Legend of the TMonkey

The Meaning of Life

So we ask ourselves "what is the meaning of life?" And so I endeavoured to answer the question instead of keeping on asking it... Meaning, it occured to me, is a concept, as is purpose. Life only has meaning or so called purpose if we choose to believe in such concepts. They are thoughts only of human imagination. Were we to not have been born with semantic ability, we would not pose such ridiculously absurd questions, because we would never have created the concepts in the first place. Really there is no true answer. Concepts are based on perception, therefore any meaning or purpose we were to give to life, should we hold such belief, would be maleable and ever varied according to our perception of the concepts of meaning or purpose.

So, my next question I endeavour to answer is "do I believe in the actual being of concepts?" And, well actually, I don't. For example, I often question the concept of words, like... a table for example, we call a table a table, but the word table is only a concept, what if a chair was called a table? It'd still be the same thing, with the same purpose, but a different name, the name is irrelevant because the word is only a concept of our semantic creations.

So if life has no meaning and no purpose, what really is the point?

Well, I'll tell you.

You are a fragment of time. Your being alters such time in that your words and actions affect who and what you are around, therefore, your life is what you make it. Choose your actions and words carefully because they define what impact you have on time. If you believe in concepts being more than semantic, then it may be translated to you that your meaning or purpose in life is to be the best you can be to make the most of the time you have to influence the people and things that surround you, so that you can say your input in your time helped make a better future.

Ahh, isn't that nice...

posted by TMonkey @ 11/21/2006 02:34:00 PM