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<p>Happiness is a symptom of experiencing meaning.<br>But what is meaning? That which resonates with our deepest desire. That which we see as valuable, most important and central in things, events, people, in everything around us, in life itself.</p>

One day with children.

You know, some of the interesting and very important actions in my life had the "wrong" motivation. I went to disabled children, not for help, but to go to the camp. And then it dragged on. Well, there was something else...

But today, Dasha went to Warsaw for a few days. And in order to somehow cover up the resulting vacuum, I decided to do something with my children. And you know, there is something in it. I am sharing a short video of how our day went.

Maybe it will inspire someone to become a father.

Do you know what you're looking for?

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The Little Prince: "Only children know what they are looking for. They sacrifice all their time for a rag doll, and it becomes so precious to them, and when it's taken away, they cry..."

Dad: Ksyusha, do you know what you're looking for?
Ksusha: What am I looking for? My main desire is to find and verify whether the living water exists. That's my primary goal.
Dad: And why do you need the living water?
Ksusha: To give it to people for free. Because it belongs to all people and animals on the planet.
Dad: And why do people need this water?
Ksusha: Because the living water heals various wounds and diseases that nothing else can help with. And those who live in the mountains or are hopeless begin to feel joyous and hopeful.
Dad: Do you personally need such water?
Ksyusha: Only for one reason, if I get old or fall sick.
Dad: Do you want to use it to avoid dying?
Ksyusha: To avoid dying and so that other people don't die from diseases. But it's okay to die of old age. If you're already 100 years old, then it's okay to pass away. You should live when you have time to live, and not last forever or for a very long time.

P.S. By the way, she got the idea about the living water from the book “The Seven Stones” by Alexey Shein.

Dasha

She is my favourite.
She is the world.
She is the meaning.
She is Dasha.
She is Mom.
She is inspiration and grounding.
Dasha has a birthday tomorrow.
Kisses.


Prayer for Book Characters

... Here, I've just read Ksyusha a frightening chapter from Tom Sawyer about murder, graves, exhumed bodies...

Ksyusha lay there, unable to sleep. And I was sitting, writing notes. Then I went to pray with Ksyusha. We prayed for Ksyusha, for her sleep, for everything to be well. And then I prayed for the characters in the book: for the murderer, for the one who died, and for the others.

I remember myself in childhood, and even now. You watch a movie or read a book with an intriguing plot, main characters, and dangers. You read and pray for them to be alright. For them to live happily. You feel deeply for them, as if they are real.

Maybe they are real inhabitants of our lives. What do you think?

Say Password

Profound, meaningful words get lost in fleetingness and become passwords.
"Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!"
"Glory to Jesus Christ! Forever Glory!"
"Long Live Belarus! Long Live!"
"Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!"

When you hear the first half, you know what response is expected from you.

If you don't give that response, you will be excluded from the community.
But the words themselves become passwords.
It doesn't matter what you think or what you want to say.
If you want to stay in the community, just say the right password.

This saddens me.

Loss of Small Meanings

A serious question, meanings lost, they flew away. The tiny ones, which were held onto. Professional meaninglessness, should it be avoided? Or, on the contrary, should one somehow grasp onto it so as not to invent other concerns for oneself?

Living in meaninglessness? How is this? What does it provide? Does it bring one closer to something grand? Something bright or true? Viktor Frankl would have said that a person quickly disappears if he lacks meaning. And Nietzsche would have remarked that if you know the 'why', then the 'how' hardly matters.

This seems true. But should one cling to everything that comes to hand? Or should one try to be a good housewife, nurturing children and blessing everyone with her love? This is compatible and close to my main life's meaning. But there are some perhaps natural barriers that prevent full commitment. The need or vision of some social-organizing function. To do something, to create, to decide, to issue something. And, undoubtedly, undoubtedly it's meaningful, and that which aligns with personal purpose.

Meaning - love. Actions - ???? Why are all actions meaningless? What's happening to them, what's that about? I once considered myself healthy.

A good test, I truly don’t know what to do, how is a different question. So after this crisis, there will be a sequence of tasks:

  1. Clean up – done, feeling joy.
  2. Then, for example, sort out the inbox and wait for it to fill - done and life is under control.
  3. Plan socially useful things! - Done. The world is ahead! You can run!

Here the cycle is closed. Because all this planning/cleaning is just an imitation, suggesting life is under control.

But it really doesn't want to be under control. And it won't be. Because fundamentally - we are all mortal, and there's nothing to do about that, everything else is just intermediate stages.

So, what to do? Clean up, or not? I paused for a few minutes. Ksyusha came in, wanted to play. I said I was very busy. "I don’t know what to do." And she says: well if you don’t know what to do, you could play with me.

And a thought slipped by: "Unfavorable," but can something else be achieved in this game? Some additional benefit. This "benefit", for its sake, wastes life, wastes meaning, wastes the "here and now."

Is there such a type of sinners: "profit-lovers"?
It seems to me, a prevalent disease now.

 
 

With respect to others' Meanings

When I began my new AR activity, I formulated the goal as: to help other people in realizing their purposes and desires. One of the important criteria was a person's understanding of the meaning of their life, the purpose of their activity. Being around such people and talking to them brought me great joy. It inspired me. This way, I was connected to genuine meanings, even if they weren't mine, even if I didn't share all those meanings.

Now, having slightly uncovered a handful of my deep Desires (meanings), I've started to view others' Desires a bit differently. I better realize how they differ from mine. But this is where subjectivity matters. My meaning is solely mine. But with these people, what unites me is the importance of purpose in life, and the work of exploring the meaning of one's life.

Thank you for being together. With respect to your meanings!