We look for meaning in external things: a career, a relationship, money, possessions and other cultural markers. They do heighten one’s sense of pleasure and self. They also can carry certain values, but what do these successes mean? As Socrates said, the true meaning comes from self-examination. Why is this so?The reason that self-examination or the modern expression, self-knowledge, brings meaning, is that it can lead to the true nature of the mind and identity: Consciousness. Why does this bring meaning? For the simple reason that if we find out who we are, then we find the foundation for meaning. Identity is meaning. If we do not know who we are, then our search for meaning becomes haphazard. When we do not know who we are, we begin an exotic search for external meaning.
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