Not sure if I'm following here metalwing, but in the long run I think that we agree.

Wine, women, and song is different for each of us? Family is different for each of us? Work is different for each of us?

It seems to me that you are saying that what means the most to each of us differs from person to person, as the examples show. I would agree. But then "it" would be referring to the abstract idea of what means the most to people in their own lives. If what means the most in one's own life equates to the meaning of life in general, then we've stopped talking about life(in general) and began discussing individual lives. The question, it seems to me, is talking about life in general. That's whay I say that there is no such thing as the meaning of life.

So chaos is a pattern in itself then ?...and has no meaning ? And isn't thought another pattern ?

There is one thing I wonder about...nature tends to have a certain rhythm and regularity at different intervals or levels. I'm not sure I express myself clearly but that is just an intuitive observation that will make me tend to consider that "meaning" wasn't invented for nothing.
For example: Us human try to avoid, clarify, segment, rationalize...chaos
animals to the same thing...
in nature...it seems to happen too...(and what we see as "catastrophies" they even happen in regular intervals)

Just wondering...?

The meaning of life is as individual as our fingerprints..Here is a favorite quote...

"Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer."

Joseph Campbell~

Very deep Leigh kinda Pink Floydish

Yes...that IS ...if life has no meaning....still wondering about the patterns though...

Where the heck is Metalwing when we need him? ...Hi ((((( Maxi )))))

Very nice Leigh...Joseph Campbell was a very wise man

Hi Kipp!...Yeah, he got it right!

Si, si...first thing I thought about...but then I didn't read all the pages...

so one more time the Galaxy song..

http://youtu.be/23Dm7sQ1C1E

Hello Leigh

Anyways it'll most probably come to the same result, I was just wondering about the different route.

So I'll be reflecting on me being the answer....

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If you lack purpose in your life, I can give you purpose.

It probably won't be a purpose you enjoy, but since you have none of your own, you don't get to complain. Beggars can't be choosers.

Even a pattern with infinite variation is still a pattern. Forget the life of an individual. It varies from one to another. If the light of life could be analyzed as a spectrum, as is any star, the galaxy would still show a pattern. Looking deeper, our galactic cluster would show another, much different, pattern. The strings of structure which bind our universe into strips of galactic groups show yet another. Should life be any different?

Perhaps the meaning of life is as simple as "growth".

YouTube: John Weldon's 'To Be'

The meaning of life, is to live and not just excist

ONE has achieved success, who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; One who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; One who has filled one's niche and accomplished one's task; One who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it; One who has left the world better than one found it; Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; One who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best one had; One whose life was an inspiration; One, whose memory - a veritable "BENEDICTION"! :-)


Such A Person Is Said To Lead A "Meaningful Life" :)

Such A Person Is Said To Have Lived, A Meaningful Life :)

But WHY do You live?

What makes you... YOU?

Are 'You' more than the sum of your (Bodily) parts?

But WHY, are you... YOU?

If there was an identical 'You' right beside 'Yourself' right now...

Which one would be YOU?

************* Please Watch, John Weldon's 'To Be' *************

If she keeps You awake at night... You're not the only one!