Monthly Archives: June 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety#Existential_anxiety * * * According to Viktor Frankl, the author of Man’s Search for Meaning, when a person is faced with extreme mortal dangers, the most basic of all human wishes is to find a meaning of life to combat … Continue reading →

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna * * * * In the Hebrew Bible, the site was initially where apostate Israelites and followers of various Ba’als and Caananite gods, including Moloch, sacrificed their children by fire (2 Chr. 28:3, 33:6; Jer. 7:31, 19:2-6). * * … Continue reading →

The most pervasive & pernicious affliction amid humanity’s condition  — unforgiveness  [pride/jealousy/etc.],   from loveliest Mikeki, our heartstopper Sarah of Scripture  — * * * http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/2-6.htm * 1 Corinthians 2:6 * –Be not of this world– * “How be it … Continue reading →

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amor_fati * * * * * Amor fati  is a Latin phrase loosely translating to “love of  fate” or “love of one’s fate.”  It is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything which happens in one’s life, including … Continue reading →

http://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/08/004-viktor-frankl-at-ninety-an-interview-18            [Viktor Frankl 1905-1997] * * * *   Thus Viktor Frankl’s own “logotherapy,” which views suffering not as an obstacle to happiness but often the necessary means to it, less a pathology than a path. * * * … Continue reading →

http://www.lvrj.com/living/clap-your-hands-for-advocates-who-stand-by-us-in-our-shame-160159705.html * * * * Perhaps there is no more sublime work in human relationships than advocacy. From the Latin “vocare,” meaning “to call.” * “To call” on one’s inner/core being is the mark of great respect for oneself  [self-respect] … Continue reading →

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Beautiful * * * Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice (played by Roberto Benigni, who also directed and co-wrote the film), who must … Continue reading →

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/w-scott-poole/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter_b_1609691.html?ir=Books * * But we talked about another aspect of the book that I’m hoping serves as a major theme in the film. If you’ve read the novel, you know it’s a dark rendering of America’s secret history, the idea … Continue reading →

The points are to establish love and emotional support as our idyllic commands, in a tragic and indifferent world  – * * http://www.lvrj.com/living/recognizing-evil-by-its-subtle-destructive-power-141344353.html * * See, the most important thing to notice about evil is its often subtlety. It rarely … Continue reading →

One should not feel worthless for being forsaken by another  – * The words were a powerful intervention and hapless.    Like stepping out in your front yard to shout down a tornado. The pathos of helplessness. To live well in … Continue reading →