Life and love don't get meaning from ckearly written definitions. Life and love get meaning from principles.
I watched a documentary of a man, who once played Jesus of Nazareth in a movie, in search of the real Jesus. In the documentary, the actor told of how he researched every portrayal of Jesus he could find, because he wanted to get the "character" just right. He wanted to portray Jesus perfectly.
In the movie, the actor puts very little into the actions or emotions for the character of Jesus, choosing rather to only imply action, emotion and intent, leaving the character of Jesus open to interpretation.
The actor knew that viewers would project their own meaning and intent onto the character.
In the reviews, critics and fans called it the best movie of the life of Jesus ever made. It would have to be so ... because the actor gave us "our own version" of Jesus... we would have to award it the best rendition ever! It's us!
In a similar way, descriptions for love and life are vague and at best, mere outlines. It would have to be so ... in order for us to project ourselves into love and life, making it "our own version."
It's in the principle of vagueness that life and love can have the best meaning to and for us, because it is open to our own interpretation, open for us to insert our own meaning.
If your life isn't winning awards and your criticism is less than favourable, you may dislike this view of love and life.
The principle, however, is sound and you have the opportunity to project a better version onto life for yourself. Project a better a better version of love into your world.
After all, the descriptions and definitions are vague enough for us to portray our own version, in the hope of others acclaiming it as the best version ever.
Life is not about searching for meaning, but rather meaning is about expressing life.
I watched a documentary of a man, who once played Jesus of Nazareth in a movie, in search of the real Jesus. In the documentary, the actor told of how he researched every portrayal of Jesus he could find, because he wanted to get the "character" just right. He wanted to portray Jesus perfectly.
In the movie, the actor puts very little into the actions or emotions for the character of Jesus, choosing rather to only imply action, emotion and intent, leaving the character of Jesus open to interpretation.
The actor knew that viewers would project their own meaning and intent onto the character.
In the reviews, critics and fans called it the best movie of the life of Jesus ever made. It would have to be so ... because the actor gave us "our own version" of Jesus... we would have to award it the best rendition ever! It's us!
In a similar way, descriptions for love and life are vague and at best, mere outlines. It would have to be so ... in order for us to project ourselves into love and life, making it "our own version."
It's in the principle of vagueness that life and love can have the best meaning to and for us, because it is open to our own interpretation, open for us to insert our own meaning.
If your life isn't winning awards and your criticism is less than favourable, you may dislike this view of love and life.
The principle, however, is sound and you have the opportunity to project a better version onto life for yourself. Project a better a better version of love into your world.
After all, the descriptions and definitions are vague enough for us to portray our own version, in the hope of others acclaiming it as the best version ever.
Life is not about searching for meaning, but rather meaning is about expressing life.
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