(09-30-2015, 04:20 PM)anagogy Wrote:(09-30-2015, 03:52 PM)upensmoke Wrote: I got extremely upset two days ago and in my rage i had an insightful break thru. I realized that life has no meaning. To elaborate I use to think that the meaning of life, was whatever meaning the individual decided to give it, but from my break thru i learned that if an individual has to give life a meaning, than therefore it never had one in the first place. Its true form is meaningless. So in truth life has no meaning life is all about the experience, but it has no meaning
Thoughts and opinions are always welcome
What is meaning?
Interesting that only conscious beings can ascribe "meanings" to things. The most true thing you can say, as consciousness, is "I am". "I exist". "I am aware that I exist". So in a sense, you could say that we are meaning itself.
The purpose of life is to live. The purpose of existence is to exist. Things don't have to be complicated. You might ask yourself, what is this thing called happiness or well being, and why do I crave it? Plenty of interesting fodder for thought in regards to meaning in that line of questioning.
if i could find meaning in life it would be a simple, "to be or not to be", or as you put it "I Am", or even "We Are". The point of existing being to exist is kinda what lead me to discover that their is no point. I don't know how to explain the paradox better than
"no matter what you do it has meaning, so no matter what you do it has no meaning" if the point is to exist no matter what you do your contributing to the point, so there is no point in doing anything. Also I'm not saying one should do nothing, just that their is no meaning or point in doing anything. Also meaning is just like purpose to me.