The world tends to view the idea of something being ‘meaningless’ in a negative light. Why is that? Why does something have to be full of meaning in order for it to be appreciated or valued? Isn’t meaning a construct designed by the mind? If it is, then meaning is nothing more than a mental filter veiling ones perception from seeing it (whether ‘it’ refers to an object like a piece of art or something as abstract as a feeling) for what it is. Any mental veil, no matter how good (think rose-tinted glasses) or bad (think paranoia), is distorting one from experiencing the present moment for what it is. I would posit that this desire for meaning stems from the human desire for structure and control. Ideas and perceptions give one a sense of security, of assuredness about how one views the world. Questioning our desire for meaning eventually ends in the destruction of our meaning-based constructs, something that is quite catastrophic to our personal world. It is not a simple task to get free from meaning, much of our beliefs and ideas have been with us since childhood. While this endeavor will certainly cause a collapse of ones personal world, it is the most liberating journey one can take. If you can risk that comfortable place of thoughts and beliefs you have created for yourself in your mind, if you can surrender into the void of emptiness, the infinite nature of the present moment will reveal itself to you in transcendent clarity. Just like the Phoenix or the Ouroboros, we must be willing to die to ourselves before we are able to be re-born into eternity.