The Soul's Home is Meaning | Elisabeth Lukas in Conversation

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Lukas is a world-renowned psychotherapist and the most prominent disciple of Viktor Frankl, the founder of logotherapy. Her books (140 titles in all) have been translated into 18 languages.

In this in-depth interview, she discusses the question of meaning in life, religiosity, the meaning of transience, and the subject of fear of death.

Contents:
00:02:02 The basic elements of logotherapy
00:04:06 The difference between the soul and the mind according to Viktor Frankl
00:07:52 How can the spiritual aspect of a human being show itself in day to day life for example?
00:09:43 The connection between the spiritual and the most inner voice
00:11:32 Viktor Frankl and his worldview
00:12:58 The connection between sense and our perceptions/our physical senses
00:14:21 The particular purpose of life
00:18:06 The path that runs through our whole life
00:21:14 Burnout and depression in an affluent society
00:24:08 No purpose in life – suicide?
00:27:03 God’s world and the concept of man we carry within
00:30:37 The impact of our predominantly naturalistic, materialistic worldview
00:32:41 How to develop a liveliness in faith
00:36:31 Behavioral guidelines, dogmas and precepts of faith can be a prison
00:40:46 Logotherapy and “transience”
00:43:06 Every fear is the fear of death
00:46:19 Everything is coming to an end
00:53:04 The most important legacy by Viktor Frankl

Credits:
Director: Heike Sucky
Translation: Alexandra Grasmik
Voice-over: Alexandra Grasmik, Peter Cox
Assistant Editor: Martin Steffens
Original subtitles: Heike Funke
Editor: Werner Huemer

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[lyzzochka]

What an interview!!! thank you so much for posting and for your efforts to translate it for the English speakers ❤️

[pipfox]

at 26:15 or so, there is some timeless wisdom for anyone who has ever contemplated suicide, especially someone who may have felt really alone for a long time and without hope in sight. thankyou Thanatos and Elisabeth for this precious interview. By complete chance, i discovered the truth of this insight at the age of 25, it helped me a lot. Now I am sixty one and VERY happy to be alive!

[KaiJames]

A fantastic translator and an excellent, meaningful discussion. Thank you.

[fernandovillanueva]

Another wonderful work, sharing a gift from a wonderful woman...
Thankyou.

[LuisHernandez-qknu]

Thank you for giving as NDErs respect time and understanding, I wish you all well and blessings

[MikeG_]

A wonderful meeting of brilliant questions and answers full of extraordinary wisdom and insight. Thank you!

[tillyvickers]

Wonderful interview...One to be watched again and again.Thank you!🙏👌❤
Yes, learning how to break the chain is truly important.🥰👌🤝🤝🤝

[wandarask]

My mother died at 93 she was the one we all went too for advice her wisdom never failed, we hold much pride for our elders.
Animals do not Think" they don't have a ego, they feel with great capacity that is way beyond our understanding.
From Australia

[ritabrophy]

Thank for this amazing interview and learning about the great victor frankl.

[nomebear]

This is a interview packed with a lifetime of wisdom. Much of what has been covered has taken me 73 years to comprehend, and I know it to be true from hard core experience. Watching this video should be mandatory for every student graduating from high school.

Dies ist ein Interview voller Weisheit. Vieles von dem, was behandelt wurde, hat mich 73 Jahre gekostet, um es herauszufinden, und ich weiß aus Erfahrung, dass es wahr ist. Das Ansehen dieses Videos sollte für alle Abiturienten Pflicht sein.

Ceci est une interview pleine de sagesse d'une vie. Une grande partie de ce qui a été couvert m'a pris 73 ans pour comprendre et je sais par expérience que c'est vrai. Regarder cette vidéo devrait être obligatoire pour tous les diplômés du secondaire.

[angelcathairs]

Great interview and great translation. Thank you!

[happychange]

Excellent wisdom!!!
I was suicidal from age 10 to 59 yrs old.

So glad I “waited” for truth for me & living.

[lee-kazz]

Wow excellent interview, thank you all ❤🎉

[LoveFromtheOtherSide]

Such a wonderful channel! It has truly inspired me! Beautiful interview.

[garthly]

Thank you for this fascinating interview.

[allsource]

Super interview.Many thanks again for the wonderful job you are doing.

[deepakeshavan]

I love the videos on this channel. This one in particular is so meaningful. Thank you for these lovely thought provoking conversations ❤️

[rareandwonderfull]

Thank you for these useful contemplations. The physical drives are for pleasure but avoid pain, however, the more sophisticated the mind, then the organism is willing to endure pain to gain pleasure. The tiger will endure the pain and weariness of the chase in order to enjoy pleasure of a full stomach for itself and it's young, The athlete will endure pain of maximum exertion in order to experience the pleasure of victory. When God intervenes, however, then the pleasure pain axis is to be a benefit to the world around the person and a benefit to the future, even if this requires self sacrifice. Yes, each belief system has it's own system of pleasure of compliance and pain of non compliance. So, the physical person tends to it's own needs and it's offspring, the the spiritual person strives to create and maintain a better world and better future.

[KarePassion]

What makes us think that animals don't have a consciousness, that they don't question, don't ponder and don't have spirituality.

This woman embodies the arrogance of humans who believe that we are somehow above other animals in importance and complexity. Seems to me that humans are the ones doing the most damage to the planet and the life it supports. This fact places non-human animals above us in my mind. Animals have emotions, intelligence, the ability to problem solve and to plan. How arrogant we are to think that we are the only ones who ponder life.

I watched a documentary about gorillas once. The film followed the life of one individual silverback male gorilla, and the group that he led. At one point as the gorilla was aging, it was apparent that he would soon be facing challenges to his dominance. Rather than waiting to fight a challenger, he took his group up to the top of a mountain and he sat there in silence. He sat there for a long time. This gave the members of the group time to decide whether they wished to leave or to stay. Many of the group members left. while a few stayed behind to be with him. That takes a kind of intelligence that many people lack. Consciousness does not belong solely to humans.

[PythagorasHyperborea]

I’m glad that Thanatos is marrying psychology with thanatology. I would highly recommend a thinker like Dr. Gabor Maté. He is a legitimate expert.

By the way, you guys can have a setting on your videos to enable the audience to tip you, if that suits your sensibilities.