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do you think there's a meaning to life

I pray you all have some meaning to your lives, no matter how small or insignificant it may be.

Without meaning...whats the point? If your life is totally devoid of meaning, why keep going?

I have a theory on mine own personal meaning of life, but I dont think I'll share.

Why? For several reasons.

Firstly because its my own meaning. Not yours, not my parents, mine.

Secondly, because its only my CURRENT one. I am not foolish enough to believe that it is THE answer to that question. Not even close.

Finally, and this ties into the previous one: because I'm not even sure if i'm right. Its just my current thoughts. 10 years it could be 110% different. Not to mention its taken me YEARS (literally my entire life) of pondering, wondering, thinking, debating this question to even come to this meager, substitute for whatever the universes true meaning is.

Tis mine nonetheless; mine very own.

Literally have had to spend my whole life to come up with what I think it is now. And there are many people who have spent their whole lives searching too. Shit, this is the very thing that most people spend their entire lives pondering over.
 
No, the meaningless universe is just perfect, it's like music or dancing, the point is what's happening NOW !
 
I don't think there's any 'meaning of life', apart from the meaning you decide to give it. I don't think that makes life any less awesome though :)
 
you do know the Dalai Lama is just speaking from Buddahs teachings and thats what i believe at least to be happy and being useful makes me happy
 
from a biological stand point, the meaning of life is to fuck and have children, and then to raise your children so they can fuck and have their own children.

from an emotional side, meaning of life is to be happy.
 
We are individuals with a body and an awareness, ie representations of the One Awareness that is The Universe. We are the flesh, here to find out what Reality is about, because the Universe doesn't understand itself.
 
Life feels too short for me to spend even a moment wondering if it has a meaning or purpose beyond just living it. Living it gratefully, with awareness of how fascinating and mind-boggling it is at any given moment is meaning enough for me. I know that for some people asking this question is part of the fascination, it just never seemed to catch my imagination.

The idea of feeling useful, in order to feel meaning, is an interesting one. Many people describe their lives as devoid of meaning because they have shitty jobs that they hate or they can't find work at all. Buddhism teaches that you can ascribe joy and meaning to anything you do. It is a practical way to instill the habit of joyfulness in yourself. Try turning something around, something that you resent doing; try doing it beyond well. <3
 
just enjoy the ride man. check everything out. theres a lot of shit out there and moments to experience. try and get em all. think of it a collection. build you own.
 
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