Lorebook: Meaning: Difference between revisions

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Meaning is intrinsically attached to value (worth) and to understanding. Meaning, simply put, answers the "why" questions in life. Meaning in its most basic form explains that things do not exist or happen merely by chance but that there is a greater force behind them that has reasons for things and that therefore there is a purpose for things. Purpose is the reason for things.

When the All-Creator created all that was in the world, He gave the various parts of creation each purpose and their purposes were interwoven together, creating deep meaning in and throughout the universe. This purpose extends to why they exist in the first place and what they exist for now (identity). Some intensely struggle to see personal or universal meaning due to challenging experiences or cognitive difficulties or setbacks. Still, meaning does not depend merely on one recognizing it (though one can potentially add more meaning into the world by attaching and/or recognizing meanings) but is a reality and exists whether acknowledged or not. It has been observed that it is much harder, if not impossible, to appreciate the existence of oneself or of the universe around oneself without meaning connected to it. Some cynics would posit that therefore meaning only exists to soothe the inhibitions and fears of People or to occupy their time, and to much detriment to themselves, nothingians have tried to present that as truth; but according to the All-Creator, He designed with meaning. Unfortunately, the nothingians have greatly damaged their own societies and have seemingly granted themselves a (barren and grave) purpose, whether they perceive it as one or not; many seem blind to this.

According to the All-Creator, true love is the ultimate meaning and purpose of life and of the Creation. A common axiom is "to love is to live". Despite the Trespass and the Asundering Stains, the All-Creator has promised to continue restoring meaning in accordance with this, even in the places where this meaning has been hardest to see.

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 '''Meaning''' is intrinsically attached to value (worth) and to understanding. Meaning, simply put, answers the "why" questions in life. Meaning in its most basic form explains that things do not exist or happen merely by chance but that there is a greater force behind them that has reasons for things and that therefore there is a purpose for things. '''Purpose''' is the reason for things.
-When the All-Creator created all that was in the world, He gave the various parts of creation each purpose and their purposes were interwoven together, creating deep '''meaning''' in and throughout the universe. This purpose extends to why they exist in the first place and what they exist for now ([[Lorebook: Identity|''identity'']]). Some intensely struggle to see personal or universal meaning due to challenging experiences or cognitive difficulties or setbacks. Still, meaning does not depend merely on one recognizing it (though one can potentially add more meaning into the world by attaching and/or recognizing meanings) but is a reality and exists whether acknowledged or not.
+When the All-Creator created all that was in the world, He gave the various parts of creation each purpose and their purposes were interwoven together, creating deep '''meaning''' in and throughout the universe. This purpose extends to why they exist in the first place and what they exist for now ([[Lorebook: Identity|''identity'']]). Some intensely struggle to see personal or universal meaning due to challenging experiences or cognitive difficulties or setbacks. Still, meaning does not depend merely on one recognizing it (though one can potentially add more meaning into the world by attaching and/or recognizing meanings) but is a reality and exists whether acknowledged or not. It has been observed that it is much harder, if not impossible, to appreciate the existence of oneself or of the universe around oneself without meaning connected to it. Some cynics would posit that therefore meaning only exists to soothe the inhibitions and fears of [[Lorebook: People|People]] or to occupy their time, and to much detriment to themselves, ''nothingians'' have tried to present that as truth; but according to the All-Creator, He designed with meaning. Unfortunately, the nothingians have greatly damaged their own societies and have seemingly granted themselves a (barren and grave) purpose, whether they perceive it as one or not; many seem blind to this.
+According to the All-Creator, true [[Lorebook: Love|love]] is the ultimate meaning and purpose of life and of the Creation. A common axiom is "to love is to live".
+Despite the Trespass and the Asundering Stains, the All-Creator has promised to continue restoring meaning in accordance with this, even in the places where this meaning has been hardest to see.
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