Tyrphanax said:
I figure there's no meaning to life; you just live it.
Human minds are flawed in that they always overthink things or try to ascribe meaning where there is none because it's more comfortable to feel like things are "taken care of" than to acknowledge realities.
We come into the universe, we stay awhile, and then we leave, just like everything else in the universe. It's no more complex than that.
You just gotta live and enjoy what you have while you have it. Much more simple that way.
I agree with your general statement about coming into the universe, staying awhile, and leaving. But I couldn't disagree more about your concept of human minds being flawed. It is hardly a flaw! It's brilliant! It is part of what makes us great! We seek, we explore, we reason, we discover. If we didn't do those things, it would be quite sad and futile, why even bother with life? The meaning to your life can be whatever you want to make it. If someone wants to make it a sad existence of eating, sleeping, living, and dying, then more power to them. But we can all set our own goals. We can achieve greatness, we can find our own meaning and make some sort of difference to those on this journey with us or those who come after, we can leave a name for ourselves, or we quietly influence those around us, or we can please ourselves, or at least attempt to do so, and fade away. We have endless possibilities. It's exciting. The only thing that limits us is our own mistaken belief that we are limited, that we have to live the life we were born into and conform to what is expected of us.
The universe and our tiny little world are amazing places, there is so much to see, so much to do, and sadly, so little time to see and do it in. The longing to grasp onto all of this and wonder about it is what drives some to seek out answers in the supernatural, in tea leave, astrology, various religions, quick and easy answers to numb the curiosity; and also what drives others to seek and explore and try to figure out how this works and why it works the way it does and how it may have come to work that way.
Flaw indeed.