מגזין בלוגותרפיה מגזין לוגותרפיה ומשמעות בחיים, פילוסופיה וישום, מאמרים כתבות מחקרים ומידע מאמרים נוספים בתחום
השאלה החשובה של החיים.
האם אי פעם עצרת לשאול לא מה אתה מצפה מהחיים, אלא מה החיים מצפים ממך? שינוי זווית ההסתכלות הזו, כפי שלימד ויקטור פרנקל, אינו רק שינוי פילוסופי – הוא יכול להציל חיים. במאמר זה נחקור כיצד השאלה הזו משנה את הדרך שבה אנו חווים את עצמנו, את המציאות ואת השפעתנו בעולם. דרך תובנות עמוקות וכלים מעשיים, נגלה כיצד ההקשבה לשאלות שהחיים מציבים בפנינו יכולה להוביל אותנו למשמעות, לחיבור ולתחושת שליחות.
הנה המאמר באנגלית:
The most important question in logotherapy is: What is life asking from you? Like every good question, it holds a premise behind it. Why should life ask anything of you? Is life an entity, a being to encounter and converse with?
Viktor Frankl told his comrades in the concentration camp, do not ask what you expect from life. Ask, rather, what life expects from you.This question was enough to stop them from running into the electric fence to end their miserable life. Life does not represent a being to contend with if we conceive of life as the expectant one any more than if we are the ones have have expectations. Yet, reversing this question makes all the difference in the world.
When I expect something from life, I ask: How can I survive? Why is this happening to me? What did I do to deserve this? How can I make people like me?
When I want to know what life expects from me, I ask: To whom does my existence matter? What can I learn from this experience? How can I make every moment count?
This distinction reveals two entirely different ways of being in the world. The first is a sense of alienation, the mentality of scarcity, competitiveness and victimhood, and of trying to call attention to ourselves and grab what we can. The second is a way of engagement. I am part of something greater, and as my self-definition expands, my being is imbued with a dynamic, evolving, relationship with. Does the world revolve around me or around meaning? I am here for a reason. Therefore, life awaits my precious presence.
As soon as I realize that I am not here just to eat, sleep, and procreate but I am an important part of a great project, it is as if a secret key has unlocked new doors of perception that reveal new sets of questions.
Perception of reality:How is the perspective I have now, blocking my way forward? Is there an alternative way of looking at this? What might be the advantage of seeing it that way? Is there an insight I can get from this that I can use generally in my life?
Self-perception: What are my feelings telling me about myself? How do I manage my anxiety in other areas of my life? What is motivating me: my will to pleasure, will to power, or will to meaning? What matters to me most? Where does this touch me deep inside? What do I hope to achieve?
Perception of influence: How will my words land on their ears? What will be the consequence of my actions for everyone that I will impact, including myself? How am I needed? How can I make a difference?
Meaning is an invitation, and meaning is a response. Life invites us to accept the invitation by hearing life’s questions and answering them. In a self-absorbed state, we are unable to hear these questions. Life asks us to accept that whatever happens can be used for good. The good that is in us manifests through all of our circumstances and experiences. And then we can say, ‘It is good that I was here.’
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