Friday, March 04, 2005

More Meaning of Life

I once said that it was without point to find a meaning to life, or, at least, impossible (post)

I now want to expand on that, and alter it somewhat.
If, for somereason, in wanderings of thought, a person were to stumble upon the meaning of life, how would it affect them? First, how would they know, more than if they were mistaken, that they had truly found the meaning of life? It would be, like any other thought, subject to the weakness of the mind. In this way it would be no more compelling than if it were another delusion.

But this might provide a greater path to enlightenment than the one lost. If the meaning of life itelf is not specifically important, then it is possible to decide, with sufficient confidence, that one has reached an understanding no greater than a creation of the mind. This could be used for better purposes: the virtues of this conjuration might bo crafted to exceed the truth. This is both a greater enlightenment and a greater freedom.