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Meaning & purpose in America

It is a problem in America today, a disease with terrible results. This generation is a time of war and a subsequent recession, and many lack the will to overcome. Depression, suicide, murder, broken homes, all these are now becoming more common, so what is the Answer or the cure for our current dilemma? There is no debate that we have a problem in America today, but as we get into a predicament, the worse than what is held in the Great Depression? (This may be controversial). American Suicide is on the rise (American Journal of Preventive Medicine), and so is murder ( Human Development Report, premature death by murder is more than five times higher in the U.S. than the international average), is depression increase (SAMHSA, Department of Health and Human Services), together with the still growing number of broken families where a father or mother is missing. (21 million plus children of a parent Today in America, the majority referred to the U.S. Census Bureau). During the Great Depression, the majority of people do not give up easily and start killing each other and themselves in the dominant form they do today. People use to fight harder to keep their heads above water because they had the will, they had any purpose. And during this time of great depression, it was unlikely that a child would be growing up back in a house with a single parent, because their parents had the will this generation is missing. Family use to stay still to wade through all the time. This set of statistics, depression, suicide, Murder, and single parent homes in America are not the problem, but the subsequent results from the problem, the impact of the disease. The problem is that the understand most of the "American Dream" is not a goal worth living.

A vision or a will in life should never be about wealth, pleasure or his power, but this is how most Americans' view of life. It is no revelation, the world that most Americans always want the nicer car, bigger TV, attractive partner, and a lavish home. You are never satisfied, always want more, and never really appreciate what they have to do. The rich are getting richer to do in this Country and the poor poorer still, but they both have the same misunderstanding that was the American Dream to be original. The misunderstanding of the true purpose of life or a vision is to live, why our nation is in the predicament that we are in today. During the Great Depression, many families are understood to be that for what they were thankful necessary as long as they had each other and could keep each other alive and hopeful, then life was worth living. Parents during the Great Depression saw their children as the future, and many of these parents had through life with the hope that fought their children a better future. Even through the toughest times of many Parents found a way to save for the future of their children, and her family struggled to hold together, they understand the "will to meaning." In the least it is worthwhile to live a dream … she had lived.

Yet when the three most important testaments to life and how they are defined by three large heads, and keep an eye on how these ideas would apply to a family struggling during the Great Depression as compared to a family struggling in America today. Begin we with Sigmund Freud, who believed in the "will to pleasure." Sigmund Freud believed that the "will to pleasure" the basic motivation or guidance for the life of a person for that purpose, an individual is provided. "Will a pleasure," is that every man by nature, their life through their own selfish desires and longings motivated in life. "will to pleasure" has nothing to do with self-sacrifice to do as a parent to sacrifice a higher position in his Work so that they remain more time with their children, or one spouse is a choice, their selfish desires to be true by the choice of victims have their partners. "The will to pleasure" But would the man who chooses to leave his family are, so that he to have more freedom in life, more money, and without the burdens and responsibilities of a child or woman would bring. "The will to pleasure" would also apply to the spouse of infidelity, because they choose their own lust for someone else. The consequences of the unfaithful spouse can lead to divorce and other broken home, but that's just the natural effect of living in the "will of pleasure." Is it logical target in this philosophy? The sad truth is still a lot of people (who think they made for, and prudent) to believe Freud's assertion that any person "primary motivational Energy in life (in terms of "will to pleasure"), is the sexual desire. How can one argue logically that sexual desire is the motivating factor, why one parent decides to be the life of their son or daughter? If someone could argue, then one should conclude that that person must be reported to child be Protective Services. One should not say that sex is what keeps a marriage together, either or that gender is the primary reason someone chooses to be faithful keep their partners. Who can was married more than once to say that sex is not great, what keeps a marriage together has. The defenders of Freud today use what some might Call circular reasoning, or what LL Brunk as "Trick of Logic" means. Freud's theories have a built-in protection mechanism, so in the light of Freud's constant readiness 'Say about sex all his defenders "To disagree is with Freud as an indication of the resistance he predicts very considered, confirmed the evidence lame for Freud's case, "this is a trick of logic, and it is.

Sigmund Freud the credit mainly because the first famous psychologists of the box to think beyond, but he is certainly not the most accurate. (The fear is that many people believe it is the exact and breakthrough, and this is still in many universities in the United States taught.) Freud's method never paved a way for the people, their actions effectively deal with, but gave the man a defense, as they behaved, giving them a lack of responsibility for their actions. This method would be useful to someone who believes, "" the will to pleasure ", but should not make sense to a logical mind today. Trial and error has proven in the past that is the "will to pleasure 'philosophy ultimately destroy humanity, it is time to develop this past misinformation. It is perhaps worth noting that Sigmund Freud's "motivational guide resulted in life his death in September 1939, when his physician Max Schur in Freud's "suicide by the administration of three doses of morphine which supports his death. Freud was struggling with cancer the time he decided to take his life, and before his death he said to his doctor, "My dear Schur, you certainly remember our first conversation. You promised me then, forsake me not when my time comes. Now it is nothing but torture and makes no sense. "If the pleasure is no longer available all die, do what one will, if they live in the "will to pleasure."

(Psychology departments in American universities today are scientifically oriented and Freud's theory marginalized, and considered instead as a "dry and dead" historical artifact, according to a recent study by APA.)

Now Friedrich Nietzsche the "will to power" believed (he was certified insane by his early fifties and died soon after.) He is famous for two quotes: "What does not kill us makes us stronger, "and" God is dead. "Nietzsche speaks of the origin of moral values in his work" Beyond Good and Evil (1886) and "The Genealogy of Morals (1887). In these works, he says, that "the doctrine of eternal elimination of the weak by the strong and the incompetent from the competent was correct. "Let's think for a moment. Human rights have come to mind, or the poor minorities spoil our streets during the Great Depression? They were seen as weak and cumbersome by many of the rich, they should just get rid of? This philosopher believed that only the super-human beings or "Superman," "a superior person who controls his passions and using them in creative ways," deserves to live. "The Superman Will to power, would he / she set apart from the herd of inferior materials. "He believed that people" have the "will to power" in politics, culture and everywhere, there is no God and there is no real purpose, but those "will to power".

This idea of the Humanities "Will to power" influenced great dictators like Hitler and Mussolini, both of which were motivated by Nietzsche's writings. Living by the "will to power" has in the past proved to be destructive to the human race would say, "This should not be controversial, but of course Nietzsche:" There are no facts, there is only interpretations. "

(For Nietzsche there is no objective order or structure in the world except what we give it.)

Now want We analyze the "will to meaning", the renowned psychiatrist Victor Frankl speaks. The "will to meaning" or the need for a particular purpose in life is what we suggest to the motivation in each person's life that could possibly solve our problem. If people do not have a sound vision or purpose in life, then life will lose all meaning. Housing pleasure makes the average person no good, leading to realize many, once they reach a certain age. Interestingly enough according to the statistics in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Suicide is now among the highest in middle age or older, and those who are wealthy. One wonders what these people were missing in life, for clearly they felt that they had nothing more meaning in life if she chose for her life ended. And live for power is probably more destructive than the life of pleasure alone, because if you power your lives are not only harmful to themselves but everyone else. This kind of selfish philosophy has proven in the past, leading to a decline in the economy (because the gains are not evenly) distributed, and could even lead to genocide, like going in such cases, like Saddam, Mussolini, Hitler, etc. (not to the dead horse more plays.) If you choose to live- the "will to meaning" they can be balanced, in contrast to the selfish desire for pleasure and power. If you live for meaning in life, you see that you do not live alone, you both the negative and positive need in your life, because if there is no negative then how could you ever have a sense of significance if the come positive? There could be no fulfillment in life, if there are no battles in life, and it might be an understanding of love, if there are no victims. The "will to meaning "is very important because it gives you a reason why you suffer sometimes. Many families had the" will understand the meaning of "during the Great to survive depression, in order to stay afloat. They understood that the relationship was meaningful to life, relationships with their families makes sense.

The families were at that time not give up life just because they are not the most successful, or the richest, she was living for their families, their wives, husbands, sons and Daughters. They appreciate what they had hoped and even through their struggles, they would always just enough to love them too happy. If you understand this "will to meaning "and you will see the purpose in your life through the good and the bad times, and though life seems unfair sometimes, at least you know that there is purpose there is hope yet. Even if a person feels that no one in their life when they consider to really stop their situation, most of the time they will see that it always someone who can use a word of encouragement from them, or they are in. Many times those are the only trust in reality, most selfish feeling because they do not recognize that people around them have their own battles as well. And perhaps if more people help each other, rather than wallow in self-pity only harassed, then we would at least hope, that we are out of this dilemma increase in our nation today.

Those who can afford electricity, this Nation to help itself out of debt and even war, but they are not stupid. The elite can be the mentality that the average person in our nation today, as the Mentality of the middle class, who wins millions in the lottery, and in less than two years they are in debt, that is, how many of those in power, the average American today. Why should not waste their money for fools? They are wrong but because everyone has hit potential, the better decision. If not get the powerful, the "will to meaning "then they can ultimately do what many of their kind have done before, they are their own lives.

Victor Frankl was a neurologist and psychiatrist, the survived the Holocaust. His bestselling book was titled Man's Search for Meaning. This book chronicles his life as a prisoner in a concentration camp and describes his psychotherapeutic Method of finding meaning in all forms of existence, the Grimi forms. Frankl was a key figure in existential therapy. Existential therapy suggests that in our their own decisions that we take full responsibility for the results of our actions, and we have no one to blame but themselves if the results are less than what we wanted. His premise is that "Man's Search for Meaning" is the primary motivation of his life. He speaks of the "will to meaning "in contrast to Freud's" will to pleasure "and Nietzsche's" will to power. "

(Viktor Frankl often said that even within the narrow limits of the concentration camps he found to exist only two races of men: not decent and honest. These were in all classes, ethnic groups are found, and groups. He once recommended that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast, and there are plans for such a to build statue in 2010. Frankl was adopted, have coined the term "Sunday Neurosis" refers to a form of depression resulting from an awareness in some people the emptiness of their lives once the work week is over. ")

The answer and the cure for our nation today is frankly very simple, but only so that you do not feel you are about to order about or ordered to do something in this article presents you with a thorough and logical explanation. This is the equivalent of a parent telling their child to look both ways before they cross the road and then the child responds with: "Why I have to do exactly what you tell me to do? "As a simple answer is not enough glue for many in our country today is please with this product and the promise that you have a very good explanation for why you should get to live by the "will to meaning" philosophy.

The Army defines purpose as "What gives subordinates the reason to act to achieve a desired result. "We already have about how if you only pleasure and power as their desired outcome, then this will ultimately lead to the destruction gone. If humanity is, they have purpose must have a purpose, not the destructive, if we survive. Helen Keller believed that end, a central element of a good human life, she wrote that happiness comes from "fidelity to a worthy purpose", which means that faithful to a worthy cause, not to give up or to a worthy cause. Before anyone could make a giant leap into the living room for a good cause like Dr. King, they have lived until the beginning of their closest family, they must serve their children and their spouses, ready to make the necessary sacrifices for their families' well-being, before trying to the world as Gandhi or change, Martin Luther King Jr.. The truth is, if more parents would be in our country today simply for their children and spouses first, loving them live and sacrifice for them, then they would play a big part in saving our nation.

In ancient times people survived by an ice age, because in strains in which each individual has stayed to serve their part to another, they could not afford to live only for themselves. The biggest misconception is that times are so different today now that it is not necessary to consider the welfare of others to live. Granted, even in gave the old days are wars between the tribes, but survived the strongest tribes because it was a united people and their purpose simply to keep their members alive. Today, tribes are broken all around, even the smallest, the families are broken, many times, because men do not understand the true purpose of life, to survive.

Religion is not the answer or the cure for our nation today and religion is not always the whole family during the Great Depression. An individuals' faith does not hold, if the answer and the cure. The belief is what the tribes, the families and all those who have the "will to meaning," need to live and help others to live with true purpose. Religion has been the cause of many wars and power and pleasure has been a driving force throughout the history of religion, and apologized. Granted, that pleasure and power also have the driving forces in any other organization has been damaged, religious groups are most prominent in this respect. The point here is that if someone is true that faith can lead to a life of meaning, and if one understands the basic concept that unity and love in the major Ones is faith, then whatever of their religious orientation, the world for the better, and certainly to the healing process that our nation needs change to contribute. The main problem with religion in general, the contradictory fact that people of different religious groups (who claim faith in a loving God) are hostile to those of other religious reasons, the advantage is that usually more political than religious. However, there are extremists of various religions, which somehow find a means to justify their violence. There is no organization, the answer or cure for America today (although Buddhists, the right idea, before any other religion seem to have. Historically, Buddhism has to answer to be the most peaceful of the dominant religions.) The fall and the cure for our nation can not in religion be found, but can be found in each individual, once they understand the meaning of life, (regardless of who they call God.)

How can we in the "will to live sense," if we do not believe there is a meaning of life? Logically, we can not. In philosophical and rational only slightly can and can not get a bit of something to come out of nowhere. The argument against the faithful and unfaithful is the same with regard to the question "Where did the first bit from?" The question is whether you believe God created everything, and everything came from a Big Bang, which came from the expansion of thermal energy where the energy comes from, or where God has her? Take for a moment that just as the light turns (the Einstein theorized, and was shown later) which is also the time when turning, like a record. Exactly like planets, molecules, atoms, protons, neutrons and even universes, what if time turns too, or is circular in any way. What happens if at the end us back to the beginning? This would only be possible if the time is a circle, and since we obviously know that something can only come from something else, we must close this time is a circle, because in this format there is no need to be a beginning. (Interestingly, Nietzsche had a thought like this.) Have the greatest minds of our time, a machine that cost billions of dollars in so-called Large Hadron Collider (LHC to make), created the largest particle accelerator in the world. This machine adopts miles of underground space, and the machine is expected to prove the existence of the Higgs boson hard, the last unobserved particle among the standard model predicted. This machine has already modeled a big bang on a smaller scale. What is a conclusion of this invention rather scary concept to some, but predictable to others; mankind really can to play God. Let's not assume that the Large Hadron Collider Big Bang is a big enough to destroy the universe, but what if one day the human race means to do this? Based on recent discoveries, the idea is not that far fetched. One of the most accepted theories about the universe is that after the Big Bang the universe is expanding and eventually stops expanding and starts back back to its source, and when the pressure again, the universe is built to explode again, start, and They grow like it did before, continue this process over and over again. In this scenario we can see that the end is the beginning, the source of everything and the end of everything. None of this was one of the families suffering through the Great Depression, right? And perhaps this idea sounds unusual for most of you, but the point is reason to believe in mind when we realize our existence meaningful.

If time is circular and we could theoretically be the cause of this Spiders will record and let us know that our goal, our "is in the sense of" is all there is. All the power and all the selfish pleasure in the world amount to nothing, only the good we do for others has a positive influence in the world. Albert Einstein said that he believed that if a person in a position were to use their brains full potential, they would become pure energy. Pure Energy is the source of everything, and nothing can exist, function, or think without pure energy. Something comes from something, and nothing comes nothing. Something good comes from those who will live in "for the senses", and nothing but destruction comes of those who live in the will of pleasure or power. A child will die, or mentally impaired to grow up if they do not have love and compassion in the Infancy and toddler years, no human being can survive without relations. Science has found that everything in opposites, because all matter in its anti-matter and energy, both positive and negative. What is your life, the positive or the negative dominate? What kind of energy are you?

Almost everything seems in this world possible today, so that no one faith is in vain, and we should all live a life of meaning. We are all worth something, and our lives have not, amount to nothing, it would we reason, is a target, and the life to overcome. Balance is the key to survival, but negative energy does not need our contributions exist, so let's focus on the positive and what is through life with a logical sense, with a sense of meaning of life, not only our fallen nation but for humanity as a whole. A parent / family will remain strong and survive through the tough times and the good because they hold out for one another and not with the "Will to power to live," or "will to pleasure 'mentality.

We are in a predicament that is getting worse than this, which resulted in the Great Depression, because we have forgotten the importance of unity. We have to forget the importance of the relationship, the meaning of life. No family stays together, because a person, not a big man ever achieved something without the help of others. Not even the Large Hadron Collider was created because of one person, but the gathering of many minds throughout many generations, a Big Bang. Meaning of life shows itself most clearly remain in the relationship, so alive and encourage others to live, we need each other. Without Sense, there is no purpose, no love, no hope, and only a disease that brings with it depression, broken families, destruction and suicide.

About the Author

L.L Brunk (Leonard Lee Brunk) is an author, a poet, a soldier, a husband and a father. He was born and raised in California, and stationed in Fort Riley Kansas upon joining the Army. He was deployed to Iraq for a year during the war on terrorism where he worked in the casualty reports section.