Post #1651529

2026-04-23 23:10 UTC

@lifewithtrees @ZenHeathen Let’s see if I can describe this. To give anything “meaning” is just an idea you’ve made up in your mind and only exists there and doesn’t actually exist in reality. To try find the meaning of life is impossible. What is meanful, to whom, universally? If you don’t find meaning does that make your life worthless? It’s a rabbit hole that is fruitless. When you stop giving meaning then you’ll know everything as is. A knowing before knowing.

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@ZenHeathen@beige.party 2026-04-23 23:14

@rwsoft The effort itself is doomed to failure. "To try to find the meaning". Yoda was right: Do, or do not--there is no try. If you try to do it, you insert the possibility of failure, and nearly guarantee it. And what if your life had meaning or purpose? You'd insert the possibility that another's did not. This is patently incorrect, and immoral. And as you say, attachment: If you are wedded to the idea of what your life is about or for, and you fail at that, you ruin your opportunity for happiness by having attached your happiness to something impermanent or unattained. Release the attachment to having a meaning or purpose, and live.

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@jayalane@mastodon.online 2026-04-23 23:22

@rwsoft @lifewithtrees @ZenHeathen to find meaning in living tho is certainly commonplace especially once you stop pinning everything to some idea of a purpose that your brain created. Meaning isn't some separate thing from experience but living Zen is not meaningless as people usually mean that term. In my experience of course. A walk outside is a walk outside - quite satisfactory when free from strongly held opinions. 1/2

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