When we push the boundaries. 

Lis­te­ned while wri­ting this post, try while rea­ding it :o)

This post is the second in a series reflec­ting on the mea­ning of life and the impor­tance of this ques­tion. These posts should be read in the order they are publi­shed as, star­ting at the 6th for example, dear rea­der, will mean the whole thing makes no sense. Hap­py reading!

Does life have to have mea­ning? This ques­tion is at the heart of our inves­ti­ga­tion into mea­ning. Why must life have mea­ning? Are we tal­king about life in gene­ral or our indi­vi­dual lives? I have a habit of taking vague topics and cla­ri­fying them as pre­ci­se­ly as I can-  nar­ro­wing down huge sub­jects- and this post will be no exception. 

Let’s take life in gene­ral. If we com­pare our­selves sim­ply to inani­mate mat­ter, which does not evolve by itself, then we can say that life, whe­ther it has a mea­ning or not, is defi­ned by its abi­li­ty to evolve by itself. We can see that life clear­ly dis­tin­guishes itself from other ele­men­tal com­po­nents of the uni­verse like the pla­nets, stars and gases. Let’s say that, other than the living ele­ments, the rest of what makes up the uni­verse, is not enti­re­ly known or unders­tood. The par­ticles which consti­tute these ele­ments could have long since been extin­gui­shed, mea­ning that des­pite our igno­rance of the whole, it is pro­bable that from an obser­vable point of view, there are only a few aspects yet to dis­co­ver. The prin­ciple of action and reac­tion leads us to believe that we have well and tru­ly iden­ti­fied a good amount of what there is to dis­co­ver. Of course, if we end-up fin­ding new tech­niques to improve our obser­va­tions, the limits of this idea would be extended. 

Until next time…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Hei­di Dew­hirst: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-virginia-dewhirst-142983a4/

Last Upda­ted on Janua­ry 7, 2022 by Coach Dan­ny