Reflections on the first chapter "Pursuing the meaning of life"
Nietzsche said, "Only those who know why they live can survive." In Victor's autobiographical short story "Searching for the Meaning of Life", the author describes the miserable life of prisoners in Auschwitz concentration camp and expresses a positive attitude towards "logotherapy Law". "There is still a long way to go in Xiu Yuan, and I will search for it." An ordinary person will pursue his unique ideal all his life, and he has his own significance. If he is a prisoner who lives in a concentration camp every day, loses his personal freedom and goes through hardships, is it necessary to pursue the so-called meaning of life in his life? Victor told us the psychological course and life story of the prisoners in those concentration camps with his own personal experience.
The prisoners who first arrived in the concentration camp, from struggling in the concentration camp for a period of time to indifference, finally to indifference and despair. Human nature cannot be simply divided into good and evil, especially in the deepest part of extremely harsh environment, the boundary between good and evil has become so blurred. Bad living environment often kills the hope of survival, and people die in despair.
"Every time we see a cellmate smoking, we know that he has lost the courage to live. Once courage is lost, it is almost impossible to recover. " Why should people live? What is the meaning of life? Victor didn't give us an answer directly. The meaning of existence varies with the uniqueness of each life, but he expounded three methods: creating or engaging in work that can reflect the value of life, experiencing love and being loved, and enduring and surpassing pain.
The first two are easy to understand and accept, but is it the meaning of life to endure and transcend pain? Why should we live? To live is to endure the inevitable suffering and adopt a positive attitude. Questioning the meaning of living is a spiritual sublimation of self.
Reflections on the second chapter "Pursuing the meaning of life"
When you are in an extremely bad environment for a long time, and there is nothing to lose except your own life, what kind of changes will happen to your psychology? Is it like a giant teacher's inner cry, where is the meaning of life? What is the value of living? Living can't change the comfort and inner satisfaction of life. What is the purpose of living like this? Frankl, an Austrian psychologist, is a survivor of the concentration camp in World War II. In his autobiographical book "Searching for the Meaning of Life", Dr. frankl presented himself, told how he personally experienced and invented the "logotherapy Law", and explained the prisoners' life in the concentration camp from a psychological perspective. It also explains why some people can survive strongly in such an environment as a concentration camp, while others give up their lives early!
Human nature is not emphasized in concentration camps. The people who live in it are equivalent to half of your body entering the loess, sick or injured. As long as you lose the ability to work, you lose the value of existence, and only death awaits you. This kind of life and death is only between one thought, and all kinds of torture make people miserable. In the face of such a life, there are not a few people who give up their lives, but some people have been insisting! As a keen observer and witness, he further leads to a serious topic from these painful and real experiences-where is the meaning of our life? In other words, what are we living for?
Live only for the good memories of the past. Sweet memories of the past can also bring comfort to people in trouble. Maybe it's just a candlelight dinner with relatives, maybe it's just a farewell trip, but these trivial things will make you laugh like honey. More importantly, I hope we can have these happy moments in the future! As a member of the world, who doesn't want it?
Dr frankl was a doctor before he entered the concentration camp. Whenever he recalls the scene of saving lives, he is very happy. He wants to live, even if there is only a naked body left, he may die at any time, but recalling the beauty of that moment will make the whole person excited. He wants to immerse himself in this world, because it has given him too many beautiful memories, and he is reluctant to leave this world.
Reflections on the third chapter "Pursuing the meaning of life"
When people are in an extremely harsh environment for a long time, all values are destroyed and always shrouded in the shadow of death. What will happen to people's psychology under high pressure? Is there any point in this miserable and hopeless life? As a survivor of the concentration camp in World War II, Austrian psychologist frankl tells the profound influence of that extreme environment on the psychological state of ordinary prisoners in his autobiography, Finding the Meaning of Life, and the cruel struggle for existence conducted by prisoners for the survival of themselves and their friends. As a keen observer and witness, he further leads to a serious topic from these painful and real experiences-where is the meaning of our life? In other words, what are we living for? In the concentration camp, prisoners are deprived of all their property and rights, not only hungry and cold, but also may die at any time. Prisoners who are judged to be weak and sick will soon enter the gas chamber, where life is particularly small and fragile. But according to frankl's observation, people who are not so strong but have rich mental activities seem to be more likely to survive, and he himself is an example. Miss and love for his wife, let him clearly outline his wife's appearance in his mind, and laugh and laugh with her, vividly. Love transcends the barriers of time and space and even life and death, and brings inner enrichment and strong support to those who have love. "Put me in your heart like a seal, and love will be as strong as death."
Sweet memories of the past can also bring comfort to people in trouble. Maybe this is just a small success, maybe this is just an ordinary family gathering. The happiness and satisfaction I felt stayed in these memories, making up for and nourishing people's emptiness and pain in reality, and more importantly, pointing to the hope of the future: in the future, we will have these happy moments!
Reflections on the fourth chapter "Pursuing the meaning of life"
Living by Mr. Yu Hua was a book I read in May before I graduated from college. I didn't know why I wanted to see it at that time, so I took it off the bookshelf in the library. Now I know it's waiting for "finding the meaning of life", and I finally waited for you. The ending of "Alive" is that Fu Gui and Lao Niu reminisce about the past alone in the sun. At the end of Pursuing the Meaning of Life, Dr. frankl comes out of the concentration camp and the same family dies alone.
I have always been optimistic about life. Even if it is a tragedy, I think there will be unexpected surprises after the tragedy. Unfortunately, there is no living, and the meaning of pursuing life is.
During World War II, he was arrested by the Nazis because he was a Frankish, and spent three years in concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Dachau. Except for his sister, his parents, brother and wife all died in the concentration camp. Not only that, he endured hunger, cold and torture every day, and his life was ruined by the concentration camp. But he persisted in surviving until he finally came out of the concentration camp, and he also wrote "Seeking the Meaning of Life".
I have been looking for the meaning of frankl's so-called life in the book, just like looking for the reason why Fu Gui wants to live in To Live, but I still have no clue after reading the whole book. I don't know why he can't choose to die when his whole family is dead, his life is inhuman and there is no hope.
With questions, I have read many readers' thoughts, most of which are about the so-called empty meaning of life, and some of them involve the meaning therapy of doctors. To tell you the truth, I don't quite understand these. I was just looking for the reason why you didn't choose to die, but you told me that you wanted to cure others with your own tragic experience, so it took a long time to get out of the concentration camp and write Seeking the Meaning of Life.
Reflections on the fifth chapter "Pursuing the meaning of life"
Victor frankl, the author of Seeking the Meaning of Life, is a psychiatrist and psychologist who was put into Auschwitz during World War II. After he was released from prison, he summed up a set of meaningful therapies based on his own prison experience, which were used to treat neurosis and achieved good results. This book consists of two parts: the disaster in prison and the introduction of meaningful therapy. I read this book on the recommendation of Wu Bofan. In my eyes, Wu Bofan belongs to a knowledgeable and knowledgeable person. He reads books three or four times a year, which naturally interests me.
Until now, I still don't know why Wu Bofan likes this book so much, but some things have caused some opinions.
First, the author did not use a lot of pen and ink to describe Auschwitz's criminal law, harsh punishment and death, but illustrated the cruelty and pain of prison life through several examples.
In the frequent "camp changes" in prisons, prisoners who are sick and unable to work are eliminated and sent to gas chambers or crematoriums. The elimination method is that all prisoners fight in groups or teams to make them feel bloody. The prisoner has no name, only a number, tattooed on his skin or embroidered on his underwear. When the camp change team is about to leave, if possible, everyone will try their best to get another "number" to join the camp change team instead of him. According to the author's description, these people were basically social elites and people with high moral sense before being put into concentration camps. In this slaughterhouse-like concentration camp, people are deprived of their dignity and morality becomes the most useless thing. Everyone wants to live for himself or his friends as much as possible, and to this end, he will take all kinds of despicable means.
Civilized behavior will only happen in civilized society, and civilized society will give birth to civilized behavior. I just hope the world is getting better and better.
Second, what kind of people can walk out of the concentration camp alive?
The author said that none of their elite survived the ordeal of Auschwitz. There are three kinds of people who survive.
The first category is "coolies". Generally speaking, these people are the most cruel prisoners, selected by Nazi guards or recommended by themselves, and their personalities are just suitable for this cruel role. If they don't work well, they will be dismissed, so they work extra hard and fight even harder than Nazi guards. Because of their loyalty to the Nazis, they were treated particularly well in prison and became the envy of prisoners, but they didn't know their situation after they got out of prison. I remember watching The Reader a few years ago, and the heroine was tried for being a Nazi guard. It is estimated that "cool girls" will have a hard time in the future. People really can't do immoral things for the benefit of a moment.
The second kind of people who survive are those prisoners who have no scruples to survive, or steal or rob or even betray their friends to protect themselves, because only in this way can they survive. This may explain why those who survived the robbery are reluctant to talk about their experiences in prison, because looking back on the past is unbearable, because they can no longer accept their past selves, and people who have not experienced that experience can't feel the same. Even the author of this book wanted to publish it anonymously at first, but considering that authenticity is its value, the author got up the courage and publicly stated his beliefs.
The third kind of people, like the author, recognize the reality as soon as possible, adapt to the environment and live by luck. As the author said, they have a lot of luck. In order to convince the Nazis and Kuti that they could do hard work without being sent to the gas chamber, he shaved with glass every day and straightened his back to make himself look good and fully qualified for the job. The author also used his psychological doctor's expertise to help Kulian, analyzed his problems in love and marriage, and put forward treatment suggestions, thus winning Kulian's care and avoiding being sent to the gas chamber several times. You can also drink some pea soup when you eat, so that you can spend the dark and hungry days.
This is a truly wise man. Even in the cracks, he can still break through the cracks, outcrop and find his own sky.