How Do We Attach Meaning?

That’s purely subjective because the attachment to meaning stems from experience, DNA and what we perceive we were. We can attach meaning to events and concepts so that they remain unexplained such as how we attached to this human body without ever knowing other meanings for it beyond our human awareness. We can also attach meaning to concepts so that they can be explained as mathematical or numeric representations of fractals of patterns such as Fibonacci sequencing. We see these patterns as material things, yet the meaning beyond them is largely unknown to us.

Meaning is not always justification for action, for example we can have meaning in the beauty of nature or compassion for our loved ones without ever having to justify it in action. Perhaps semantics, but we can certainly have a meaning for things while still observing their beauty and without ever intending to act on it.

Interpretations of experience can lend towards assisting and benefiting others, but it appears as if human nature is not really concerned about that as much as we are about benefiting ourselves, our emotional needs and desires, especially since all intentions, all actions, all perceptions are inherently selfish on behalf of the observer. And thinking others can have the same experience as we do is largely wishful thinking, especially with profound experiences in our lives that are customized for our own transitions in consciousness.

MEANING is as real as you make it. You are a human being. You have a space suit. You are using it. So meaning as a human being is as real as you make it, regardless of how unreal it is in other states of your consciousness. It certainly isn’t static, but it most certainly fulfills the product of our sum of intentions whether we realize or not. In that place, it tells us about ourselves and where we are headed, often without even knowing it, but we always have some clue, we just may not be quite ready to face it. So we let it ride.