02/23/2009

The Meaning of Existence

It makes no sense to ask what meaning existence has; for whatever it would be for would itself be part of existence. The meaning of existence is to exist. What one sees as meaningful is but subjective; anything is meaningful if one sees it as such. Whatever beliefs one has about what is meaningful, then, are not philosophical but rather emotional. Love, beauty, happiness — all these things are meaningless if one sees it as such; but why should one, if by doing so one will never find meaning? Things have no value only if one does not recognize their value. It is irrelevant just what the meaning of life is as it may have infinitely many meanings; life itself, in every moment, is its own meaning.
If any, the question here is not what the meaning of life is, but rather what its destination is.

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