Depression by the Theory of Breathing and Finding Meaning of Life

After explaining what meaning in life is, the book moves to criticizing certain presuppositions about the meaning of life that unnecessarily lead many people to believe that their lives are meaningless. Among others, it criticizes perfectionism about meaning in life, namely, the assumption that meaningful lives must include some perfection or some rare and difficult achievements. It then responds to recurring arguments made by people who take their lives to be meaningless, such as the arguments claiming that life is meaningless because death eventually annihilates us and everything we do; whatever we do is negligible when examined in the context of the whole universe; we have no free will and, thus, deserve no praise for what we achieve; everything, including meaning, is completely relative; we do not know what the purpose of life is; whenever we achieve something we stop sensing it as valuable; and there is so much suffering and evil in the world. The book also offers strategies that may help people identify what is meaningful in life and increase its meaningfulness. The final chapters consider questions such as whether only religious people can have meaningful lives; whether meaning of life should be discussed only by psychologists; and whether existentialism is a good source of guidance on the meaning of life.

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Finding the Meaning of Meaning: Emerging Insights on Four Grand Questions

Review of General Psychology ◽

10.1037/gpr0000145 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Roy F. Baumeister ◽

Mark J. Landau

Keyword(s):

Meaning Of Life ◽

Special Issue ◽

Existential Meaning ◽

Personal Meanings ◽

Finding Meaning ◽

Constructive Process ◽

New Meanings ◽

The Creation ◽

Collective Dimension

This is a stand-alone reflection on meaning written by two scholars who recently edited a special issue on that topic. The first of four organizing questions concerns the nature of meaning. The meaning of signs (e.g., words) consists of nonphysical connection (e.g., symbolism) and potential organization. Meanwhile, existential meaning (meaning of life) involves purpose, value, mattering, continuity, and coherence. The second question concerns how meaning affects behavior. Answers are diverse and multifaceted, ranging from efforts to grapple with uncertainty and unknowns to engaging in significance-seeking violence and self-regulating in light of abstract values and standards. To the question of whether meaning is made or found, the authors propose that finding meaning is prevalent, while the creation of new meanings is only supported in a limited sense. Although often portrayed as a constructive process, accessing meaning normally involves relating target stimuli to what is already known. A fourth question asks whether meaning is individual/personal or collective/social. The collective dimension plays an integral yet often neglected role in scaffolding personal meanings.

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James March and the poetry of leadership

Journal of Management History ◽

10.1108/jmh-02-2021-0015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Richard Badham

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Meaning Of Life ◽

Organizational Studies ◽

Organization Studies ◽

Content Type ◽

Organizational Behaviour ◽

Finding Meaning ◽

The Face ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose Taking issue with the predominance of reviews of James March’s writings that focus on his technical contributions to organizational studies, this study aims to emphasize the central significance and contemporary relevance of his critical reflections on the meaning of life and work in modern organizations. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a novel framework illustrated by extensive original quotations for capturing and making more accessible March’s profound contribution to organization studies. His work on organizational behaviour and decision-making is viewed as identifying and grappling with three key paradoxes of modernity: of rationality, performance and meaning. His prescriptions on how to handle and address these paradoxes are explored through a focus on his reflections on the poetry of leadership. Findings Whilst March himself emphasized that not all of his insights can be captured in an article level overview, March, his collaborator Olsen and others who worked with and studied under him have confirmed the accuracy of the review and the value of the enterprise. Practical implications Capturing March’s advocacy of sensible foolishness and playful seriousness in the face of ambiguity, uncertainty and contestation hopefully contribute to enhancing practitioners’ “lightness of being” in coping with and finding meaning in challenging environments. Originality/value Through the range of ideas covered, the framework used and the extensive use of March’s own worlds, the study, hopefully, communicates the depth and richness of March’s humanitarian enterprise and the “playfully serious spirit” that he advocates and exemplifies – in a way that is often omitted from narrower, more technical and somewhat dry treatments of his work.

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Pemaknaan Hidup Survivor Kanker Serviks selama Terapi Pengobatan: Literature Review

Holistic Nursing and Health Science ◽

10.14710/hnhs.4.1.2021.16-25 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 16-25

Author(s):

Regina Aprilia Roberto ◽

Wahyu Hidayati

Keyword(s):

Cervical Cancer ◽

Literature Review ◽

Cancer Survivor ◽

Meaning In Life ◽

Treatment Process ◽

Meaning Of Life ◽

Life Meaning ◽

Inclusion Criteria ◽

Finding Meaning ◽

Cervical Cancer Survivor

Introduction: Cervical cancer treatment process proves to make women experiencing emotional distress that brings new problems in life. Women with cervical cancer who undergo treatment suffer affecting all aspects of life that impact on the meaning of life. There is limited literature review regarding life meaning resources and technique used by women with cervical cancer who undergo treatment. The aim of this study is to find out description about the meaningfulness in life of cervical cancer survivor during treatment period based on sources and technique of finding meaning. Methods: This study used literature review method. The literature search engines used are SCOPUS, SINTA and Google Scholar. The inclusion criteria of article were articles in Indonesian or English, containing sources and techniques for finding meaning in abstract, respondents cervical cancer survivor and published from 2011 to 2020. Results: Eleven articles show the existence of meaning in life build upon sources of meaning in life including creative, experimental, attitudinal, and hopeful values. Moreover, there are techniques in seeking meaning involving self-understanding, positive action, familiarity with relationships, deepening the values of the meaning of life and worship. Conclusion: The beginning of treatment process results feelings of meaningless, but efforts to make sense of life remain. Family support and spirituality were found to be the things that give the most meaning for cervical cancer survivors to survive.

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