2 posts tagged “philosophy”

So I had a random thought that I would do a Google search on "ultimate truth" which is what Uberveritas means (Latin and German combined).  It was a sudden moment of curiosity, or it was an excuse not to work on other things ;-)

The following is some of what I found on the first page (and Google being Google it will probably change by morning):

-  The first result was for a Geocities page labeled "The Illusion & The Ultimate Truth".  It belong to a young man in India by the first name of Vivek (which immediately reminded me of Vivek Oberoi, currently one of the most famous actors in Bollywood).  The 2003 page that showed up in the search (I'm impressed) pertained to the "beauty of mathematics). 

-  The second result for "ultimate truth" was another Geocities page.  Do they have a corner on the "ultimate truth market"?  Or does a higher breed of human being get drawn to Geocities?   It might be good but there was a lot of text and I was too tired to read.

-  The third result pertained to a 9/11, and I completely skipped it.

-  The fourth result was really interesting:  "Koran-The Ultimate Truth".  When I clicked it, I found that the page stated that "[t]he purpose of this article is to show and logically analyse the various contradictions in the "Holy" Koran.

-  Later was a Blogger article with an Ohio man answering the question of whether or not there is an ultimate truth.

Interesting.  The first page was dominated by results for "ultimate truth" covering mathematics, philosophy, and religion.  I guess that's about what I should have expected. 

Funny that I wasn't listed.  I guess Google didn't realize that's what "uberveritas" was supposed to me.  Well, at least we see that their incredible search algorithms have some limitations.

As many times as people have presented "What is the Meaning of Life?" as THE question to ask, seriously and humorously, I have a new answer to the question that came to me exactly 0.7 minutes ago :-)

Perhaps the meaning of life is for us to continue through life asking "What is the meaning of life?

Really.

Think about it.

Why does there have to be a specific answer anyway?  I think that most learning and growth takes place when we're asking the right questions.  And I personally get more out of asking the question than getting the answer.  Sometimes, the biggest drag is getting an answer and then feeling like the best part (asking the question) is over.

I went through a very significant "conversion" several years ago.  I haven't had many, but this was a very significant ephiphany.  It related to religious matters and me as a person.  In an instant, I realized something very significant about myself, namely, that I wasn't going through a "questioning stage" per se, but that questioning was central to who I was. 

Asking questions was who I was.

So why does "What is the Meaning of Life?" have to have an answer.  I don't think it does.  I think we are in the best place when we just continue to ask ourselves that question.  Because when we learn to ask the right questions, a lot of things just fall into place.