1. What we can do, is look for meaning outside ourselves.
However, we can uncover our meaning inside ourselves.
Then, instead of doing things to find meaning, we can do
things that include our meaning. When we do the things
we like doing, we manifest our meaning through those
things.
2. Well then, you might ask, "How do I uncover my
meaning?" If you recognize yourself first, it isn't
impossible to uncover your meaning.
3. When you do uncover your meaning, what are you likely
to find? You'll find the things you usually look for
externally: security, inner peace, wisdom, clarity, maturity,
contentment, meaning, fun, and many other human
ingredients. This list isn't complete, but is an indication of
inner values you'll uncover.
4. If you uncover your meaning, you won't then do
something for the clarity it will give you, but because of
the clarity you possess that you can bring to whatever you
do. As you uncover more of these values inside yourself,
you'll uncover further values. As you uncover your own
values, you'll also notice how those values grow and lead
you to uncover even further values. This will provide you
with strength and confidence to uncover yourself even
further; like a perpetual cycle. Oh, but only if you have the
courage to be brutally honest.
5. A warning: You'll also have many doubts; from time to
time, you'll doubt yourself, because in uncovering
yourself more and more, you'll fit less and less into what
society has created and what society you're a part of.
Over time, you'll see things very differently from how you
used to see them and how other people see them. You'll
see things for what they are, because you aren't looking
for value in things outside yourself anymore. Your value
system will be very different from what you encounter
around you on a daily basis, even moment by moment.
6. Your preferences will change. Things you used to do will
lose their appeal, and you'll have courage for things you
didn't have courage for previously.
7. Taking this route won't automatically make your life
easier, because it will be so diametrically different from
your previous supposed preferences and what society
expects and dictates. One change, though, is that your life
will have meaning. At the same time, you'll see more and
more how society searches for meaning. Your behaviour
will change. You'll notice that in situations where you
would have reacted in a certain way, now you'll respond
in some other way: not just to be different, but because
the situation and your actions will have different meaning
for you.
8. You might even lose interest in your job, likely because
whatever goals or influences drove you before are likely to
fade away.
9. You'll possibly uncover new interests, and might
recognize things from your daydreams that now come to
pass.