The meaning of life

What is the meaning of life? If you were to ask me, I would tell you it depends on the context of the question. What is the meaning of life relative to what culture, to who's family, to what universe? There is not an absolute meaning of life, but why should there be? Why do we have this narcissistic need for centrality? The major religions have been telling us for so long that the universe is here for us. Well, I say that we are not divine beings, and are not worthy enough to have absolute knowledge. For when humans claim to have absolute power and knowledge we are capable of atrocious things; absolute knowledge opens the door for for dogma. Take for examples, the Holocaust, the Crusades, or modern Islamic terrorism, these three things have one thing in common: they are founded on dogma.

My point is that we make our own meaning to life. We define what goals we want to achieve, relative to our social and intellectual surroundings. If you just want to be happy, than by all means, find in meaning in your life by creating happiness for yourself. We can have more than one meaning of life. From a biological standpoint, the goal of life is to pass on one's genes, but this particular meaning has no relevance to how to treat your family and friends.

There is no absolute meaning to life, only relative meanings. I am sure its possible to define happiness through biological, but it is certainly not useful to define happiness in such a way because it is so far removed from every day practice.

We know a lot about life, and the universe, and at the same time we know so little. We are so limited by our senses and human biases. We are searching for purpose, for something larger than life. Well there is no absolute purpose to life, the only purpose we can discover is in the purposes of life that we define. So, discover what you enjoy, who you care about, what you like doing, and what you are passionate about, and make those things the meaning of your life. If you feel empty because you feel like there has to be something more, find satisfaction in the things you do have, and do understand.

Find meaning in the life around you, we all have a purpose - just not a divine purpose.