| Since Day ONE of the creation, blokes like you and I | | | | Meaning-Making-Machines that ascribe meaning to |
| searched for that elusive reason to life. | | | | what we observe around us. |
| "Why are we here?" | | | | Got that? Life is empty and meaningless AND |
| "What is our purpose?" | | | | everyone is a Meaning Making Machine. That's the |
| "Does the world follow some rhyme or reason?" | | | | ultimate formula to life. |
| And check out the great books and authors that | | | | There is no meaning to the car rushing down the road, |
| elaborated on the idea: Summa Theologica, The | | | | to the ferry crossing the channel, to the rocket landing |
| Egyptian Book of the Dead, The 'Quoran, The Bible, | | | | on the moon, to George Bush taking a dump on the |
| Jean Paul Sarte, Socrates, Paulo Cohello, Donald | | | | royal throne. |
| Trump. | | | | There is no inherent meaning to your trudging to work, |
| Okay, I arbitarily inserted up that last name. | | | | eking out a living, raising a kid and throwing dishes at |
| But seriously. You never realized you were in the | | | | your spouse. |
| company of such eminence! Give yourself a pat on | | | | These are all events. Random events with no inherent |
| the back, Mr. Philosopher. | | | | meaning. |
| Stop, and consider how, after all that rheotoric, prose, | | | | I bet you want to strangle me now. Or jump a bridge. |
| and giddy exhortation, few of these dissertations truly | | | | After all, if life has no meaning, what's the point of |
| arrived at some enlightening, jaw dropping Meaning of | | | | suffering through it (ah! another meaning) |
| Life that literally gave you the golden answer to your | | | | But let me finish. Put away that .45 |
| personal existence. (people still keep searching!) | | | | So… what's the point to all this? To life? To |
| And Life, well… life just kept lifing along. nu ni nu | | | | these empty events? |
| ni nu | | | | Remember what I said earlier? |
| Step outside for a moment. Just humor me on this. | | | | You are a Meaning Making Machine.and Life is Empty |
| What do you see. Really drink in the detail now. | | | | and Meaningless. |
| Okay. There's a car passing by. Or maybe a tree with | | | | Ask yourself: |
| some bird poop on it. A cat (hopefully white) passing | | | | What do you do when something is empty? YOU FILL |
| the street. Oh look! A dog spilling your garbage for you | | | | IT UP! |
| to clean up later! | | | | Since you are a meaning-making-machine, you have |
| What did they have in common? | | | | the mandate to forge your own personal meaning out |
| Nothing. | | | | of all these meaningless events. Simply fill life up with a |
| Check again. | | | | meaning that is so powerful, so inspiring that you simply |
| Okay… Nothing. Just a bunch of disjointed | | | | must bound out of bed every morning. |
| events. | | | | It's that simple. Life is inherently empty, but YOU have |
| But one of you might say, "ah I disagree. What I saw | | | | the Power to give it meaning. |
| was a spirited sports car driver showing off to his | | | | And do you already realize what kind of power that |
| girlfriend and experiencing a thrill burning gas and | | | | is? You suddenly open up a whole new world of |
| polluting the environment." | | | | possibilities! |
| Ah. Sounds like you just gave meaning to some | | | | Think about that. |
| meaningless event. | | | | Did you once think that because you got fired, lost |
| Or another would say "Man, that dog is out to get me. | | | | your wife, or got mugged, that life is cruel and |
| He spills trash everyday so I have to clean it up" | | | | demonic? |
| Oho! Looks like you colored some other event with | | | | Or did you think that because you won a million bucks |
| yet more meaning. | | | | at the lottery that God out there must love only you? |
| What am I driving at? | | | | NO!! NO!! NO!! Life is not inherently cruel and demonic. |
| Brace yourself. | | | | Nor does God favor you any more than the average |
| Here's the cold hard truth: every event on this planet is | | | | Joe. |
| meaningless. | | | | These are rich meanings you ascribed to life simply |
| Got that? | | | | because of random events. |
| Life is meaningless. In fact, life has no purpose, no | | | | But wow… how those arbitrary meanings |
| rhyme, no reason. Your life, my life, everyone's life is | | | | shape your future for all eternity. |
| empty and meaningless- a void existence formed | | | | Think of how a rape victim would live the next 20 |
| from an infinite strand of disjointed events that | | | | years. "It's hell. Every man is a monster" |
| branches out into infinite possibilities based on decisions | | | | Or imagine how Kiyosaki arises every morning. "Life is |
| made every moment. | | | | great! I earned $200000 more in royalties today" |
| Squirming? Hear me out. | | | | Get what I'm driving at. |
| Take yourself out of the Life equation. Just blink out of | | | | Life Is Empty and Meaningless, but You Have to |
| existence. Stop. Ponder this: do you think Existence, | | | | Power to Give it Meaning. |
| Destiny, The Universe would suddenly weep and grind | | | | Positive or Negative. |
| to a halt? No way! Life just goes on….. lifing | | | | And how you choose to view life shapes the rest of |
| along. | | | | your fleeting existence on this planet. You literally wield |
| This is the meaning to life: that LIFE IS MEANINGLESS. | | | | near God-like powers to reinvent your tenure on this |
| With or without us, reality endures. But what gives all | | | | world. Did you realize that? |
| this some iota of value is that we give it significance. | | | | It all depends on the Meaning Life Has For You. |
| We give it subjective meaning. | | | | And the best thing about it is: You Chose That |
| You, I and everyone are simply | | | | Meaning. |