James Hollis: The Goal Of Life Is Meaning, Not Happiness

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Tami Simon speaks with Dr. Hollis about his latest work and the increasing sense of importance for many people around living more meaningful lives. They also discuss how to find resilience during difficult times, how our souls let us know when we’re not on the right path, the difference between “meaning” and “purpose,” and more. Subscribe to Sounds True for more: bit.ly/2EAugMf
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Dr. James Hollis is a Jungian analyst, a former executive director of the Jung Society of Washington, DC, and a professor of Jungian studies for Saybrook University of San Francisco/Houston. He is the author of 16 books including Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, Living an Examined Life, and, most recently, Living Between Worlds.
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@erikpaterson1404 9 месяцев назад

Forget Peterson, and all those others on RU-vid. James Hollis is the best living authority, I belive in conveying Jung's teachings

@Sophia-yo9rp 3 месяца назад

Dr Hollis IS the light. THANK YOU.

@karync.6707 Год назад

Wow, this really hit the spot! I'm a super happy person most of the time and do lots of fun, even joyous things, but at the end of the day, I'm still largely unfulfilled--I feel sort of hollow, like something is missing...I think it is meaning! TY Sounds True : )

@acrowshead 3 года назад

What a glorious man Jim Hollis is.

@romanr7948 4 года назад

I am fascinated with the linguistic mastery of both of you.

@GypsyJulie 4 года назад

This conversation made me think of what it is like for the poor kids growing up in inner cities. Without meaning in ones life one can feel very defeated. Teaching young people that happiness is not the goal, meaning is, could be a game changer in life. Now, how to do that is the question. Thank you Tami for this conversation with Dr Hollis!

@romanr7948 4 года назад

That also happens to richer kids in outer cities.

@oliverharper8796 4 дня назад

Happiness is an inner construct that we bring to world through the gifts of doing meaningful things and is not something we derive from the world or pursue its elusive and transient.

@tahwsisiht 2 года назад

❤️ 40:29 (Real spirituality is NEVER a business) 42:00 When one belongs to a certain religion and feels very satisfied and feels deeply connected, it doesn't mean one can't go deeper in and see, learn different depths. But learn to refrain from proselytizing. Let others follow their hearts and respect their decision. Accountability to one's self. That is the best we can do. Taking responsibility and fixing our "sins" (missing the target)

@stellaskopal 4 года назад

Mr Hollis is by far the best BS cutter I've heard. 😌🙏 "Shut Up, Suit Up, Show Up" Stoic philosophy in all its glory. Long time waiting for such a great interview and hungry for more. Thank you Tami!

@glennwhitney1494 2 года назад

I find this extremely inspiring. Thank you.

@nishasankaran 4 года назад

Dr. Hollis sigh...amazing as always💖🙏

@dasarohelova4828 2 года назад

Most wonderful man of great wisdom and valour...I pray for your health 🙏

@c7eye 2 года назад

Hi James. Mr. Hollis. You helped me through my excruciatingly torturous midlife crisis. Thank you. I feel like there is a ripple effect. I feel like I am having a second one. My question is this. Do some people have more than one ???

@BlueSkies237 3 года назад

Thank you James Hollis 💙

@poor_jafar 3 месяца назад

14:30 20:32 23:06 Tizhushan/medicine 24:09 25:28 26:51 meaning is not chosen (disagreeing with Steven Hayes) 29:04 33:29 38:38

@ramziha4678 4 года назад

both Life is about meaning and happiness thank so much for sharing Sounds True

@romanr7948 4 года назад

I think you intended to say that life is about both meaning and happiness.

@Californiansurfer 2 года назад

Thank you .. Downey California

@chilloften 2 года назад

I so enjoy his comforting words of wisdom shared to me. 😘🦋

@mars1783 3 года назад

Really beautiful and helpful insights!!! The pandemic showed us how broken our societies were and it's been traumatizing to many. The fears triggered my recent psychosis and healing practices I've created to cope through the traumas. Loved his stance that meaning is more important than happiness, because meaning adds to the baseline of inner peace by knowing we are on a journey of discovering ourselves. I feel a great sense of renewal and drive, now that suffering is manageable and my impatience with myself has subsided.... Well, for the most part!? Haha

@stagbeetle195 2 года назад

A fascinating and profound conversation. Thank you.

@gameaudioshaman 2 месяца назад

There were some incredible questions. Really appreciate it.

@anamarieph8597 Месяц назад

Meaning without happiness is still nothing

@christopherrobbins9985 3 года назад

Maybe our Declaration of Independence should be amended....that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...to life, liberty and the pursuit of meaning.

@matthewkopp2391 Месяц назад

Mainly written by Thomas Jefferson (who was inspired by John Locke for that particular word). When Jefferson composed his Bible „the life and morals of Jesus“ he cut out all things that were „superstitious“ and presented Jesus as a moral philosopher. I am very much a critic of religious literalism, but the enlightenment prejudice illustrated was that of an attitude that could not comprehend metaphorical meaning in „the superstition“. Today this division of naive literalism and inability to understand metaphor haunts us today. Jefferson considered him self a materialist Epicurean and was against Platonism (including Christian Platonism). And Plato believed something very similar to Jung, that there is idea (similar to archetype) and a symbol is its embodiment (the material cultural manifestation). We are living in an anti-Platonist world largely because of the English version of the Enlightenment.

@ireneahlberg6042 4 года назад

Thank you! Much Love!

@laotzu3258 4 года назад

If the purpose doesn't make you happy, it's not your purpose

@terefefeyssa877 Год назад

THE GOAL OF LIFE IS HAPPINESS. KNOW THIS SIR. THAT IS WHY EVERYBODY IS RUNNING FOR HAPPINESS 😊

@ToddSloanIAAN 2 года назад

51:11 I can find a new beginning that is Broad enough bring all the light I need give love.

@susanmarie2231 2 года назад

Happiness = Peace of Mind. I did not figure this out until later in life.

@jezuswizardspatula5804 4 года назад

Check it out, my spatula is flipping from within. May we all be resilient evolving pages to a great book

@Macksacco 4 года назад

Terrific.. Thank You. Get well, Jim.

@johnnylovessheki 2 года назад

Animals live from the deep knowing place, and we are animal like, our thinking is what kills us. He’s talking about awareness.

@maxfrank13 4 года назад

Who downvoted this video and why? I'd like to hear from you.

@psyarchy9283 4 года назад

I didn't downvote it, but I don't like the interviewer. Three minutes of boring preamble that really said nothing and the questions and commentary were not too sharp. Fortunately even a dull interviewer can't ruin James Hollis, so I just skip to the parts where he was speaking and it was gold. It was a shock how boring and bland it started out though.

@sannajohanna5579 3 года назад

A long time I‘ve felt that my life has no meaning. Useless Yes, it is great when people like the work I do - but it would be nice if I also could get some meaning and joy about my life. I have worked decades and I feel that I have done nothing. Nothing that means something to me.

@deehuntley1712 2 года назад

You are a gift to the world. ❤

@josephtein3835 22 дня назад

Hoping that by now. 3years on, some real meaning has manifested@

@poor_jafar 3 месяца назад

14:30

@kathleenwharton2139 4 года назад

Where is the rule? That says you can’t have Both?

@georgiabification 4 года назад

He talks about this in the conversation - that sometimes we do need to choose.

@Mtmonaghan 4 года назад

No, happiness is a tranquil numbness usually produce by uncritical conformance to a socially sanctioned cultural stereotype, like say a sacrificial mother. People do not usually choose these roles, they dispense with the anxiousness of seeking meaning by fleeing in to these disburdening social roles.

@zubethaburley480 4 года назад

Happiness is a fleeting feeling it does not last. To chase and seek to hold onto happiness means we will suffer. A life of meaning can also be defined as a happy life. Thank you Dr Hollis

@romanr7948 4 года назад

@@zubethaburley480, whether happiness is a fleeting feeling depends on one's definition of happiness. In her book, “The How of Happiness”, Sonja Lyubomirsky, a professor of psychology at the University of California, defines happiness as, “the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.” According to that definition, happiness can be very lasting.

@TheFrandall 2 года назад

When one's life has meaning...

@nicolasbascunan4013 4 месяца назад

The interviewer was a little passive aggressive

@eagillum 2 года назад

That poor interviewer was looking for answers, and he just didn't provide any. Sounds like he wasn't aware of any...?

@priyankasinha5253 2 года назад

Can anyone please help me understand how to contact Dr. Hollis for therapy? I can only find his email, but not sure if that's the right way to contact him for a session. I am going through something really hard right now, would appreciate the right information.