スピリチュアル・ペインは癒されうるか : 死生観の転回構造
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Generally speaking, it is existential pain, that is, spiritual pain, that distresses terminal patients to the very end. But spiritual pain isn't a concern only to terminal patients. It's fundamentally a concern that all people, as mortal beings, must address. This paper examines the search for spiritual relief. A key concept in this search is the "turning of outlook on life and death". This means that a thorough realization of the certainty of death becomes an unconditional affirmation of life. The reality of death invalidates any "meaning" or "value" that we place on our lives. At first glance, this invalidation seems to result in a negative situation. But a thorough realization of the certainty of death evidences "something beyond human power" that refuses to be given "meaning" or "value" by human beings. This "something beyond human power" is "life itself", or the "being itself" that we tend to miss in daily life. In the sense stated above a thorough realization of the certainty of death is something special. Recent thinking is that terminal patients can reconfirm the meaning or value of their lives through "narrative" . This paper, however, proposes that spiritual pain is a important clue to "something that can't be described" and therefore eliminates the need to ascribe "meaning" or "value". This paper proposes that there is no answer to the question "What is the meaning of life (or death)?" and that spiritual pain cannot be relieved by seeking the answer to this question. Paradoxically, spiritual relief can be found by living with the uncertainty of death and the mystery of life, not by removing these through "narrative".
- 2005-10-26