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I’ve thought about all imaginable possible purposes for the universe/god/life and read a lot of the related information in the web and it turns out everyone’s an idiot who thinks they’ve figured out the meaning of life.

Even if there was a god or gods who had given us a purpose, for example to entertain it or to give some solution to a problem of his through evolution, that god would also need a purpose, otherwise our purpose is meaningless.

Most people that ponder the question are thinking about what is the meaning of life, when it is clear that you need to look way beyond.. A better question would be, does the universe have a purpose? The answer, with roughly 99.99% certainty, is no. No common religion or a known answer from a person provides a logical, valid, unarguable answer. I would even accept a possible purpose for the universe, like some kind that would only be true if the universe was a certain way. But I am yet to find even a possible purpose for it and it seems to be a fact that while every intelligent thing can give a thing with lower intelligence a purpose, that purpose is meaningless unless the more intelligent thing has a purpose and if there’s some kind of a god who created the universe, it will need a purpose, other than creating things (because that is not a valid purpose). If there’s no god, then there’s just as surely no purpose because a randomly generated universe almost has to be meaningless. No amount of alternative universes/dimensions will make things meaningful either. Any alternative realities that I imagined or read about would give no meaning either.

Death is just as meaningless even if we go to hell/heaven or reincarnate as something else after it, think about it with your logic, not with your emotions or through your religion. Life is sure enough meaningless, but so is death so there’s no point killing yourself either. However if you are to be entirely logical, even the slightest chance that the universe has a purpose is enough to make life more meaningful than death but I’m human and thus I can’t accept what is in my opinion a 0.0001% chance, so from now on I’ll be living in a way that just tries to satisfy both my emotions and logic, for there’s now no reason to fight my stupid emotions.

I’ve even been thinking about going to some island or whatever and live like aboriginals but I’m not so sure that would make me any happier because I’m used to live in a modern society. Luckily for us humans, a while after you’ve realized that there’s no meaning of life, many humans will actually be able to live happier for they are now free to do whatever and take more risks without caring about the consequenses so much, although our stupid governments take a lot of our freedom away from us.

Because of this realization, I probably won’t create more posts for a while because personal development is just as meaningless as everything else and I’m currently not enjoying writing about it that much vs. doing other stuff. This post even invalidates some other posts of mine so it is better that you have now read this before reading my other posts.

My purpose in life:

General purpose:

• Help to discover the meaning of life or become a smart enough being to define the meaning of life.
• After you’ve discovered it, live accordingly and let others know about it.

Current specific purpose:

• Help the best you can in the creation of smarter than human beings and making the lives of those beings as significant and great as possible.
• Make as much money as possible to help you in your journey and use it the best way you can.
• Become a smarter than human being.
• Live to best serve your purpose.
• If you fail, the least you can do is raise a son and pass this journey to him.

Your purpose in life:

Here’s a few of the other best things one could do with their lives for the universe (in my opinion):

• A significant politician who works for the best of the world as a whole. I am yet to see one.
• A donator who focuses in acquiring money and putting it to good use.
• Become someone like Steve Pavlina, a person who helps us grow mentally by writing, giving speaches etc. He’s the person who inspired me to create this blog, but I don’t and neither should you follow his every advice.
• Scientist who works either in the field of saving the world (from global warming etc.) or on a radical, world improving technology such as nanotechnology.

Also keep in mind that other occupations such as a policeman, fireman, farmer, factory worker etc. are much more important than being a typical office worker.
Finally, you may want to listen to Steve Pavlina’s podcast about defining your purpose.