A PROMINENT VIENNESE PSYCHIATRIST BEFORE THE WAR, VIKTOR FRANKL WAS UNIQUELY ABLE TO OBSERVE THE WAY THAT HE AND OTHER INMATES COPED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN AUSCHWITZ. HE NOTICED THAT IT WAS THE MEN WHO COMFORTED OTHERS AND WHO GAVE AWAY THEIR LAST PIECE OF BREAD WHO SURVIVED THE LONGEST - AND WHO OFFERED PROOF THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US EXCEPT THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE OUR ATTITUDE IN ANY GIVEN SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.NNTHE SORT OF PERSON THE PRISONER BECAME WAS THE RESULT OF AN INNER DECISION AND NOT OF CAMP INFLUENCES ALONE. ONLY THOSE WHO ALLOWED THEIR INNER HOLD ON THEIR MORAL AND SPIRITUAL SELVES TO SUBSIDE EVENTUALLY FELL VICTIM TO THE CAMP`S DEGENERATING INFLUENCE - WHILE THOSE WHO MADE A VICTORY OF THOSE EXPERIENCES TURNED THEM INTO AN INNER TRIUMPH.NNFRANKL CAME TO BELIEVE THAT MAN`S DEEPEST DESIRE IS TO SEARCH FOR MEANING AND PURPOSE. THIS OUTSTANDING WORK OFFERS US ALL A WAY TO TRANSCEND SUFFERING AND FIND SIGNIFICANCE IN THE ART OF LIVING.
दररोज, दर तासाला, दर मिनिटाला स्वत:च्या वागण्यासंबंधी निर्णय घेण्याची संधी समोर येत असते. तुमच्या अस्मितेचा नाश करणाऱ्या , तुमचे मनोबल हिरावून घेऊ पाहणाऱ्या शक्तींना शरण जायचे की नाही हे पदोपदी ठरवावे लागते. तुम्ही केवळ नियतीच्या हातातील खेळणे बनता की नाही हे तुमच्या निर्णयांवर अवलंबून असते. आपले मानसिक स्वातंत्र्य घालवून, आत्मसन्मान गमावून, मेंढरांसारखे मनानेही वैÂदी होता की नाही हे ठरविण्याचे तुमचे स्वातंत्र्य अबाधित असते...