do we distinguish the "meaning" WE ADD to life, from life itself?

Question

if you add the meaning that life sucks ...do you remain aware that life does not actually suck or not suck but that you have added that meaning to life and live a life that maintains a world to fit the meaning you added?

And it does not have to be a negative meaning, it could also be that you ad the meaning that "life is beautiful" do you remain aware that life is not actually beautiful nor not beautiful but that you have added that meaning to and live a life that maintains that world to fit the meaning you added?

my question is do we distinguish the "meaning" WE ADD to life, from life itself

and what meanings to do you add to life?

Answer 1

If as Lakoff suggests, all language is just metaphor, then you are playing adroitly with metaphors. I don't agree with Lakoff, since I believe that there is something called reality which transcends language.

If that be the case, then it does not matter in any significant way, what you think, say, do, etc. but I mean that your actions, speech, and thoughts about meaning only affect reality as they in fact change reality.

Thinking can be an act just as speech is an act. All acts have consequences but just thinking about doing something or thinking about what you will do, obviously causes less change in the universe than doing something.

Answer 2

Life ... a particular time frame for the body to exist........ is comparable to a dress for the body. You, the owner of the body, finds it good , fitting and comfortable. For the others , the same dress would look aweful and unfitting.

It does not matter what the others think. You , the wearer like it and you are happy about it.

This is exactly the case with Life and Living. beautiful, unhappay, fine , sad , are all attributes to the life that you are leading . You were born without a dress and , may ne , you will go without a dress. What you got inbetween has no real value to the body itself , in a larger sense.

Answer 3

The 'meaning' of our life is a complex equation of 'meanings' of the lives of the people that we interact with.

Normally, everyone would like to add 'happiness' to their life. So, they follow certain ways to achieve their goal. Those ways can affect the happiness of other lives directly or indirectly.

Primary goal is to be 'satisfied' with the life and happiness is the means to it. Unfortunately the word 'satisfaction' is a relative term and it changes constantly. For ex., I set a goal of being satisfied if I acquire a own house. After getting the own house, I am still not satisfied because I would like to have three rooms in it... and the list goes on...

Answer 4

without the meaning, life itself, would be nothing just as you said. it would be just living.
so if we were to subtract the meaning out of life, living would be empty. we might as well be in a coma or a bunch of zombies.
life should never be separated from a "meaning" cause with that "meaning" comes the desire to live.
As to my personal opinion, on what life is all about, i feel like life is a ladder. and somewhere at the top, is a pot of "gold" and i'm climbing towards it. its not just money, but the pot of "gold" is inclusive of everything else : satisfaction, the ablilty to pursue my interest, and etc etc.

Answer 5

i will imagine of no longer something that i ought to kill for yet many stuff should be nicely worth death for. You element out poverty... it is glaring there is to little love contained in the international even as a million/3 of the inhabitants has an weight problems problem and a million/3 are ravenous to lack of existence. i should be prepared to die this very second if it ought to deliver extra love into the human equation... i'm no longer major adequate for the type of sacrifice to recommend something. that is why Jesus got here and died, yet for all his smart teachings it ought to look that love attracts ever less warm even between those who declare to shop on with him. would God bless you, as you look a pupil of peace.... Blessed Be!