Abstract How can we flourish in times of suffering? This is the key question raised by existential positive psychology (PP 2.0). The answer may surprise many people – self-transcendence (ST). The simplest way to define ST is that it is the pathway of personal...
Abstract The paradoxical truth is that vulnerability can save lives. For example, denying that one is vulnerable to the deadly coronavirus and refusing to be vaccinated has caused many unnecessary deaths. Vulnerability is an existential reality. It becomes our...
This is Paul T. P. Wong’s preconference workshop abstract for the upcoming 11th Biennial International Meaning Conference. The prolonged disruption of life caused by the pandemic and mandatory lockdowns has severely tested the human capacity to adapt. While some...
This is Paul T. P. Wong’s Keynote Abstract for the upcoming 11th Biennial International Meaning Conference. This keynote will provide a framework for existential positive psychology (PP 2.0) which embraces suffering as the foundation for flourishing. According...
What a difference a year’s delay has made! The pandemic has achieved something I was not able to after 4 decades of research and publication on the positive psychology of suffering. With daily exposure to images of death like the above, and the constant drumbeat of...
Don’t waste your time waiting for a break, Value your present and live fully right NOW; There are always exciting things to do, Whatever your present condition, everyday offers opportunities to: Be grateful for whatever you have, Appreciate life as it is, Do...
My friends in Taiwan call me a laughing Buddha. Most of my friends comment on my happy smile. An English as a second language (ESL) school even used my photo as an example of happy smile. Does anyone know that I live with pain day and night? Literally, I experience...
It is the worst of times; it is the best of times. But we cannot celebrate the best without overcoming and transcending the worst. This fundamental principle of flourishing is what we want to covey at our forthcoming Meaning Conference. By all accounts, it is the most...
I) Death Avoidance Dance I can sense your dark presence, whether I go East or West. Where can I hide from you? How can I flee from Thanatos? Don’t follow me like a shadow. Don’t haunt me like a hungry ghost. Let me eat, drink & have a good time, Until...
What a beautiful summer day! with sparkling blue sea, and children playing on the beach. But I’m too busy chasing my own tail, too tired running away from troubles, too tired pursuing all my dreams. Where can I hide from my own Shadow? Where can I...
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