The sages say that a person only truly becomes a person when he begins to ask himself questions: “Who am I?”, “Why am I living?”, “What is the meaning of my life?” Until this moment, his life is not much different from the life of an animal, which is concerned exclusively with food, protection, copulation and sleep. Of course, first of all it is understood that a person must find for himself answers to deep philosophical questions about the universe, about the Creator, about the nature of the true I, about the basic laws of this creation and have a clear, conscious purpose in life. But how many of us ask these questions? The master asked the student: “What is the most terrible tragedy of human life?” “Probably because a person does not find answers to his questions,” the student answered. “No,” answered the Master. “The tragedy is that he does not find questions to which he should seek answers.” Starting from birth, our life is a pursuit of tomorrow: kindergarten, school, college, work, family, children, grandchildren... In In this rush, we have no time to stop and ask ourselves the question: “What is all this for?” As a result, life passes, but the person seems to have never lived. One of the greats said that the following epitaph could be written on the graves of many people: “He died at 30, was buried at 70.” In fact, all our lives we have been running away from ourselves and are afraid to admit it. For years we can live through alien scenarios imposed on us, which greatly limit and narrow our lives. Therefore, the question: “What is the meaning of my life?” makes a person stop this crazy run and look at the world from a different angle, and not just from the position of his own material interests. This is deep internal work, which, unfortunately, is often replaced in childhood by the imposition of ready-made truths, compliance with rules, customs and laws. Instead of really reflecting on the question of the meaning of existence, living, analyzing and developing it, a person follows blind imitation performing rituals. It doesn’t matter at all whether these frameworks are of a religious nature with partial fulfillment of the commandments and the expectation of reward in the future, or whether they are secular persuasion to live peacefully among themselves - all of the above are just distracting maneuvers from conscious, deep work on the main issue of life. Over time, it simply ceases to arise, suppressed by “opium” or fashionable secular trends. Modern education should be focused on ensuring that a person, every moment throughout his life, feels the need for analytical work, analyzing everything that happens from the point of view of compliance with the basic laws of nature, asking again and again the question of meaning. Such internal tension is a condition of mental health. The tension between what a person has already achieved and what he still has to accomplish, between what he is and what he should become. Even ordinary people who are not interested in deep philosophical questions, but simply want to be healthy and financially successful, need to have a goal and clearly understand what they specifically want from life. “He who has something to live for can withstand almost anything,” said F. Nietzsche. Unfortunately, a child who is not trained in such internal work does not change throughout his life, only his body matures, becomes decrepit and wears out. Boredom, alcoholism, crime, thirst for power, money and pleasure often compensate for the need to search for meaning. And these aged children still live their lives at the animal level of existence. In our country, it is not very common to turn to psychologists and psychotherapists for help. But contrary to popular belief, psychology is not a cure for a sick psyche, but rather a crash course in education aimed at achieving maturity delayed for twenty, thirty or more years by trying to live with a childish attitude towards life. The work of a psychologist is akin to the work of an ophthalmologist, who expands and clarifies the client’s field of vision so that the entire spectrum of meanings and values ​​becomes visible and»!