. 23
We all need to feel that we belong […] S. 49
Purpose: A purpose-driven person is ultimately concerned […] with making the world a better place. S. 90
Storytelling: Our storytelling impulse emerges from a deep-seated need all humans share: the need to make sense
of the world. S. 104
Transcendence: First, our sense of self washes away along with all, its petty concerns and desires. We then feel deeply connected to other people and everything else that exists in the world. S. 133
The idea that we can grow to lead deeper and more meaningful lives through adversity. S. 162
All across the country [...] people are using the pillars as a means to transform the institution in which we live and work, creating communities that value and build connections, celebrate purpose, provide opportunities for storytelling and leave space for mystery. Chapter "Cultures of Meaning", S. 192
Contemplating death can actually help us, if we have the proper mindset, to lead more meaningful lives and to be at peace when our final moment on earth arrives. S. 217
Emily Esfahani Smith, Swiss-Canadian instructor in positive psychology, University of Pennsylvania, editor, journalist, writer, The Power of Meaning. Crafting a Life That Matters, Crown, 10. January 2017

The meaning of life is to give life meaning. Ken Hudgins, US American author, cited in: Dr. Purushothaman, Words of
Wisdom (Volume 42): 1001 Quotes & Quotations, S. 142, Centre For Human Perfection, 1st edition March 2014

Reference: en.Wikiquote entry ► Meaning

Literary quotes

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) German classical scholar, critic of culture, philologist, philosopher of nihilism, writer, Maudemarie Clark, editor, Brian Leite, editor, Daybreak. Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality, Cambridge University Press, pocket book, 13. November 1997

Humor

Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it. George Carlin (1937-2008) controversial US American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor, author, cited in: Goodreads Quoatable Quotes

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Quotes by David Hawkins

⚠ Caveat See Power vs. Truth, January 2013

On examination, we'll see that power arises from meaning. It has to do with motive, and it has to do with principle. Power is always associated with that which supports the significance of life itself.
- It [power] appeals to that part of human nature that we call NOBLE – in contrast to force, which appeals to that we
call CRASS.
- Power appeals to what uplifts, dignifies, and ennobles. Force must always be justified, whereas power requires no
justification.
- Force is associated with the partial, power with the whole.

Dr. David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, chapter 8 "The Source of Power", S. 132,
Hay House, February 2002

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Meaning, value, and validity rely on perception.

Truth isn't functional unless it's meaningful, and meaning, like value, relies on a unique perceptual field. Facts and data may be convincing at one level and irrelevant at another. Functional validity of information received also varies with the intellectual level and capacity for abstraction of the recipient. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determi-
nants of Human Behavior, chapter 23 "The Search for Truth", S. 283, Hay House, February 2002

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Context determines motive and value.

Meaning is defined by context, which determines motive. It is the motive that establishes spiritual value. To dedicate one's actions as a service of love to life is to sanctify then and transform them from self-seeking motives to unselfish gifts. We define excellence as dedication to the highest standards. Every act can then be held as an opportunity to glorify God
by sheer purity of endeavor. All physical tasks and labor can be ingredients in one's contribution to the world. Even
the smallest task can be seen as serving the common good, and if viewed in that light, work becomes ennobled.
Dr. David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I From Which Nothing is Hidden, chapter 5, S. 106, 2001

3. Presume no actual reliable knowledge of anything at all. Ask God to reveal its meaning. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Transcending the Levels of Consciousness. The Stairway to Enlightenment, chapter 19 "Limitations and Distractions", S. 333, 2006

What anything ‘means’ is identical with what it is, for what it is, is its meaning. With this realization, the essence
of the world shines forth with the Radiance of Divinity as revelation, and all is seen to be equally lovable, perfect, magnificent, and beautiful. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man, S. 308-309, 2003

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Various reactions to events

It is not the events of life but how we hold them in mind that creates our reaction. Events in and of themselves have no power to affect how we feel, one way or another. What does affect us is our position and judgment about them, and how we decide to be with them. Our attitude, our point of view, the context, and the overall meaning give the event the emotional power over us give the event the emotional power over us. We can see that we are the creator of the meaning and impact it has on us. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Healing and Recovery, chapter 4 "Health", S. 129, 2009

Context is what creates meaning, significance. All of human life is lived from the nonlinear domain. Although we handle an object in the linear it's the nonlinear that gives us significance. It gives it meaning. Human life then is lived subjectively as the experiential presence of consciousness itself as it registers the linear domain.
Deleted video presentation by D. Hawkins On Spirituality, excerpted from Seminar Title unknown, date unknown, minute 4:02+,
7:42 minutes duration, posted 1. September 2011

Understanding is the comprehension of meaning.
Dr. David R. Hawkins, Prescott Seminar Freedom. Morality and Ethics, 3 DVD set, 8. November 2008

What it is what it means, what it means is what it is. Meaning is an intellectual mentation.
Dr. David R. Hawkins, Cottonwood Seminar Handling Spiritual Challenges, 3 DVD set, 24. April 2010

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Links zum Bedeutung / Meaning and purpose

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Literatur

Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) österreichischer Psychiater, Psychotherapeut, Neurologe, KZ-Überlebender, Sinnforscher, Begründer der Logotherapie, Autor, Der Mensch auf der Suche nach Sinn. Zur Rehumanisierung der Psychotherapie, Klett, Stuttgart, 1972, Herder, Taschenbuchauflage 1. Januar 1976

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Literature (engl.)

Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neurologist, Nazi death camp survivor, meaning researcher, founder of logotherapy, author, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning. An Introduction to Logotherapy [Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager, Verlag für Jugend und Volk, Vienna, Austria, 1946], first title From Death-Camp to Existentialism, 1956, Beacon Press, United States, 1959, Washington Square Press, New York, 1963, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975, updated revised edition 1. December 1997, 1st paperback edition July 2000
A.C. Grayling (*1949) British philosopher, author, The Meaning of Things. Applying Philosophy to Life, Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
9. August 2001
Sean Carroll, US American theoretical physicist, California Institute of Technology, cosmologist, author, The Big Picture. On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself, Dutton, 10. May 2016
Emily Esfahani Smith, Swiss-Canadian instructor in positive psychology, University of Pennsylvania, editor, journalist, writer, The Power of Meaning. Crafting a Life That Matters, Crown, 10. January 2017
Jeremy Lent, British pattern researcher, integrator, activist, author, The Patterning Instinct. A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning, Prometheus, 23. May 2017

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Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge Bedeutung, Hermeneutik

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External web links (engl.)

Wikipedia entries Hermeneutics, Meaning

Article How meaning fell apart, Meaningness, David Chapman, 2008-2020
Article Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness, presented by the US American magazine The Atlantic, Emily Esfahani Smith, Swiss-Canadian instructor in positive psychology, University of Pennsylvania, editor, journalist, writer, 1. August 2013
Essay by Dr. John Vervaeke, Canadian psychologist, University of Toronto, consciousness researcher, author, Leonardo Ferraro, Relevance, Meaning and the Cognitive Science of Wisdom, presented by the European commercial social networking site ResearchGate, November 2013
Article Stanford research: The meaningful life is a road worth traveling, presented by the US American email news service Stanford Report, Clifton B. Parker, 1. January 2014
Article Ikigai: Is this Japanese concept the secret to a long, happy, meaningful life?, presented by the publication of the Swiss nonprofit foundation World Economic Forum, Laura Oliver, 9. August 2017

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Video presentation by Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Valid Teachers and Teachings, 3 DVD set, 5. November 2005
Video presentation by Father Rick Warren, US American pastor, Saddleback Church, philanthropist, bestselling author, Living
a life of purpose, presented by TED Talks, 2006, YouTube film, 21:48 minutes duration, posted 15. April 2008

The success of his book The Purpose-Driven Life triggered Warren's own crisis of purpose, grappling with stewardship of influence and the stewardship of affluence.

Video presentation by Tom Wujec, US American information designer Three ways the brain creates meaning, presented by TED Talks, 6:26 minutes duration, filmed February 2009, posted July 2009
Video presentation by Emily Esfahani Smith, Swiss-Canadian instructor in positive psychology, University of Pennsylvania, edi-
tor, journalist, writer, "The Power of Meaning", sponsored by the Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., YouTube film, 33:20 minutes duration, posted 18. January 2017

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Video interview with Father Rick Warren, US American pastor, Saddleback Church, bestselling author What is life?, presented
by the US American web portal Big Think, 4:41 minutes duration, posted 4. February 2008

Three levels of life: Survival ◊ success ◊ significance

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