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I didn't expect this topic to get as many posts as it did. There were a lot of interesting answers.

JigsawTDC posted...

I heard a quote a long time ago that I've stuck by: "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."

There is no inherent meaning, so we create our own. Consciously creating meaning in the face of existential dread has helped significantly.

That's basically how I try to live. I think we create our own meaning and it doesn't have to be confined to one or two things. I also believe that the meaning we give to it shifts as we get older.

trodi_911 posted...

I don't think about it because what's the point of thinking about it? You can't change it so just move on to more important things.

I like thinking about these things mostly because they are interesting, but I also think they can be important when people feel like they have lost direction in their lives.

Joelypoely posted...

Realise that it is only apparently meaningless from our limited human perspective. Our very existence as opposed to non-existence suggests the possibility there could be some overarching meaning to reality which we are unaware of. The best we can do is to continue to study philosophy/science/religion/whatever and perhaps eventually we will make significant metaphysical discoveries.

I agree that there is so much we don't understand. Even just using psychedelics makes you realize that there are things transcendent to the average human experience. It makes it more likely that there are higher truths that we are just incapable of reaching. Human beings have always tried to push the boundaries of human knowledge and experience. We will continue to do so.

PMarth2002 posted...

I find it liberating because if life has no inherent meaning, that means its not dictated by someone else and you can live however you want to live.

That's a good way of reframing it. It gives you a greater sense of freewill and responsibility.