I mean, there is no meaning in nature, it was man who invented it, and often it appeared because of a scarcity, for example, the point is in a beautiful woman, because you are unlikely to find another one as beautiful, right?, or can you find a person who will support you and accept you as you are, like your loved ones? The examples are not the best, but I hope you get the idea.
In addition, I will say that about a year ago I watched the film “The Seventh Seal”, and now sometimes I feel in the place of a character named Antonius Block. I dismissed the inevitable by refraining from suicide as a teenager, thinking I could find the meaning of life, but what was to be expected, nothing worked out. But especially now, how shall I put it… in the age of AI, it is impossible to escape the truth, self-deception no longer works, at least for me personally.
Chess Game with Death:
It is a blessing that life has no meaning. You can give it any meaning you want without having to delude yourself from the “right” meaning.
Your life meaning could be charity, attempting to reach the pinnacle of your hobby, teaching and empowering others, success, dismantling tyrrany, competition (like that in sports and other hobbies), creation and building, etc. Find one that you believe in, and help others to find theirs
You can choose multiple, but many is too great of a burden to carry.
I’m still looking for whatever is making that smell.
there is no meaning to life without context. Trying to find “meaning” is like walking through the forest blind. you give meaning to your life.
when I say, “the roses are beautiful,” every person provides their own meaning to what that entails. some think of red roses some yellow, others white. then the beauty is only provided by the context of the audience based entirely on their subjective associations of beauty.
the meaning of life is what you make of it, since you are your own audience.
Sounds like you’re in the Pessimistic Nihilist stage, you just need to process things and then progress yourself to either Absurdist Nihilist or Optimistic Nihilist
Myth of Sisyphus is a great book if you want to lean into the absurdism
I mean, there is no meaning in nature, it was man who invented it
Humans are of nature. Any meaning we find is the answer.
I want to learn things and meet people and understand the world and humanity. I can never get even remotely close to doing as much as I want to in my tiny life, so I have to do everything in my power to allow myself to do as much as possible before I die.
If theres no meaning, there’s no pressure to live up to anything
I’m glad there isn’t a meaning to life. If there was a meaning, then I’d have to be doing that thing or be failing at existence. If no act matters, then I’m equally valid for doing my goofy nonsense as I am working hard or whatever.
The thing that shook me out of the existential crisis of understanding nihilism is that life had as much meaning before I was born as it will after my death.
Or in other words: we are the universe exploring itself - in playful exploration and/or aesthetic creation.
To me that gives license to do something interesting with the short time, resources and attention that I have available. I find experiencing new things or in new combinations fulfilling, as do I to help others make a positive contribution to the human experience (be it through positive societal change or practicing kindness).
I guess it doesn’t matter to me? Why does there need to be a meaning beyond right here and right now and existing?
Optimistic nihilism is the way to go. We make our own meaning.
The universe created us to bear witness to itself.
I find it simultaneously sad and relieving that nothing we do will matter in a million years. Every embarrassing thing I’ve done or will do, everything I’ve fucked up or will fuck up, eventually it won’t matter. Yes, I’m sad that my achievements also won’t matter in the really long run, but there is an upside
Every embarrassing thing I’ve done or will do, everything I’ve fucked up or will fuck up, eventually it won’t matter.
This comes much earlier than the heat death of the universe.
As we get older, the people who were present and aware of these embarrassing fuck ups not only has bad memory of their own, but these people pass away and with them, the only repository of the embarrassment ever happened remaining is ourselves. You will likely live to be the only one alive that know these embarrassing moments ever took place. Don’t continue to torture yourself when you’re the last witness.
The same way I live knowing that free will is probably an illusion. Beer still tastes good, my friends still make me laugh, I’ve still got to work to keep a roof over my head.
There is meaning in life. Every action causes an reaction. We all influence the universe and history in ways we might never know.
Life is a big improv stage. Now you decide which character and role you play!
