Search for Meaning
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/94613851463
Purpose:
To explore and find deeper meaning in oneself, in what we do, and what we experience in our lives.
To discuss and learn how we can find meaning in suffering and transmute that suffering into wholeness and apply this wholeness to our lives and community.
We will meet online via Zoom every Thursday from 1800-1900PST
Everyone will be able to communicate ideas, or questions to the book club using group chat on Whatsapp anytime throughout the week
We will be starting off with Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positive about, and then immersively imagining that outcome.
A PDF Version of Search for Meaning Can Be Downloaded HERE
When finished with our exploration of Man’s Search for Meaning we will discuss and vote on our next book.
Bio of MItchell R. Brookman
I am an enthusiastic 34-year-old balanced adult male, very happily married with two children. I surf every chance I get and enjoy spending meaningful time with my family, and outdoors. I am also a combat veteran with two tours in Iraq, resulting in four broken vertebrae, traumatic brain injury, and post-traumatic stress. I was medically retired on December 7, 2012, and within a few months, I was hospitalized for three weeks suffering from a seizure disorder. A week after being released from the hospital I had a massive seizure resulting in three strokes and a cardiac arrest. My ex-wife who was a combat medic found me dead on our couch. She resuscitated my heart, and I suffered six more cardiac arrests within the following hours. My family was told I had no brain activity and to make preparations. I woke up four days later, partially paralyzed, unable to care for myself, and told I would never walk again. I never gave up hope, I made a miraculous physical and cognitive recovery, however psychologically my world was shattered, I was shattered. For seven years I lived in nerve shaking anxiety and depression, oftentimes suicidal, with severely addictive and self-destructive coping strategies. Enduring several life-threatening illnesses and undergoing nine major surgeries, I consistently fought to stay alive. Believing that I would one day be healthy. Through all of the traumas, and illness I would literally tell myself I may not be better today, but I might be better tomorrow. This attitude kept me alive. Through Veterans Rites Rite of Return, I found a healing that defies medical science. I am currently a whole and balanced healthy adult with no physical, cognitive, or psychological deficits from my past. I am now helping to build veterans and first responders outreach program with a close friend, the Searching for Warriors Foundation.
