Freedom and Destiny (Norton Paperback) by Rollo May (PDF)

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The popular psychoanalyst examines the continuing tension in our lives between the possibilities that freedom offers and the various limitations imposed upon us by our particular fate or destiny.”May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist. . . . Freedom’s characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny’s reality; death; and therapy’s place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined. . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and other thinkers are invoked appropriately to support May’s theory of freedom and destiny’s interdependence.”—Library Journal “Especially instructive, even stunning, is Dr. May’s willingness to respect mystery. . . .There is, too, at work throughout the book a disciplined yet relaxed clinical mind, inclined to celebrate . . . what Flannery O’Connor called ‘mystery and manners,’ and to do so in a tactful, meditative manner.”—Robert Coles, America

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⭐Freedom and Destiny is a book that every single ‘busy’ professional and parents should read. It teaches us, first and foremost, that in order to fulfill our destiny and stay in touch with our true self (which in my view is synonym with being happy), we need to slow down and be part of life.Rollo May, pages 164-167 of “Freedom and Destiny”:” The pause is especially important for the freedom of being. what I have called essential freedom. For it is in the pause that we experience the context out of which freedom comes. […] When we don’t pause, when we are perpetually hurrying from one appointment to another, from one ‘planned activity’ to another, we sacrifice the richness of wonder. And we lose communication with our destiny.”I work with individuals, businesses couples and families who seem to not have time for anything: everybody drives around from one “errance” or “appointment” to another, cramming in “activities” for them and their children, scheduling “play-dates”. The quote I put above is visible in my office and it have always a positive effect.Freedom and Destiny is a thoughtful, knowledgeable and aesthetic reminder that we cannot be free without being equally responsible for that freedom. And that freedom, as Kierkegaard said, comes often accompanied by anxiety, predicting the chaos from which a new structure will arise.

⭐Be prepared to stand with your ego ready for change before the mirror of self awareness. Much that we may naively hold as solid foundations for our beliefs is challenged by May’s bold and well informed assertions.In our American-English usage, ‘destiny’ has a fate like connotation that feels in distinct contradiction to ‘freedom’ in the title (“Freedom and Destiny”). A more fittingly descriptive title may have been “Freedom and Reality” or “Freedom and Potentiality.”May presents “freedom” and “responsibility” and also “potentiality” and “limitation” as dialectics, respectively. Quite importantly (in the context of our present world situations), May emphasizes how freedom cannot grow without people also embracing increased, corresponding responsibility. Similarly, May helps us recognize how we have potential for greater freedom when we recognize and accept our realities (and the limitations inherent within our realities).There are many, many relevant implications in Freedom and Destiny. The book would make a great Book Club reading for discussion.

⭐To sum up this book in one sentence its that freedom is found when one comes to term with their destiny. However, I could be wrong but I’m going to read it again to really understand what May is saying when he talks about freedom and destiny and the relation ship between the two.

⭐I cannot recommend more highly the books by Dr. Rollo May, one of the greatest psychologists of all time. However, this paperback is a pirated copy! and has many pages missing: pages 181, 184-185, 188-189, 192-193, 204-205, 208-209, 212, and some others. I would have demanded my money back but did not realize it until I had read and highlighted half of the book. This is not a true W.W. Norton published copy and is a fake! I purchased a used hard cover library copy and there is no problem. Amazon should be notified as well as the seller.

⭐Incredible work of showing me just what real Freedom is and how to courageously act towards the path of one’s destiny and how these forces imply a State of Beingness that once experienced leads us toward’s creative wholeness. Rollo May is a American Treasure.

⭐What Freedom really means

⭐If you liked this read (or this subject) you might also enjoy reading Judith Viorst’s IMPERFECT CONTROL. I would recommend both.

⭐excellent

⭐In this book Rollo May is concerned with personal freedom. He shows how personal freedom is in crisis in our day. Freedom is our most beloved word on the one hand and is treated with contempt on the other. May proposes the steps for our rediscovery of the relation between freedom and destiny. He emphasizes that destiny and freedom are intertwined, the one giving birth to the other. The renewal of life can come only with a recovery of the polarity between freedom and destiny.Muy bien

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