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Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
2:35: Meaning and purpose as the basis for Existentialism
5:20: Four basic issues of existence
7:00: Practical reasons for exploring Existentialism
10:50: Forrest’s childhood acceptance of death
12:00: Four approaches to confronting existential frailty
13:45: Rick’s orientation to existential dread and its three psychological challenges
15:45: Rick’s personal experience confronting ambivalence and asking the point of living
20:25: Confronting an existential crisis as a catapult into a meaningful life
22:45: Morbid preoccupation as avoidance and selfing
23:45: The three major whys of living: pleasure, service, and learning
26:10: What death can teach us about living a good life
31:30: Waves and water – resting in gratitude for life and it’s inevitable ending
36:15: Humor in the space of emptiness between living things
39:10: Natural fear vs. anticipatory dread
43:10: Finding your why when familiar structures break down
48:35: Recap, and “front porch” meditation
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