Everything is meaningless

Ever wonder why people live?

I thought, confused, also have the answer. This is a few words, everyone can understand the answer.

First and foremost, we should recognize that: Everything is meaningless

Suppose there is no god in the world. All that is just natural law. For example, the sun is produced by the aggregation of matter under the action of gravity. The sun does not exist for some purpose, but is the product of natural laws. Like the sun, all things in the world, including ourselves, are the products of natural laws and have no meaning.

Suppose there is a god in the world. God may also have her God. Step by step, the god at the top of the hierarchy does not exist in her world. Just like us without God, her world is meaningless. God's world is meaningless, so the world she created is even more meaningless. Step by step down, every level, every world is meaningless.

To sum up, whether there is a god or not, everything is meaningless.

Recognizing this, we can understand ourselves and the world. I understand that people's various behaviors, in the final analysis, are the words: when the world is prosperous, it is all for profit; The world is bustling, all for profit.

I am calm, because I understand. For me, why people live is no longer a problem, but how to live is.

Everything is meaningless 》48 comments

  1. Well said, I agree with you. However, I don't agree with "In fact, most people have been living like bees who don't know mathematics are building the best structured honeycomb". I think most people can't follow their true heart, but are bound by many external things. In fact, it is not easy to get rid of these psychological comforts.

    1. This is not an article telling people how to live. What I want is for people to understand the world and their own behavior.
      To a certain extent, it is reasonable to carefully examine each person's behavior.
      We are what we are today, because we are not only domesticating animals, but also being domesticated by others.
      When we understand the world, we may be able to make a better choice, or continue to live the original life.
      But anyway, because we understand ourselves, our hearts can be calm.

    2. I also agree with the author's ideas, but I think the angle is a small idea in the time span. When you lengthen or shorten the time span, there will be different answers. For example, when you shorten it to seconds or days or years, your life meaning will be a concrete life or goal; When you stretch the time to ten thousand years or more, in fact, everyone's life will become a point, just like from a multidimensional dimension to a dimensional point, the result will become meaningless. Let's think about whether there will be anyone in another 100000 years.

      1. I don't think you understand my intention.
        There are many truths in this world, such as 1+1=2. I didn't write 1+1=2, but it is meaningless to write everything. Because I believe that people can understand this well and live a better life.
        For example, I now have a self consistent value system. I have a dream, no longer confused.
        I hope my blog will help you in your life, at least not confused.

  2. Everyone's life is different. The most important thing is their own attitude. Some people want to be detached, some people want to face it, and some people can't get away from it.
    It is impossible to be detached. The world is so realistic that detached people are carried up the mountain to live in seclusion. In the downtown, no one can be alone. People may be able to be detached for a short time, but they cannot withstand the accountability of the crowd for a long time. Too many experiences in life, too fast time for joy and too long time for pain are all caused by human emotions. So I feel that the real strength is the human heart, which is strong and has no fear of defecation. As for material things, after all, dead things, in the final analysis, are still the problem of wind and cloud, but the present era is a material era. Many people say that he is a materialist, idealist, left handed materialist, right handed idealist seems to be no problem, but generally self-regulation.
    Take pain as entertainment, and enjoy life. Life is just a practice.

  3. In other words, when you think "maybe nothing is meaningful", you derive some meaning. Meaning itself is not some kind of being, but the real feeling that you want to read.

    1. Only the heart is true. This article is the one I hope you will see most. What I want to express most is: follow your heart, only your heart is true

      1. This is the idealism of Kant and Wang Yangming.
        Personally, I think it is too metaphysical, so there is no problem. But most of the time, it is not helpful to solve practical problems.
        Mr. Feng Youlan's "New World Training" is very good, called "Rationalizing Emotion".
        The meaning system that people pursue is also an emotion. The essence of idealism is emotion.
        Physically and chemically, too high to love.

        1. It is indeed idealism. After all, everything outside is nothing (meaningless), and the inner feelings are real.
          As for the fact that it is not helpful to solve practical problems, I don't agree.
          Personally, I am no longer confused.
          For the society, I can also put forward some suggestions of my own: http://thinkinlife.org/%e5%b9%b3%e8%a1%8c%e4%b8%bb%e4%b9%89/

  4. Knowing what you live for is no different from living for living.
    Some people are alive, but they are dead. This is just a subjective view, which is to see others from the perspective of others.
    For the deceased, living is the meaning of his life.

  5. People feel meaningful because they have goals. When people lose their goals, they will become zombies. The pursuit of happiness cannot be the goal, otherwise, what's the difference between that and drug addicts?

    1. Maybe my writing is not good. I hope people can love life after reading my article.
      Everything is meaningless, so we can live for granted.
      Everything is meaningless, so we can live for ourselves, not for the king and lord.
      As for the goal, that is really needed. But most people's goals are given by others. And I tell you that goals can come from your heart.
      As for drugs, I wrote another article, "Rejecting Drugs".

  6. "Meaning" is given by human beings. Cars have their own meanings, kites have their own meanings, and swimming has their own meanings. All these are given by human beings because they have independent consciousness.
    The world is meaningless, while roses are meaningless when they are in bloom, which is the reproduction of natural laws. But when humans pick them, they are endowed with the meaning of "love".

  7. On my first visit, I saw the domain name and was able to think about it. Human beings are just products that conform to the laws of the universe. However, compared with material things, human beings have emotions and emotions, so the pursuit of happiness is a meaning of living

  8. I also often think that I was lucky to be born in this world, but finally I belong to the dust. The world after death is meaningless to me. No matter how many light years pass, such a desperate thing, if there is no way to solve the problem of extending life, then I should have fun in this life. In the vast universe, the earth is just a grain of dust. There is no time in this space, but we use limited life to measure how long we can live. No matter how long it has been in the past, no one will know that there was a place called Earth in a galaxy where some life was entertaining themselves. Thinking of this, I feel lucky to know all the people on this journey on this earth for a hundred years.

  9. It reminds me of Frank's book "Living the Meaning of Life", which is very short but very enlightening.
    Sometimes the value can not be realized, but the meaning can be given by oneself.

    1. It is well said that meaning should be given to oneself.
      I said that everything is meaningless, not to give up life, on the contrary, I love life. When I say this, I will die and survive.
      I hope you can see through life, still love life, can not be bound, give yourself the meaning of life.

  10. Hypothesis is a better choice to solve mathematical problems. It is meaningless. The purpose of living is to create meaning. It is better to avoid any reason, narrow the focus of life, and take less snacks.

  11. It's really lucky to see such an article,
    Is life really meaningful? Do we really know our ultimate pursuit
    The dazed crowd, entangled at the foot, do not know why the distance to themselves.

    Life is meaningless at first, and you won't be entangled here until you get the answer.
    That feeling is like... knowing the principle of the formula, no need to do the problem with half knowledge and half solution.

    Life is meaningless from birth. I don't have to struggle to find its meaning. I know it is meaningless. I know that its meaning to me needs to be given by myself,
    The meaning of getting the answer is not to seek, but to create.

    1. A bosom friend is hard to find. I'm very moved to see your comments, but someone can understand me.
      Let's follow our inner voice and live freely.

  12. Many people believe that only in the distance can they have their own dreams. A strange city, a three-point life, is full of color and passion. Do you know that this process will consume all you have. Although he didn't stand out, he also saw the world and listened to the fate.

  13. I agree with the view that "everything is meaningless". I believe that the meaning of life is given by people themselves. "Meaning" is an illusory thing, and there is no fixed measurement standard.

  14. I just finished reading the book "Living out the meaning of life" recently. Please share my gains.

    After reading Living the Meaning of Life, it seems that I have gradually found my own understanding of meaning.

    1. In the midst of hardship and despair, what one cannot lose most are goals and hopes.

    2. I have a choice.

    I have the freedom of choice, but also need to bear the other side of freedom, responsibility.

    "Some uncontrollable forces may take away a lot of things from you, but the only thing it cannot deprive is your freedom to choose how to deal with different situations. You cannot control what will happen in your life, but you can control your emotions and actions when facing these things.

    People have always had the freedom to choose their attitude and behavior in any environment. "

    3. Anyway, life is always meaningful.

    ① We can choose to do what we want to do, to find meaning and gain growth through doing things.

    ② We can experience the unknown external world, so as to fill our inner world. There are endless beautiful first times in life for us to discover the experience.

    ③ We can be bold to love, to love our loved ones, to love the people we love.

    ④ We can suffer and experience pain.

    If you feel that the present is meaningless, you might as well starve yourself for a day. Think about the authors in Auschwitz concentration camp. They are our role models.

    I really want to recommend this book to every depressed friend.

    1. I have always stressed that everything is meaningless, not because I am a pessimist. On the contrary, I am an optimist.
      Everything has no meaning, so a thousand words can't equal a word I want.
      I don't need to starve myself for a day, read "Living out the Meaning of Life", think about the authors in Auschwitz concentration camp, and set an example - I don't need a meaning.
      If you need a meaning to live, when you doubt what you once believed, your life will fall into complete despair.
      On the contrary, like me, I will never be disappointed, hopeless or confused. Even if I were a brain in a vat, I could face it calmly.

  15. Looking back at my childhood, when I didn't understand life, every day of my life was very interesting and meaningful. Those who live in dreams without knowing themselves may be happier than painful. To become a saint and a Buddha, a person who is detached from the world is also free from pain. In the end, those of us who understand a little about life but fail to understand it, and who are caught in the middle, suffer a lot.

  16. The universe is a container of entropy increase, and everything tends to be out of order. Life in a civilized society is a process of entropy reduction and work. Therefore, the meaning of life lies in the process experience, and the end of life turns into the ashes of history.

  17. My opinion is similar to yours
    Nature creates man, man creates language, and language creates the word "meaning".
    Therefore, "existence" precedes "meaning"

  18. you bet
    Nature created man
    Man creates language
    Language creates "meaning"

    The emergence of the word "existence" precedes "meaning"

  19. This is one of the four propositions of existentialism: meaningless, freedom, death, loneliness, and life is such a meaningless process. Like Sisyphus, who keeps pushing up the stone in Sisyphus' myth, although it is futile, he has to push up to fight against this meaningless, and find the meaning of life in this struggle.

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    1. Well, I'm not looking for the meaning of life anymore.
      It's just a shackle.
      For me, why people live is no longer a problem, but how to live is.
      If you have time, you can read my other articles. I hope you like it.

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    1. I am not a pessimistic person. The reason why I emphasize that everything is meaningless is not because I am a nihilist.
      I just hope to help people see the truth, not be bound by meaning, and live a good life.

  22. It means a little existentialism. People are free and forced to be free. In this era when traditional moral values are being questioned and are about to collapse, what can guide us to live and act with a sense of meaning? I think this guidance is most likely to be realized only by looking from our hearts. People should not only live rationally, but also live passionately. For individuals, the most important thing is not the objective and metaphysical meaning value, but the subjective individual meaning, that is, passion. But now people are trapped in reason and can't see clearly the perceptual and subjective things in their hearts.

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