My search for "the meaning of life..."

Taran wrote:For some time, it has consumed me... I have put myself in a place where I can no longer go back to obliviously living my life without knowing why. If I don't know why I am alive, then there is no purpose in my living.

What do you mean by "why I am alive"?
And how does not knowing this make your life pointless?

Antigreen wrote:

Taran wrote:For some time, it has consumed me... I have put myself in a place where I can no longer go back to obliviously living my life without knowing why. If I don't know why I am alive, then there is no purpose in my living.

What do you mean by "why I am alive"?
And how does not knowing this make your life pointless?

Nothing in my life will last. Trying to accept this is impossible... I want to hang onto this life - the only thing I have ever known. It's too precious for me to accept losing it.

If there is no meaning behind my existence - if my existence is nothing more than a random occurence... Then, obviously, life was for naught.

Hi Taran

Have you looked at this earlier thread where we were discussing the meaning of life?

Kathleen

Taran wrote:

Antigreen wrote:

Taran wrote:For some time, it has consumed me... I have put myself in a place where I can no longer go back to obliviously living my life without knowing why. If I don't know why I am alive, then there is no purpose in my living.

What do you mean by "why I am alive"?
And how does not knowing this make your life pointless?

Nothing in my life will last. Trying to accept this is impossible... I want to hang onto this life - the only thing I have ever known. It's too precious for me to accept losing it.

If there is no meaning behind my existence - if my existence is nothing more than a random occurence... Then, obviously, life was for naught.

Life is for living. Life is not always easy. But sometimes life can be grand.
Where you have put yourself - where you say you cannot go back to oblivious living. You can put yourself in another place, where you can accept yourself as being ok where you are.

You say your life is too precious to lose, you also say if you don't know why your are alive there is no point in your living - do you see the conflict.
Stand back and breathe -
The reason for being alive and staying alive is because your life IS PRECIOUS. Don't beat yourself up, we all get it wrong from time to time eh.

Nothing in my life will last either. Somethings I am sad about, other things I'm peeved off about and I often strugle in finding my own way and my own answers and meanings to life.

Life can be hard - yet life can be great too. Some things we cannot change, - the law of the universe - you can't have ying without yang, for neither would exist without the other.

It's ok to be and stay who and where we are. It's ok to change too.
If we are in a place that is hurting, we can try to put ourselves in a place that is kindly instead. If we choose .................to.

(I do it too) I don't think we need to know the answer to why am I alive - it makes no difference if we do or we don't understand. I still AM and so are you!

That is precious - It's a pity it takes us a while to get the hang of enjoying life fully, especially as it is so precious. So maybe the reason why we are all alive is to be Joyful, share joyful, and encourage joyful, and even when we are feeling unjoyful - it would be good if someone was always there to remind us to be joyful. And you know what - some one just did
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I think maybe we are all in this random life together, and there may even be good things about that don't you think?

I have been reading your threads. Although I am no doctor someone should give this guy a DSM online test for bi polar I or II, anyone reccomend the link - I do not have any. This never ending & all consuming force is very real and powerful. As if someone was filling your body with expanding smoke rings. This pressure, this force demands physical action, sometimes goal orientated & sometimes not. Your quest does not sound 'healthy'. However, a man named Gurdjieff was driven and motivated by a similar pressure. You want the meaning of life? Research, "Gurdjieff, 4thway." - the meaning of life, the way of the sly man.
Remember, turn the bad into good. When you feel happy & hyper study, look, learn and make notes. When you are sad or unmotivated glance at your notes and glance at the books remembering, "This too shall pass!". Then, goto a psychologist.


TriP