Stop Making Meaning Matter
Rien de ce qui importe vraiment n’a de sens. Que signifie le monde ? Que signifie la vie ? Que signifie l’amour ? Que signifie Dieu, s’il existe ? Et en quoi avons-nous besoin, pour les aimer, qu’ils veuillent dire quelque chose ou qu’ils tendent vers je ne sais quel résultat ? C’est plutôt l’inverse qui est vrai : ce n’est pas parce qu’ils ont du
... See moreAndré Comte-Sponville • Le Goût de vivre: et cent autres propos (French Edition)
Making sense of experience seems to be one of the
fundamental drives in human nature. This need for meaning is irrepressible and ongoing. Its ranges from the earliest beginnings of rudimentary distinctions that the baby starts to make even in utero up to the most elaborate explanations of why my spiritual path and my guru is superior... See more
“Meaning,” it is said, is not a property of anything in the world—it’s just how we humans happen to feel about it at the moment. In this view, each of us can decide if a particular object is meaningful to us, but to ask what is the meaning of life itself is nonsensical. Life can’t have a meaning of its own.
Timothy Keller • Making Sense of God: Finding God in the Modern World
The philosopher Andrew Taggart believes that crisis moments lead to “existential openings” that force us to grapple with the deepest questions about life.10 He argues there are two typical ways this happens. One is the “way of loss,” when things that matter are taken from us, such as loved ones, our health, or a job. The other path is the “way of
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