Nothing Has Meaning

Of course this assumes such a thing as reality. Philosophizing is a real pain when one agrees that nothing exists. However, we all can assume certain givens, and then proceed happily.

So there is reality. I certainly don’t agree with that scenario but how am I going to do a piece on mirrors of something that doesn’t exist? Hold on, I’m having a thought. (Yahoo Serious, Young Einstein).

So the mirrors would have to fit nicely in the category of things that aren’t real but reflect real things.

Dream are a shadow, of something real. (Gulpilil’s character in The Last Wave.)

So how did I wind up on dreams?

Free association. Dreams are made up of the brain’s interpretation of reality in a reflective way despite being largely construed as meaningful information being perceived by the sensitive types.

Dream time is real, a real reflection.

Having occasion to peruse an old letter from a father to a daughter I happened upon a litany of excuses for parenting behaviors.

There was talk of voluntary poverty, a sort of activism spirit, and a comment about being nearly artists.

What the?

Nearly an artist?

Hilarious.

Actually there is no meaning. But if there were. . . .

If there were meaning to no meaning then the meaning would be that not having meaning isn’t necessarily meaningful or meaningless but that the intrinsic meaning has within it the hidden meaning that isn’t visible to the meaning blind or meaning impaired or those who choose not to grant meaning without meaning to.

A not too original and interesting topic.

So many thoughts and perceptions, so little comprehension outside the walls of my mind.

Success and failure are a long and sordid set of definitions. Due to the fact that a value set of some agreed upon meaningful accomplishment must be present to define these things the potential for misunderstanding in discussing these things is great.

But in practice here in the United States we all tend to agree that success means money and failure means not having money.

Money is a symbol here too. Symbolizing material wealth. Things. Houses, cars, the best of everything. Money is no object. Money is not an issue.

Love is rarely measured in the success definition.

What matters more than money? Love, friendship and understanding. (Stingray. See my favorite shows.)

Now lets examine those two statements about money, money is no object and money is not an issue.

In the real world, where I live, all things are based on truth. The fabrication that is money doesn’t hold a particular interest or meaning. Not to say that money isn’t relevant to life in the US and most of the Western world but only to say that money isn’t real, money is a construct, an agreed upon construct.

So those statements are true for everyone, not just those with money. The difference is in their mind, and ours, or yours, or whoevers.

If you want it, go get it, if you don’t, don’t.

The real danger of understanding all this, that all meaning is given from within, is not having the urge to give anything value at all and hence wind up sitting and staring at the sky watching the wheels, with a big smile upon your face.

So we see that money is a construct and isn’t real then why bother working or playing into that at all? Because you have to as a practical matter, at least in the US.

Otherwise, you have a challenge far greater than that of going along with the material paradigm.

So if money or material wealth equals success than the lack thereof is indeed failure.

But if you examine the basis of success and agree the basis is a construct of no intrinsic value then failure must not exist at all.

If it does, you decided what it was.

And made it so.

Don’t.