Meaning of life?
One of the big questions, after having the basic needs taken care of, is what is the meaning of life?
Ground inherently free from any meaning
Ground or Big Mind is inherently free from any meaning or lack of meaning, which means that any sense of meaning or lack of meaning, and any particular content of meaning, is free to arise.
What is, is the meaning
Moving a short distance into the relative, we see that what is, right now, can be seen as the meaning of life. Whatever happens right now, whatever arises as the content of awareness right now, that's it. That is the meaning of my life, right now, just as it is. That is how Ground, Big Mind, Spirit, Brahman manifests as form, right now.
This is of course not helpful if this realization is not arising on its own, but when the realization is there - it is clear. This, as it is, is the meaning of life. That which arises right now, fresh, immediate, always new, before any ideas are put on it.
Finding one's own meaning
And then there is of course the conventional way of looking at it, at least in contemporary western societies: life may be inherently meaningless, but find your own meaning. That is the meaning of your life, to find what is meaningful for you. I guess this is Orange and beyond, in Spiral Dynamics.
At Blue (or amber in KW's new model), the answer tends to be given by whatever tradition one adheres to. If you are Christian, then it is salvation. If you are Buddhist, then awakening - or at least a good rebirth.
And at Green, it may be partly finding one's own meaning, and partly to live a life good for the larger whole - for humanity as a whole, for the Earth as a whole, for future generations.
Each of these are of course completely legitimate, and can be very helpful, although they are also relative truths.
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