The more you search for the meaning of life, the thinner life becomes

Introduction

Let's temporarily set aside the premise that "we live because there is meaning."

Just doing that can slightly change how the world looks.

Here, I will trace the way of being that is "not governed by meaning," using the simplest words possible.

1. Policy: "A life not governed by meaning"

The world is constantly demanding that we assign meaning to things.
Success or failure, right or wrong, valuable or worthless.
It is convenient, but it also makes life feel suffocating.

So, let's try putting aside meaning and interpretation for a moment.

• When you see the world without meaning

• What still remains

• Enjoying that naturally as it unfolds

Even if you cannot explain it or evaluate it, there is a sensation that certainly remains.
Light, sound, the weight of the body, the lingering echo of someone's voice.

Life arises first as a phenomenon before it becomes a story.

2. Background: Emotions and the ego are also "things that are happening"

If you look closely at your inner self, emotions and the ego appear less like a fixed core and more like a series of reactions that arise and vanish.

• Emotions and the ego also behave like physical phenomena

• The feeling that we are completely in control of our free will is also thin

• Life and death are not so much clearly separated as they are continuous

Even if the world is just a collection of elementary particles, living organisms certainly feel it.
You cannot step down from that.

That is precisely why this world is fleeting, and at the same time, somewhat interesting.

3. Since we are going to die anyway and there is no meaning, let's try touching it

When death is a given, life is no longer a 'game of guessing the right answer.'

Even without certainty, room is created to try touching things.

• As long as you don't stray too far from your guidelines, you can lean into what you think

• You don't need to be certain

• Don't make the act of walking while lost a failure in itself

The guidelines mentioned here are not grand philosophies.
Not destroying your mind and body too much, and not treating others carelessly.

If you have a line to that extent,the rest is fine if you move while swayingalong.

4. You can think about meaning, or you don't have to

Even if I say to let go of meaning, it doesn't mean you shouldn't think about it.
It's okay to have days where you think, and days where you just go with your intuition.

• It's okay to think deeply

• It's okay to use intuition or just be casual

• It's okay to have days where you don't define your way of being and just follow along

At the very least, to the extent that you want to maintain your mind and body, the weight of being alive is relatively high.

That, too, is a feeling that occurs as a fact rather than a reason.

5. Life continues, carrying its fluctuations and contradictions

There are moments when you seek meaning while thinking, "There is no meaning."
You feel responsible for your choices while doubting free will.

That contradiction is less of a defect and more like proof that you are alive.

• Fluctuation is inevitable

• Contradiction does not disappear

• Even so, life moves forward

Even without meaning, the phenomenon of today occurs.
And something remains.
How you react to that—without over-justifying it, without denying it—is simply to savor it.

While lost and wavering, try touching it.
Walk with what still remains.

I believe that is the quiet outline of a "life not governed by meaning."

Thank you very much for reading until the end.
Your reactions and follows are a great encouragement.

I hope this post serves as a spark to light a small lamp in your daily life.

[To go deeper into this]

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—In the AI era, without showing the correct answer, without stopping the fluctuation, placing a small light in the middle of life. A small scene on your desk that makes you realize what is truly important—

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