The lack of meaning in life is a soul sickness our age has not yet begun to comprehend. In the late tenth century, friedrich nicha observed that nihilism was on the rise in the west. We are now experiencing the fate that nicha prophesied: evermore people have the means to live, but no ing to live for. Meaning links events across time, thus integrating past present and future.
“The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.” Carl Jung, Practice of Psychotherapy We live in a world consumed by an endless series of crises. But of all the crises we face the one that may be of the greatest concern, is one […]
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