Today's Meditation

[The Johnny]

Taking this back another step -

Why should we need meaning?  Who decided that meaning was an essential part of a balanced life, and that if you were missing meaning, you aren't really living?

Sisyphus is a little confused by all this philosophy going around about him and his boulder.  Okay, so it always rolls back down.  That doesn't bother him - if it ever stayed up on top of the mountain, he'd have to come up with something better to do.

I tend to think we need meaning because otherwise, we're just paddling around in circles. You don't do anything, you have nothing to aim for, and so on. Been there, done that, not healthy, very boring, and I'm a couple years behind because of it. Meaning = goal. The meaning in my life is to do what I enjoy. That gives me day to day meaning. Today, that's study for finals, because what I want to do with the rest of my life requires a degree. Friday, it's watch as much Freakazoid as possible and then go party.

This doesn't mean that everyone with a meaning is happy or whatever - meaning, if it comes from outside yourself and you have nothing invested in it, sucks. "My goal is to make my parents happy, even though I don't want to do it."

Maybe "meaning" sounds too abstract to you, but, in other words, its what you want to do with your life.

It can be as basic as surviving, or it could be pleasing someone, or it could be the seeking of pleasure, etc...

If you dont have "meaning" i dont see a point in living because youd be pretty much just a sponge.

[Juana]

That's pretty much what I said, Nyx.

[The Johnny]

Sorry, i quoted you not to disagree with you, but to go along with what you said towards GA.

[Juana]

All right then.