ON EXISTENTIAL FRUSTRATION

It is true that religion has become the turning point of man in his existential frustration. This existential frustration is the condition of not being to be what we want in life. Religion has always been a source of relief and comfort in times of pain and inevitable suffering in the world. Man turns his eyes to the symbol of HOPE + whom he could identify himself__ and this gives him CONSOLATION!

Get the Healing!

Our wounded past must come to an end when we find the love we are so willing to fight unto the dead. Love as it is freely given is so precious that even the richest man in the whole wide world cannot buy the love that was true and divine! Once in the words of Sigmund Freud he said, "It is in the genuine act of loving we gain the ability to heal ourselves of wounded past, of our bitterness, and there shall be no more of sadness!"__ A new man has been restored to new life of high functionality!

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Distorted Way of Thinking

Man is indeed in constant search for happiness. In this world to gain economically is the driving force of man in his own life. It is not wrong if one finds happiness in material gain. Neither it is wrong to profit from one's hard work. Life has a purpose and we all know that. It is in defining our purpose in life we shall reap a certain amount of happiness. It cannot be denied that material gain is elemental to human happiness. Our distorted way of thinking has deceived us to see reality as it is. We cannot distort reality, and we do we try to live in the Utopian ideals that never has been a reality for human kind. Living in the Utopian ideals that never has been a reality is a consolation of man to his suffering and existential frustration. We deceive ourselves over and over again by believing in the Utopian ideals of happiness, which is usually the subject of discourse in many religions today.

On Authentic Happiness

Our search for the meaning and purpose of life is inevitable. It is this meaning and this purpose in life that will keep us on the right track. If we fail in this search for the meaning and purpose of our lives, we will end up not getting the fulfillment in life that will give one his authentic happiness. This search for the meaning and purpose in life can be found in giving up one's life to others. It is the service and the sacrifices we have made so that others may live meaningfully.

It is how we process our thoughts which would have lasting effects on our emotions

Whatever it is that we think is a precursor to our state of emotional processes. It can be said that sadness will not be felt unless it is dependent upon our thought processes. The mind is so powerful to influence almost everything most especially our emotional processes. Our interpretation of the world whether it be positive or negative can drastically influence our emotional processes for good or for evil.

On Logotherapy

Victor Frankl said, as therapist we must assume the role of an ophthalmologist to our patient instead of assuming the role of a painter. As an ophthalmologist we help the client see the world in his own eyes, and not to present the world as the painter presents it in his paintings.

Towards Perfection and Unhappiness

It is the desire of man towards perfection which could lead to unhappiness. Based on Cognitive Theory, our sense of absolutism or the desire towards perfectionism is the cause of our unhappiness. It is to want what one cannot have such as a perfect family, a perfect relationship, and be successful in all the desire of man's undertakings. But we all know life is not simple as we think it is. Even if we desire in simplicity, so as there is an absence of privation, drudgery, and complexity, we desire a paradise, which no one has ever lived. If life cannot be perfected what we can do is to see life as it is. To open our eyes to what is near, because most of the time we tend to see those that afar, but we have failed to see what just there under our nose.

To be loved and be loved in returned!

According to Sigmund Freud, if we are to look for a healing in our wounded past we must turn to love the right person who can love us in return. Only in this way we can heal ourselves once again of our wounded unconscious past. This will help us to forgive authentically.

On Cognitive Theory

Cognitive theory states that whatever it is that we perceive is the outcome of our conceiving. Thus the meaning we attribute to the act of perceiving is always dependent upon the quality of the human mind. This can be expressed hypothetically in the form that the higher the quality of the human mind the higher is the ability to conceive in a creative way. This ability to think and to become optimistic in a creative way is always dependent upon the quality of its content.

On Positive Psychology

According to Martin Seligman, people who believe they are in full control of their lives tend to be more well adjusted and happier. Once we gain control of our lives, we stop blaming external others, but instead we begin to realize that only by becoming reasonable we gain the happiness that are achievable within our practical means.

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On Failed Relationship

According to Maslow, It is the love and belongingness need, which is the turmoil of life. Why is it so? Because at this point in our lives we might have experienced the love and rejection of other people. It is the desire of man to maintain in whatever means possible this love that would never end. There is love anxiety of fearing to lose the very one we love so dearly.Thus failing to maintain this relationship will cause emotional agitation and life dissatisfaction.

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Happiness and Frustration

We desire to have Happiness, but we get so frustrated.

Whenever we desire to have whatever it is that cannot have we feel so frustrated. This frustration will cause so much of the negative in us. It is like cutting wounds into our own selves. Our frustration is not so bad at all. It gives a sense of control to accept the realities of life. We cannot always get what we want even we wanted to. We cannot get all the luxury this world has to offer, and even if we get we would still get the frustration from the other significant aspects of life in love and failed relationship.We desire to have Happiness, but we get so frustrated.Inception (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

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Philosophical Thoughts on Happiness

In the history of philosophical thinking, there are three popular names which would redound in the ancient moral thinking about happiness. These names are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Their philosophical moral thinking have influence mankind in the propensity to conceive the constitution of human happiness.

          Socrates in one of his philosophical discourses once said, "that the unexamined life is not worth living.' This examination of one's life is the moral imperative to be happy. In this examination of oneself, one must be conscious of what is good so that, he may act rightly and morally. Thus, it follows that he who does not know what is right will never be able to act rightly, and will continue to act wickedly out of the ignorance of man to know what is good. Therefore happiness from the Socratic mode of philosophical thinking, happiness lies in the knowing and in the awareness of what is good. For he who knows what is right will always act according to the right thing he knows. This good is a prerequisite to human happiness. No one can be happy unless he learns the good life.

         Plato, on the one hand, disagreed with his teacher Socrates on the idea of Happiness. According to him, Good is above anything else, and even above 'god'. He teaches that man to be happy must acknowledge all things that are good. It is not in the knowing of good, but simply it is inherent and inborn in the hearts of men. Man must only acknowledge it, and listen to the dictate of his conscience, which would lead him to the acknowledgement of good. Failure to acknowledge the dictate of conscience will lead to human suffering and pain. Thus, man cannot be happy unless he acknowledge the good inherent upon his nature and existential being.

       Aristotle, on the one hand, disagree with his teacher Plato on the idea of Happiness. According to Aristotle, Good life is the life of moderation. Good life is said to be constituted in not having too much and not having too less in life. Having to much will cause discomfort and pain, and having too less will cause privation and suffering. Thus according to him, to be happy one must be in a state of a balance life.