This is a very complicated post to respond to. Life is inherently meaningless and you have just done a really great job of being human.
Only humans conceptualise and I am not saying it is wrong, I am doing it now. What I am saying is that in conceptualising life, we create the meaning. There is no "meaning of life" more "meanings of life" and for each and every human on this planet a separate meaning, perhaps even a parallel Universe. Your comments about living in a Universally intelligent life force is interesting, but I am not sure that we know it has intentions - this would involve IT taking a position on things at which point it would cease to be whole? And can you prove that 2+2=4? I know I can't. I know I can prove it doesn't... Two cars plus two cats? There were four of them I tell you. Which kind of negates the argument of this group that there was only ever one all along :) To recap Life is inherently meaningless, you cannot pluck the meaning from life and examine it Your life is meaningful (for you) because you create a meaning The meaning you create is a concept about your life based on the content and context of the way you perceive it It only really means anything to you It's a kinda weird one to get your head around, especially from an ego/individual perspective The purpose of life is kipper? LOL Cheers Mark On 7 March 2011 11:13, Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: > . > > Thanks Youwho, and to All this discussion group. > > It is so good to read your words and to see how close our > understandings can become. This topic of non-duality is not for the > faint hearted. Clearly you like many more have looked deep inside > yourself, where only truth can be found. Thanks for sharing, it’s a > rear gift to be able to exchange ideas on this subject and always a > relief to know that others see the same inner truth as ones self. > > Whist I agree totally with the general direction I have one slight > omission. > > The statement “What is the meaning of life? It has none.” > > In my little bubble I call reality, this question of life’s meaning > and purpose is critical. Given that each one of us sentient beings is > the ultimate creator of their unique experience of conscious > awareness. Then the charge of purpose and meaning becomes the sole > responsibility of the self creator. Hampered by logic and reason my > mind looks across the universe. > > How do we define purpose and meaning? Quote : “Purpose means the > reason for which something is done.” > > We know how this lonely rock we call planet-earth was for most of it’s > existence, a barren wilderness of lifeless dust. Was that empty > barren rock meaningless? Or was it a meaningful and necessary stage > in a programme of the intelligent forces. Which ensure the whole > universe (Advaita) is moving toward it’s universal ambition of > creating this here-now. Which hence ensures that this conversation > does take place. As it clearly is. > > In the time honoured tradition of non-duality we abandon conceptual > use of past and future. We see here-now as truth. Yet our knowledge > of the past determines change. I see non-understandable purpose in > all. We live in a universally intelligent force which governs and > coheres all energies to make manifest it’s intent in the now. Our > thoughts, our conscious awareness, the moon and the stars are all the > actuality of the intentions the universally intelligent force. > > That force which ensures water is wet and E=MC2. > > Thee invisible force which ensures that 2+2=4 on the surface of all > our reality bubbles. My reasoning is only that if one thing in the > universe has purpose then all other things exist to support that one > purpose. > > If my efforts today are to be happiness and spread happiness, then is > that not enough purpose for the entire universe? > > Is this not the condition of a single universal motion of energy, a > whole and complete Advaita? > > The purpose is now .......... > > > > . > > On Mar 3, 11:46 pm, "YouWho?" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nirupana - 92 > > > > You are prior to thoughts. How can thoughts arise if you are not there > > prior to them? The wakefulness that comes in the morning stays there > > until one goes to sleep again. You are prior to the wakefulness. One > > day it will sleep permanently. What you are listenting to is the > > highest type of meditation. > > > > Our teaching is unique, quite different from others in the world. It > > is of no use to the one who considers his body as his own Self. > > > > What is the meaning of life? It has none. It is there without any > > reason. Just see, witness. It is like urinating. Even if life is > > understood as the knowledge of the Self, that earned knowledge is also > > untrue. There will not be a vestige of it left. As soon as prana > > leaves the body, there will not be any difference whether one lived or > > not. > > > > Brahman is forever. The knowledge "I Am" comes to Brahman only. The > > individual has no knowledge. It is the source of misery. This "I Am" > > itself is the knowledge. Proper cognizance of this is the essence of > > spiritual truth. No one thinks about himself. He is searching for God > > who is One without a second and is limitless. However, the seed of the > > universe is contained in a microscopic seed of the knowingness of > > Beingness. No one thinks of that. Is it any different from God? > > > > The name "Chidakash" - the limitless space of Consciousnes, belongs to > > the living active "Knowingness." The knowledge of the world is not > > outside of this Consciousness. > > > > - Nisaragadatta Maharaj > > Sunday 2/11/1979 >
