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