The Meaning of Life
This is an age-old topic, and you may have asked yourself this question even before reading this guide. The meaning that each player pursues varies, depending on your life script and current state in the game. Some players find stability in life important, while others prioritize achieving great things. Once you realize you’re a player in a game, you may be even more eager to find the answer to this question.
Throughout the game of life, no matter how much we want to assign meaning to it, the fact is:
Life is meaningless.
The Endgame
Meaning must be viewed in terms of time. From a certain period, the meaning of doing something lies in it being a prerequisite for something else to happen.
Moreover, meaning itself is assigned by people and is highly subjective: people always pursue good meanings while rejecting bad ones; if you find something meaningful, then it is meaningful, and vice versa.
This game has not set tasks or goals for you. Everything you pursue in the game, including your life script, is defined by you and is something you continue to build upon. When you achieve meaning, you feel joy and satisfaction; when you do not, you feel resentment and dissatisfaction; and when you cannot find meaning, you become indifferent.
But this game has an end, the endgame is death. When you no longer exist in the game, the meaning of everything you pursued in the game also dissipates. The stability, fame, wealth, power, relationships, and everything you've acquired vanish along with your endgame.
You might claim that fame does not disappear and can circulate; you might say that wealth does not vanish and can be passed on to your children; you might argue that relationships do not disappear and that someone will care about you. However, these concerns are no longer relevant to you; what you cannot perceive does not exist for you.
Of course, this endgame only exists in the game; it is only the vessel that dies, while you as the Spirit are neither born nor perish, and thus do not face an end. This results in the duality of meaning: first, life within the game is meaningless, and second, viewing this game from the perspective of the Spirit provides meaning. [1]
Recognizing this endgame, life is meaningless, is the first step to awakening within the game.
The Maze
However, as a player trapped in this game, you are ensnared by everyone and everything. You ponder every step for its benefits, searching for what you believe to be meaningful. Yet, in the end, you discover that life is inherently meaningless—a jarring realization that, if it doesn't awaken you, may indeed leave you dazed.
Even knowing that life is meaningless, no one wants to accept it—human life is designed to require meaning; otherwise, the Self cannot find its place, leading to despair.
This is the maze, and at this moment, players find themselves confused and unsure. If players cannot step out of the game to see the whole picture, then the maze remains unsolvable. Only when players truly realize this is a game, and that their identity as players is temporary, can they recognize that the Spirit is the essence, thus breaking free from the maze.
Breaking the Maze
It is precisely because, when viewed from the endgame, life is meaningless, that it provides insight to those players who wish to grasp meaning—are you perhaps playing a game?
Once you realize you’re in a game, that’s the true beginning. Only then can you gradually step out of the game to see the whole picture, no longer fixated on the meaning of life but rather on truly experiencing and engaging in the process of living. When you comprehensively understand that the Spirit is your essence, you will naturally stop labeling everything in the game. You will accept everything, whether good or bad. In other words, from a different perspective, everything you do in the game, every word you say, and every person and event you encounter has meaning.
Entering the Game
When you play a computer game, do you dismiss everything by knowing “it’s just a game, and ultimately, everything in the game is meaningless”?
You don’t; you still seek to complete the main storyline, and knowing it’s a game may embolden you, leading you to explore and freely map out new territories.
Similarly, as a player who can see the whole picture, you should have even more courage when continuing this earthly game. You can more profoundly understand the game’s main storyline—your life script—and you can choose to delve deeper or to overlook it. The fact that everything in the game is meaningless isn’t necessarily a big deal; it doesn’t affect you in any way. You will face everything with greater courage, striving to experience and engage with everything.
Only at this moment will the player within the game reconnect with you as the Spirit, which, in itself, bestows meaning.
To Be Continued…
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Translation Note
The original text is in Chinese, and the English translation is automatically generated by ChatGPT. There may be inaccuracies or errors in the translation; please refer to the original text for accuracy.
Obviously, as the Spirit, you would not question meaning; the existence of the Spirit itself is meaning, further interpretations of the Spirit’s participation in the game can be found in “Deep Dive: Spirit” and “Deep Dive: Life - The Meaning of Life”. ↩︎