Summary
The meaning of life may be to give meaning to other lives. We need to keep going despite fears and difficulties, with the intention of benefiting ourselves and others. There is no final destination to reach: life is what we feel, is made up of relationships, and manifests consciousness. Learning can broaden the symbolic universe and our view of life. A genuine interest in evolving takes us beyond answers that merely confirm expectations and makes room for knowledge.
Source transcript
Always continue. In life, you will encounter various types of experiences: you will climb steep stairs and walk along flat streets. Do not allow anything to stop you—whether people, fears, or decisions, right or wrong. Always continue. There is no definitive place to arrive at, no heaven or hell. The story that we tell ourselves to make the path better does not exist. All we have is what each one has created: illusions, dreams, or nothing. This does not result in truth or lies, but in what we are.
Life is what one feels: a life of relationships. Everything we do occurs within the phases that we live through—childhood, adolescence, adult life, and the increase in wisdom. This last one is perhaps the moment in which, bringing together everything we have learned, we can see life with the breadth allowed by our larger symbolic universe. Consciousness is a referential manifestation.
Life manifests consciousness. What do you think you are? What do we think we are? We rarely ask these questions outside of what we have already learned. Our answers seek to explain what we want to hear. When we are really interested in evolving, everything escapes the control of expectations and invades the space of knowledge. Imagine yourself walking along a road full of flowers and trees. At the end, a most beautiful lake reflects the sun.
Perhaps you will never reach that lake or the sun, because they are reflections of what we are, but we must walk toward them. We are only following the meaning of life, which can be steep or flat, depending on each one of us. Always continue, with the intention that your actions benefit you and others. San Damiano was rebuilt in Italy in 1200. Earth is only one of the thousands of locations in the universe that is also searching for a meaning. For this reason, always walk on: in this movement, you will become part of the universe. Perhaps you will discover that the meaning of life is to give meaning to other lives.
Questions raised by this material
- What is the meaning of life?
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Esagüi, M. (2013, May 23). The meaning of life 2010 [Video]. Center for Consciousness Studies. https://centrodeestudos.org/en/library/the-meaning-of-life-2010/





