{"id":1990,"date":"2026-09-02T10:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drhamidyousefi.com\/the-mystery-of-being-and-the-existential-approach\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:28:25","slug":"the-mystery-of-being-and-the-existential-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drhamidyousefi.com\/en\/the-mystery-of-being-and-the-existential-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Being and the Existential Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We, as speaking beings,<\/p>\n<p>grapple with a mystery called Being.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHow to Confront This Mystery\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To approach the mystery of Being from a philosophical perspective, particularly by drawing on the traditions of Phenomenology and Existentialism, we must begin from the point at which philosophy, before being a system of thought, is a \u201clived event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In these traditions, we are not merely neutral observers who look at the world from the outside; we are \u201cthrown into the world\u201d (Dasein \/ Being-in-the-world), and this thrownness shapes the structure of our encounter.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u06f1. Suspension of Presuppositions (Epoch\u00e9)<\/h3>\n<p>Before any authentic encounter with Being, phenomenology teaches us that we must suspend \u201cnaive naturalism\u201d or an instrumental encounter with the world.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Concept:<\/strong> In everyday life, we see things merely from the perspective of their function (a table for writing, a patient for treatment, words for conveying information). This \u201cNatural Attitude\u201d conceals the mystery of Being.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Encounter:<\/strong> By practicing Epoch\u00e9, or the suspension of judgment, we set aside theories, presuppositions, and pre-prepared interpretations so that phenomena themselves, as they appear in consciousness (the genesis of consciousness itself from the object), may manifest themselves. In this state, the world is no longer an \u201cobvious given,\u201d but appears as an \u201castonishing phenomenon.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u06f2. Encountering Existential Anxiety (Anxiety \/ Angst)<\/h3>\n<p>In Existentialism (particularly in Kierkegaard and Heidegger), the path toward authentic Being passes through a particular affect or transformation of mood: anxiety.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fear versus Anxiety:<\/strong> Fear always has a specific object (fear of illness, fear of poverty), whereas anxiety has no specific object; anxiety is the confrontation with \u201cNothing\u201d (Nothingness) and with the very possibility of being.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Epistemic Function of Anxiety:<\/strong> Anxiety pulls us out of immersion in everydayness and from falling into the realm of \u201cthe They\u201d (Das Man \/ the anonymous mass). It is in anxiety that the individual realizes that their Being is a \u201cproblem\u201d whose burden they themselves must bear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u06f3. The Structure of \u201cThrownness\u201d and \u201cProjection\u201d (Geworfenheit &amp; Entwurf)<\/h3>\n<p>Human beings, as speaking beings, find themselves in a situation they did not choose, yet in which they must choose.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thrownness:<\/strong> We have been thrown into a particular language, a particular body, a particular historical period, and into confrontation with death (as the ultimate limit of our possibilities). This is our structural limitation (Facticity).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Projection:<\/strong> Despite this thrownness, the human being has no pre-made essence. Our existence precedes our essence (Sartre). To confront the mystery means that, through our choices, we project ourselves toward the future. Meaning is not something to be discovered; it is something to be created.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u06f4. Language as the \u201cHouse of Being\u201d (Language as the House of Being)<\/h3>\n<p>In late phenomenology (particularly Heidegger), language is not merely a tool for transmitting information or labeling objects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Existential Understanding:<\/strong> Language is where Being becomes unconcealed (Unconcealed \/ Aletheia). We understand the world only to the extent that language allows disclosure to us.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Encounter:<\/strong> Being a speaking being means that we are the guardians of this house. An authentic encounter with Being requires a kind of language that distances itself from consumerism and technological reductionism. Here, poetic and meditative language acquires an ontological significance; for rather than conquering objects, this language allows them to be as they are (Gelassenheit \/ releasement).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u06f5. Authenticity in Confrontation with Death (Being-towards-death)<\/h3>\n<p>No encounter with Being is complete without confronting the boundary of its non-being.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Possibility of the Impossible:<\/strong> Death is the most certain and, at the same time, most personal possibility of every individual. No one can die in place of another.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Authentic Encounter:<\/strong> Accepting an awareness of death (Sein zum Tode) helps us stop postponing life. This acceptance is the touchstone that purifies our life projects of secondary and borrowed matters and gives urgency and existential depth to the present moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summary of the Structure of the Existential-Phenomenological Encounter<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Stage<\/th>\n<th>Key Concept<\/th>\n<th>Practical-Philosophical Mode of Encounter<\/th>\n<th>Outcome of the Encounter<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u06f1. Suspension &gt;&gt; Epoch\u00e9<\/td>\n<td>Suspension of presuppositions and theories about the world<\/td>\n<td>Reclaiming the primordial wonder of phenomena<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u06f2. Awakening &gt;&gt; Existential Anxiety (Angst)<\/td>\n<td>Escape from loneliness and confronting \u201cNothing\u201d<\/td>\n<td>Emergence from the anonymity of the mass and finding individuality<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u06f3. Action &gt;&gt; Projection<\/td>\n<td>Responsibility for choice despite biological limitations<\/td>\n<td>Creating meaning by oneself (authenticity)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u06f4. Expression<\/td>\n<td>Revelatory Thinking (Meditative Thinking) &gt;&gt; Listening to language beyond functional instrumentality<\/td>\n<td>Dwelling in the \u201cHouse of Being\u201d<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u06f5. Culmination<\/td>\n<td>Awareness of Death (Being-towards-death) &gt;&gt; Integrating the truth of mortality into present decisions<\/td>\n<td>Liberation from illusion and taking the lived moment seriously<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mental Health \u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here, writings and materials related to topics in psychology and psychiatry are shared.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udd94 <strong>Identifier:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ble.ir\/jamehvasalamtravan\">https:\/\/ble.ir\/jamehvasalamtravan<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Dr. Hamid Yousefi\u2019s Website<\/strong><br \/>\nPsychiatrist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drhamidyousefi.com\/\">https:\/\/www.drhamidyousefi.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, as speaking beings, grapple with a mystery called Being. \u201cHow to Confront This Mystery\u201d To approach the mystery of &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/drhamidyousefi.com\/en\/the-mystery-of-being-and-the-existential-approach\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0647 \u0645\u0637\u0644\u0628<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thought"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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