Pihlstrom states, "That is, the fact that no final answers, either substantial or methodological, to our worries about meaningfulness have been or ever can be given...as well as the fact that we...inevitably find ourselves guilty...might be taken to be a among the key potential sources of meaning in our lives. These might be fragile and definitely less than fully consoling sources of meaning, but they might be sources nonetheless." Can we really find meaningfulness in the lack of answers in the universe? On a personal level, I am often grateful for our lack of answers, or lack of access to answers, because it allows for me to always have plenty to think about. I like always being able to think and wonder and speculate, because when you know an answer, you generally stop thinking about it. But the fact that there are some things we can never know, what our purpose is, for example, means that we never outgrow our need to think about them. However, I don't usually think of this as a way to get meaning out of my life, I just like not knowing sometimes. Or is that what makes it meaningful? Maybe I'm not understanding "meaningful" correctly. What makes not knowing a meaningful experience? Is pleasure enough to make it meaningful, or does meaning have to be a little more complex than that?
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