The Meaning of Life.

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/03/17/george-lucas-meaning-of-life/
This link is to some excerpts on George Lucas's take on the meaning of life.


"The only reason for life is life. There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason."

I agree with Lucas immensely. There is no meaning to life because life is meaning.  We cannot have meaning without life and we cannot have life without meaning. Life gives us meaning and that is good, that is okay. I am by no means saying that we should stop discussing the meaning of life, though. I think we would loose a lot if we just accepted that we could never figure it out. Part of life is trying, in vain, to figure it out. The meaning of life is to attempt to find meaning in it. So let's keep going, let's try to figure life out. It's totally futile but trying to find answers is what makes life worth living. It's scary because we can't assign meaning to everything, but we can figure some things out. We can choose to assign our own meaning to things when we feel it's necessary.

"If we have a meaningful place in this process, it is to try to fit into a healthy, symbiotic relationship with other life force. Everybody, ultimately, is trying to reach a harmony with the other parts of the life force. And in trying to figure out what life is all about, we ultimately come down to expressions of compassion and love, helping the rest of the life force, caring about others without any conditions or expectations, without expecting to get anything in return."

Once again, good ole George hit it right on the head. We should constantly be striving for a more loving and harmonious state. That is a huge undertaking, what more meaning do you need?