I can truly connect with your essay man. I am myself a constant searcher of meaning, and Albert Camus I beliece once said that human is a meaning-making machine trapped in a meaningless universe. Our desire for something bigger than mere existence is at odds with reality, and he called this 'The Absurd'. My only complain is that it is not longer. Bravo!

This is a great article. Anyone can tell you really sat down and gave time to think and respond to such a dense question. I think it was a very thorough answer and has a lot of meaning.

I think a know the meaning of life breaking it down peice by piece, life have a general meaning it doesn't stand ony for yourself... My theory about life's meaning is answered without the use of religion and extreme science  but still it wasn't finish but i am going to do it on papers,if someone interested just ask me..

            Wow! First of all I want to thank you for helping me in my search for the meaning of life. Miss_Bliss asked why we’re seeking meaning in everything and I say for me that it is what I like to do; I do it because I love searching for answers. My belief is that I, myself am God and I can do whatever I like. I just do what I want to do. I control my life perfectly. I know this sounds a bit insane but this is my world and no others except if I want. I only write this comment to you because I want to. Thank you.

life is about experience

Thea meaning of life is undeaniably to achieve whatever it is we set out to do in our short time on this earth. There is no one answer to what this meaning is because it's different for everyone. There will always be those who search and search for straight answers; most likely answers they will never find. Their purpose for example is to search, as it has become their life's work. Whatever your passion, desire or ambition, chase it, fufil it, live to your greatest potential and you will have found the meaning of your life.

Of course God didn't make us to serve Him! We're here on Earth to love.

I hate it when people think we all blame God for everything. I don't know about other religious people, but I don't. God made me and occasionally sends me inspiration.

Whatever I do with my life is my own fault, no one else's.

I've grappled with all of these questions a thousand times, just as it sounds like you have. My response to your question about life's meaning? I think it's incredibly similar to yours, though possibly a little more cynical: I think we might just all be here to BE. My mom unintentionally fostered inside me a belief in reincarnation, in the idea that we are all born and reborn into different lives. I think that the meaning of each life is just to LIVE--why do we seek meaning in everything? Maybe you're supposed to learn something in each life, but I used to think there really was no real meaning. Then I read your thoughts on it, and I have to agree. Maybe MY meaning is just to live. Maybe others have found that to be theirs, too, but in my mind, it is mine and mine alone. I love this concept, and have to thank you for writing this article. As for your reflections on a god, I don't believe in one. I sort of believe in Karma, but not really--why do people feel the need to blame anyone but themselves, and those around them, for their circumstances? (By the way, I'm actually a Reconstructionist Jew ... Not sure if this will make a difference, but I thought you should understand some of my influences if you're reading and thinking about this comment.) I'm assuming you've read A Raisin in the Sun, in which case you'll understand what I mean when I say I completely agree with Beneatha--no one is responsible for your life but you and your fellow human beings. I am here, and my actions all have consequences. No one's guiding me except for myself; I create my destiny.

I do not concur...

I know there is a God and I'm living my life for him. You say God sounds selfish for wanting people to live a life for him, but that is not much to ask considering he gave his life for us. He created us, I also don't think we're only here to "serve" God, after all what does that really mean? I'm living my for God and trying to get the rest of the world to know of him, but in all honesty this is hardly ardous work. We don't wait on God hand and foot, we just simply live a life that is pleasing to him and spend our lives with him.