The Meaning of Life!!!

Hello my friends,

Deborah…………….you asked two very good questions. And I will try my best to answer them. You first asked, “Life is but does it truly have a meaning?” To that my reply would be, ultimately life is God, source energy, pure consciousness. And that 'force,' if you will, means absolutely nothing, and everything, for we cannot be without the perception of the Being that we are BEing. Now that being said, Being does not mean a physical body, or a certain form of any kind. Instead, the way that I would describe Being would be to say that Being is the part of God 'body' (for lack of a better word) that we perceive ourselves to be. In that, I then come to the conclusion that life is whatever we are Being. But what do I now? That is just my perception of my Being as it pertains to God. :-) Only you can decide if this answer to my previously stated question is a sufficient response or not. As far as if it was hard to answer or not, all that I can reply was that it was very easy. LOL


Your second question was, “Would not meaning indicate there was then something life was not?” This is a very good question, and you are correct to ask such a question based on the original question that I asked. I see that I did not quite phrase my question to the meaning that I intended; such is the limitations of language. My intention would have been better served by me asking, what is the meaning of this life that is really an illusion that we only give meaning by our misguided thoughts that life has any meaning at all?!? But you see, this question answers itself, so I thought that if I stated it in these terms my question would not have illicit any thoughts from the reader; which is what my intention was.

Before we can see this world that we think is real as unreal, which is what it truly is, we must first realize that we have full control over our experience of it by the thoughts that we give to it. Once we come to this realization we can then give that illusion up and give ourselves fully back to our Self, which is God, and then we will see and experience life for what it truly is, which is the physical experience of God!

All we are doing in these bodies, and in this world, that we perceive as living is “Goding.” That is to say that we are doing God, and God is doing us. And when we do God, and let God do us, we will then fully realize that this is what is known as BEing - Being that which we are, with nothing getting in the way of our Self.

Don………………don't you see that the things that people are adding to this world through their thoughts and perceptions are thing that they do want? No one does anything, in this world, that they think is wrong, given their outlook on their beliefs as to the way one should live ones life. This is why Jesus said, “Forgive them for they know not what they do.” They truly are not aware of the harm that they are doing to themselves, which you also perceive as them doing harm to you. But until you see these actions as acceptable, and therefore included them into your reality then the world will remain separate. Neale Donald Walsch says this best in his book “Friendship with God” when we say, “if you don not believe that you create your own reality, then you will experience your reality as something that you did not create; proving that you create your own reality.” Whether they, or we, realize it or not, we are all creating our own reality. This is why I challenge you and everyone else to learn to create the reality that you truly wish to see. And the only reality that works for all is the reality that we are all one.

“Let us never, never forget that we are the masters of our destiny. No one in all the universes writes our script. We do that, in co-creation with our brothers. As we rewrite our script, our brother must do likewise or leave the stage of our drama.” –Peter O’ Erbe: God I Am

When we accept everyone else’s behavior then that behavior will cease to exist, because it will then be returned back to its rightful place; Oneness! When everything is returned to Oneness, everything will return back to its natural state, which is of course Pure Love.

“Pure love is who you are! When you express pure love, you give yourself the direct experience of who you are. It is the greatest gift! It looks as if your giving a gift to others, and you are giving it to yourself, that is because there is no one else in the room, it only looks as if there is.” –Neale Donald Walsch: Friendship with God

“Who is to judge one flower to be a weed and another to be a delight? The weed was a delight unto itself before judgment arrived. Now it is rejected, deprived of love and must spread to be noticed, to make its call heard. It is all one movement of life, regardless if it be a thunderstorm or an august night. To acknowledge my brother's sovereignty, to allow him the right to be however he wishes to be, it to set him free. So, the answer to the question, how to embrace my adversary, is always: embrace what you feel. This brings us back to our own attitude. If it is hate we feel or hate's milder form, which is dislike, then we embrace this emotion all the same–and without judgment, If the person's conduct is so unpleasant that his presence becomes intolerable we can remove ourself. It this is not possible, then we take action not in the form of attack but rather as a mother corrects a misbehaving child. This can be done without any judgment. The essence of this learning is this: we only experience the person or situation as unlovable because polarities were singled out and judged. We see but ourself in the other person, hence judging him is judging ourself. We would never experience an unlovable person or condition if we embraced every person or condition and welcomed them without judgment.” –Peter O’ Erbe: God I Am

Thank you both, my friends, for stopping by and adding to this wonderful life that I perceive as nothing but beautiful.

Your loving friend,
Brian.

~namaste~
*deep, deep bow*

Deborah my good friend, I see that these thoughts and questions are really important to you, and that is good, because once you find the answer to these questions, for yourself, you will truly understand the “meaning” of “life.”  :-)

You asked many questions and I will try my best, once again, to answer them for you.

The definition that Princeton gave for the word “meaning” says it all within it's self: ”the message that is intended or expressed or signified.” Do you not see that that is all that we (Beings dwelling within physical bodies) are doing in this physical world? We are expressing the significance of ourselves (Being), as we see ourselves, through these bodies that we are using to share the “message” of the “meaning” of our Beings to the rest of the world. This, to me, is the meaning of life!

At first, I took the word “meaning” to be akin to “purpose”.  What purpose does being in life serve? Deborah……this is where I think that you might be getting caught up. To me “purpose” in “life” leads to the “meaning” of “life.” Here is the definition of “purpose” that I got from dictionary.com:

1. the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.

2. an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal.

3. determination; resoluteness.

 4. the subject in hand; the point at issue.

 5. practical result, effect, or advantage: to act to good purpose.

–verb (used with object)

6. to set as an aim, intention, or goal for oneself.

 7. to intend; design.

 8. to resolve (to do something): He purposed to change his way of life radically.

–verb (used without object)

9. to have a purpose.

—Idioms

10. on purpose, by design; intentionally: How could you do such a thing on purpose?

 11. to the purpose, relevant; to the point: Her objections were not to the purpose.

To me the verb (used with an object) describes “purpose” perfectly. As we continue to set intentions for our “lives” through our thoughts we give our “lives” “meaning.” Therefore, the “meaning” of “life” is nothing more than the “purpose” that we give it at this moment. As we change the focus of our “purpose” the meaning of our “life” changes.

I think that the place where most people get caught up is in thinking that they were given a “purpose” in life and they will not find the “meaning” of “life” until they know what there purpose is. Once everyone realizes that there “purpose” is created by them through their own thoughts, then they will find the “meaning” of “life,” and therefore be set free. The ego mind is what tries to convince us that we must discover our “purpose” and, therefore, discover the “meaning” of “life.” It is our Being that knows that is it the “purpose” and “meaning” of “life,” and therefore is.

As I first contemplated what you said in your reply, I looked back at the question again.  My first reaction is that “life” doesn't have a “meaning” because “life” is simply “being”.  To me “being” isn't “meaning”, given my initial definition as “purpose”, but that life or being just “is”, is a state of “being”.  But does a “state” of “being” actually have “meaning”?  That is what you say “being” and so, in that sense, we end up at the same place, re: being, but I'm still not sure about “meaning”.
I think that the above statement answers this beautifully.

For example, what does it really “mean” that I exist?  I'm just not sure it “means” anything.  So, I go back to the definition and try from there.  “Meaning” is a “message”.  So, what “message” can “life” convey? - that I exist as an awareness?, a “being” who has temporarily taken on form?, that I might express myself in a material world?  Possibly, it does “mean” that. I would say that you answered your own question. And of course we know, once the student can answer his or her own question, he or she is no longer the student. ~namaste~ *deep bow*

So, is “life” an expression of “being” in “matter”?  I think I could agree that it is.  That is how I would describe it.

Does “life” exist beyond “matter”?, “matter” seems to exist without “life”, without “being”, at least to some human perceptions.  Does “life” exist apart from matter?  “Life” is everything, therefore, nothing exists without “life”

Some people perceive “non-physical” energy forms that express “being”.  Are these truly states of “being”? and therefore, are these a kind of “life” that exists apart from matter? Now you are touching on a whole different way of understanding “life.” “Life,” truly understood, all comes from the same source, “God.” And within this source is where our Being is. Matter is conceived of through this source, (God mind) consciousness. Consciousness is what God is and, therefore, what we are. Whether you are conscious of it or not, you as powerful as the almighty mind that created your Being. This is what the bible meant when it said, “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” –Genesis 1:26. Do you not see right in those words how God and us (mankind) created this physical world together? Knowing this we can truly say, and mean it, that we are all One. We came from the same source the same universal mind (God). Having said all of that, Matter is a state of mind (consciousness). Therefore, all things are Beings, the only difference between your state of Being and the state of Being of a rock is that you are more conscious of your consciousness. Said another way, you are more aware of your awareness, or you are more aware of your consciousness (God mind).

I hope that these helped to help you understand you Self better. For the more you understand your Self, the more I understand my Self.

~namaste~
*deep bow*
Brian.

p.s. Don my Good friend, I will reply to your wonderful comments when I have more time. Thank you both again for contributing to this wonderfully fun discussion.

You right my friend. I can just call sometime and we can have a full conversation on the subject if we want. That will save my fingers from all of that typing. :-)

Your good friend,
Brian.

~namaste~
*deep bow*
Brian.