Fereastra spre sens

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Writing is a form of therapy for me, a „motor” that uplifts my spirit. It helps me look at my own past with honesty, to detach myself from the pain, and to find its meaning.

The book „Spirit and Meaning” is a testimony of darkness overcome by light through Christianity and Viktor E. Frankl’s logotherapy.

In the following sections, I have selected a few fragments from the nine chapters. I wrote this book for you—the one facing depression or a lack of meaning in life—but also for you, the skeptic who does not believe in the power of the spirit over matter. Who knows? If one day a single sentence gives you a ray of hope, then this book has fulfilled its mission.

“…then I stood up, stretched on my toes, extended my arms gracefully as if I had wings, and began to spin in a circle. In that moment, I felt the lead on my wings melt away, making room for a powerful air of freedom and movement. I don’t know how high I soared then, but in any case, I rose above the daily hell.”

“…the main character, Jesus, fascinated me completely. He seemed to be a ‘Man after my own heart.’ Besides performing miracles, He spoke about a ‘Kingdom.’ My imagination began to take flight.”

“…I do not regret the suffering of love either, because it gave wings to my imagination and depth to my soul.”

“Surprised by my reaction, he stood up and looked at me in wonder. Instinctively, I began to strike him with my palms and scratch his face. He tried to stop me, but I broke away and punched the windowpane. After the shards scattered across the floor, I noticed my hand beginning to bleed. I still carry the scar.”

“I remained like a wounded wolf, blinded by its own injuries, learning to navigate the forest of life alone.”

“This silence was, in reality, a desperate cry for authenticity. I never had the ability to mask my suffering. I wore my interior on my exterior. Even though I longed for liberation from the prison of suffering, I was convinced there was no cure for me. I was seized by a bitter self-dissatisfaction.”

“One autumn morning in 2015, I got up from bed and, with a sudden and desperate gesture, filled my palm with sleeping pills, swallowed them, and prayed: ‘Lord, if You love me, You will save me.’ And He saved me.”

“My leaning toward suffering remained my faithful scent throughout the years.”

“Perfection consists in perfectly accepting one’s own imperfection.”

“Such was Viktor Frankl, who, citing Hölderlin, said: ‘He who steps over his misery rises higher.’ The period in the Nazi camps was the incubation period for one of the most staunch defenders of the right to life. After the war, he campaigned against ‘nihilism’ and the ‘existential vacuum,’ which he considered the primary causes of suicide.”

“If you are conscious and responsible, neither suffering nor death can frighten you anymore, because in every moment there are thousands of possibilities from which you are free to choose which one to materialize. Life does not ask us to win at any price; it imperatively asks us not to give up the fight.”

“According to Frankl’s logotherapy, the child with leaden wings, living in a predominantly hostile environment, suffered several traumas. This hostile environment was not exclusively the choice of her parents; they inherited it from their parents, and so on, back to Adam and Eve.”

“The lone wolf self-detaches from a painful past, licks its wounds to heal, and learns to look at its own pain with honesty.”

“Logotherapy views a suicide attempt as an ultimate cry for meaning or a leap into the void that forces the spirit to choose life. But when human resources are exhausted, the Grace of God intervenes—He who conquered death with the power of love.”

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