It has become clear to me that life has no intrinsic meaning. Humans are happy to add meaning–sometimes desperate to do so, so the chasm of not knowing doesn’t open up in front of them.
We add meaning all the time–but that is a layer spread on top of the raw experience of life itself. When life has no meaning the question arises: but what about individual purpose?
From the non-dual view, there are no individuals–simply vast life, whole, undivided, living. Hence, no individual purpose.
However, the truth that life has no meaning does not imply that life is meaningless. “No meaning” and “meaninglessness” are not the same. Life simply is–bold, generous, filled with texture and unknowns, unfolding in each eternal now.
© Amrita Skye Blaine, 2012
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Amrita, I really resonated with this post. Well said indeed. I actually
felt a relief from your words.
Love all, serve all, that gives me purpose in no purpose.
Alese
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Well said. Here’s a question: at what age do you think people should find this out? Should children be told from a young age there is no meaning to it all, or is this something you let them find out for themselves?
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Hi Max,
Thanks for commenting. I believe that people must come to this understanding on their own. No one can “tell” you, because it’s experiential.
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I so “grok” that experience of trying to attach meaning to avoid the not-knowing… I catch myself in that dance frequently finding myself there and dropping meaning like a stranded dance partner on the dance floor. Love your graphic!
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So happy you loved the graphic and “got” it. I took that photo many years ago when traveling with my mother in France.
Love you…
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Well said, Amrita. What need is there to try to add meaning to what IS?
~ Paul
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And there, you said in one sentence, what it took me a few paragraphs to cover! Great job.
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