So in our week long discussion of depression, named the oil mask in the Shadowlands, we are now going to talk about the ideas of Viktor Frankl.
Viktor Frankl wrote the book: "Man's Search for Meaning" as an introduction to his theory of logotherapy, developed as a result of the author's experiences in Aushwitz during World War 2. The basic idea behind logotherapy is that one should find/choose/create a purpose for one's life, and immersively imagine and work towards that outcome. The purpose must be one about which the person feels positively.
And isn't this the underlying mechanism of religion? And also political ideologies. And also people whose vocation began as a beloved pasttime: such a concert musician or a professional actor. This may be why the poor are more religious than the middle class, as the meaning providing by religion could serve as inoculation against depression.
This is, of course, the reason for GLORIOUS LEADER'S GRAND MASTER PLAN!
We need purpose. And if the available purpose giving systems are not sufficient to give you meaningful purpose, as it isn't for your Glorious Leader, then do not despair; because GLORIOUS LEADER'S GRAND MASTER PLAN provides both a complete system to give purpose and also a series of templates by which a individual can devise their own system of meaning and purpose.
I am, of course, not finished.
But I will not stop. I will do this until they nail my coffin shut. Because, this IS my purpose.
Life is short.
Work is crap.
Join my cult.
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