On a certain level of consciousness we can reduce life down to a collection of meanings. The meaning of anything including life is what it makes us feel, what emotions that we experience every time we do something. It is not the rational part of our being, rather the emotional one, Intellect and rationalization of everything we do if not directed by the deepest meanings would deflect us away from harmony with life and ourselves. Behind every breakthrough, radical change, social, intellectual, scientific revolution is a deep meaning persistently sought after by someone.
In other terms, emotions are our internal language, they are the ultimate meanings of every word we utter and every action we do and through them we communicate with our souls and the universe. Love, strength, justice, compassion, well-being of yourself and others, beauty, and success are some meanings that dictate our experience in this world.
The meaning that every heart holds is what it is here for, what his contribution to humanity would be and what it is that matters most to it. It is coldly inhuman and annoyingly illogic to believe that someone has been given a life only to survive as long as he can, or it might be that what have been promoted by some circles to hold people back from the potential they can harness from being themselves.
The meaning that lies in each one’s heart is the source of his inner strength, stoicism, persistence, and endurance. People willingly may risk many things including their lives, and compromise many other things to spread or keep a certain meaning that is deeply rooted in their hearts.
What is really meaningful to you is not something you can intellectually identify. It is discoverable only through observations, awareness of one’s emotions. What brings you ultimate joy and what brings you down if violated. It requires an open, strong and courageous heart. Hearts carry our deepest meanings of life. It is what you love to see owned by others and when you have it you won’t hesitate to share with everyone, when reached after long time it brings warm tears to your eyes. You can spend your life pursuing without getting bored, without frustration or disappointment. It makes your life both worth living and inspiring.
It is also not egoistic, it doesn’t belong to you and doesn’t hold a certain benefit for it is a benefit of itself; it is a message, a purpose, a way of living, inspiration and a calling.
To get closer to what is really meaningful to you, you need to identify what is not meaningful, what doesn’t bring you joy, satisfaction and reassurance of the heart. The ability to say no to what you are not or what is not of a real value is a great way to achieve alignment.
The meaning is the driving force to setting goals, taking one step after the other in the face of adversity. It is the fire that burns within providing you with the warmth of endearment and light of certainty. The stronger the meaning you hold into the less distractible by minor events or setbacks.
No activity, work, relationship can be effectively done only to provide the physical needs, that is inhuman and making us copies of one another and deprave us the beauty of our diversity. The meaning is the soul of what you do, of every activity and task and endeavor, it provides us with power to keep going until unfolding that meaning in our lives and the lives of others.
The society whose members authentically maintain or seek mutual meanings is entitled to harmony, unity and understanding between its members. Meanings pervade every aspect of their lives, dictating how they interact, socialize, work, what they value, what their daily routine is about and what art they produce. They can be seen in their morality, interaction between each other, and eventually in the value they bring to humanity. Their meanings can be sensed many years later in their architecture, heritage and the atmosphere of the places they once inhabited.