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Life and Meaning
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What Gives Life Meaning?
Agenda: 9/11
I. Modified "Free Write"
II. Week Two Prezi
III. Video Excerpt: Groundhog Day
IV. Discussion
Complete this Sentence
I believe that what gives life
meaning is____________
because _______________.
Complete this Sentence
The Search for Meaning
3 Ways of Finding Meaning
1) Human interactions: No B.S.
2) Creativity and Self-expression: Art
3) Controlling our reactions when we CANNOT control our circumstances
The Existential Vaccuum
When people realize "just how empty and meaningless their life has become..."
Depression
"...when the gap between what a person is and what he ought to be, or once wished to be, becomes so large...."
Depression
Tenzin Gyatso
The 14th Dalai Lama Asks: What is the purpose of life?
The 14th Dalai Lama Asks: What is the purpose of life?
"I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering" (35).