Meaning

This page is part of “Creating a New Positive Religion or Spiritual Tradition”.

This is still a DRAFT.

Many religious people find meaning in their tradition. How does our tradition offer this?

Background

For background on why meaning matters, what a lack of meaning can indicate, and meaning in a finite life, see Meaning: Background.

Finding your own answer

Lumessianity does not hand out a fixed answer to the question of life’s meaning. Instead, it offers possibilities and an environment in which each person can explore such questions and determine the meaning of their own life. See Meaning: Finding Your Own Answer.

Potential answers

We group the possible answers into three kinds:

• Experiencing Life: Meaning that comes from what we feel and receive:
  • Joy
  • Experiences
  • Love
  • Connecting to wonder and the sublime
  • Suffering
• Growing and Expressing Ourselves: Meaning that comes from who we become and what we bring out of ourselves:
  • Personal growth
  • Talents
  • Exploring
  • Creating
• Contributing Beyond Ourselves: Meaning that comes from being part of something larger and making a difference:
  • Something greater than ourselves
  • Helping others
  • Making an impact
  • Improving the world