Nothing has meaning unless you give it meaning.
@innertalks (21026)
Australia
August 12, 2018 8:21pm CST
I was thinking about the title of this discussion after what happened to me this morning.
I walked past a bookshop, and it was closed, when it was supposed to be open.
Now, feeling disappointing at this, I was thinking to myself that I could say that the meaning of this was that I had already bought enough books for now, and that I didn’t need any more right now. This was a sign, an indication, it was a message to me of sorts, with this meaning to it then.
But, on the other hand, when I went back to the shop in the afternoon, and when I asked them why they were late opening in the morning, they told me that the Monday morning staff meeting had run five minutes late that morning.
I had walked past that shop at 9.35 am, when it was supposed to open at 9.30 am.
Was my derived meaning right, or just something I contrived to alleviate my disappointment at not being able to peruse the bookshop, as I had planned to do otherwise?
Do events carry independent meanings to them?
Does life have an intrinsic meaning inherent in it, or does nothing have any meaning other than what we ourselves attach to it, and so are we really just fooling ourselves, because life is just life, and it pans out just as it pans out, in one way or another?
And yet, I might answer these questions like this.
Love gives meaning to everything that it touches, and it touches all things.
Maybe I am right in that all meanings, other than love’s meanings, are always mere mind attachments, but the paradox is that love has no meaning of itself, because it is merely an instrument of God, and when it connects you to God, you find meaning within you then for all that you do, and for all that you ever have done too.
God provides meaning when you love him, because love reveals its truths when lived in via God.
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Where does the real meaning of life come from?
Only from God, because without God, there is no real meaning to life!
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
13 Aug 18
People should refrain from attaching a meaning to every little thing or event. This is what creates disillusionment. Some people fall victim to their own misperceptions. 
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@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
13 Aug 18
Yes, I agree now with that too.
I was in a New Age religion for a long time, years ago, and they did just that.
Everything had a meaning. They would look for signs everywhere, from number plates on cars, to signs on shops. They were not so much in the now, but in some fanciful world, trying to decipher, and get messages from everything.
Sometimes, we should take notice of some things, I agree, but we should not go to the extreme on this, I think too.
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@marguicha (215469)
• Chile
13 Aug 18
Very interesting post. I am an agnostic, but not an atheist. I am seeking, and have been seeking all my life, for meaning. For me, the answer is in love.
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@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
13 Aug 18
Yes, I agree with you there. The answer is love.
It is said that God is simply love, or a symbol for love, so we are both on the same track then I think too.
Love gives meaning to everything else that we do. When we care for another person in a loving way, both the giver and the receiver of that love obtain meaning from it, I think.
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@Shiva49 (26203)
• Singapore
13 Aug 18
I am not easily disappointed and I have a take to just do what is right and accept the consequences.
It is important to move on than be overly concerned. Life has so much variety for us find meaning and to feel grateful.
With the right attitude, we are on firm ground. We are from the same spark of creation, so what we receive is our share of what we deserve, sort of just dues - siva
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@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
13 Aug 18
I think that I am more easily disappointed, and I get upset when things do not seem to go my way.
Yes, I guess to move on past disappointments does require a right attitude, otherwise, we start feeling sorry for ourselves, and dig ourselves into our own swampy ground then instead.
@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
13 Aug 18
@Shiva49 It's hard at times though to always do this.
When something particularly life changing has happened to one, and has disturbed them greatly, it is hard to put that aside, and to move past it.
It is often carried along with some people for the rest of their life. Perhaps some of us need assistance to help us to lift this type of heavy load out from our hearts.
Time does help, minimally, but not always maximally.
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@Shiva49 (26203)
• Singapore
13 Aug 18
@innertalks I want to put my disappointments behind me asap, and move on looking ahead.
That approach has served me well - siva
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