The meaning of life itself

Life itself is meaningless.

What you think is meaningful is what it is.

Because the concept of meaning itself is a derivative product of human thinking. Meaning is given by humans themselves, not something that is born with it.

People have many instinctive tendencies: fear of death, love of leisure, eating, drinking, sex, and procreation. Taking in information brings happiness, and taking in food satisfies physical needs. That is an instinct that has evolved over a long period of time. It is similar to cats loving to step on milk and purr, and dogs need to urinate and leave a smell.

People can certainly think that satisfying instincts is the meaning of life. So eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, reproducing, and so on.

But as mentioned above, since meaning is a product of human rationality, then giving meaning to life, this desire can be regarded as one of the spiritual needs of humans.

At this point, it has gone beyond pure instinct.

The "meaning of life" of many grand propositions is more of a social consensus than a fixed rule. In some times, people are advised to study and become officials to be meaningful, in some times, people are advised to farm and weave to be meaningful, and in some times, people are advised to buy cars and houses to be meaningful: that is also a group concept, not an obligation that people are born with and take for granted.

Since the concept of meaning is something that only exists after humans are born, we can regard meaning as a spiritual tool that humans use to make themselves fulfilled and happy. Trees do not think about the meaning of tree life. Grass does not think about the meaning of grass life.

Tools exist to help people live and make people more worry-free. We should not put the cart before the horse, but be bound to death by tools.

So life itself is meaningless. Whatever meaning people give to life is what meaning it has.

Some people think that the meaning of life is to try all kinds of food in the world; some people think that the meaning of life is to chase stars; some people think that the meaning of life is to play all kinds of games; some people think that the meaning of life is to see all the beautiful scenery in the world; some people think that the meaning of life is to drink a bottle of rice wine and eat two side dishes after get off work; some people think that the meaning of life is to watch short videos on mobile phones after being tired; some people think that the meaning of life is to see their children settle down and start a family; some people think that the meaning of life is to find the meaning of life itself.

All of this is possible.

The Earth has been receiving the radiation energy from the Sun since its birth 4.6 billion years ago. Unfortunately, until 500 million years ago, the entire sphere had hardly changed. It cannot be said that all the solar energy of more than 4 billion years was wasted, but most of it was useless. In the hundreds of millions of years since the birth of life, oil and natural gas appeared in the crust, oxygen appeared in the atmosphere, the climate was changed, the landforms were blocked, and the efficiency of energy utilization burst out like a driving engine. Movement, instinct, wisdom, and consciousness appeared... These things are unimaginable for inorganic and inanimate objects. They don't know what imagination is. Without life, we can assert that in another 5 billion years, Aunt Earth will still be your aunt, and Uncle Sun will still be your uncle. But without life, no one can be sure what it will be like in 5,000 years, because using orderly energy accumulation to create unknown possibilities is the meaning of life. Since what is created is the unknown, you can also understand that life has no meaning. Don't think about the meaning of life. Being alive is the meaning.

What do you think the meaning of life is? If it can make you feel at ease, safe and happy, then that's good.

All the meanings of life that make you feel at ease are the right meanings.