Lorebook: Meaning

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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.