1. Despair Instinct / Immanent
ECTOPIC (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Dark Ambient, Noise, Experimental
ECT-006
D = S – M.
“Despair is suffering without meaning,” he explained. “Each of us is challenged to find the meaning in our suffering and use it to give purpose to our lives.”
More often than not, our first instinct when we are ill or hurt is to focus on ourselves and our problems. Self-concern makes us more self-centered as we turn the eye inward in doubt, despair, and wonder. Those who cannot find a purpose in their pain are diminished by it. Those who do are strengthened by the process.