I can't seem to shake my feeling of emptiness

[Massimo2002]

I keep seeking a meaning that is satisfactory for my life but I just can't find anything. Perhaps life really is meaningless I don't know. Sometimes nothing happens but then on Another day there is so much human activity going on I surely don't get it.

 

[Audie]

I keep seeking a meaning that is satisfactory for my life but I just can't find anything. Perhaps life really is meaningless I don't know. Sometimes nothing happens but then on Another day there is so much human activity going on I surely don't get it.

What do you do others?
If you live for yourself you live for nothing.

 

[Massimo2002]

What do you do others?
If you live for yourself you live for nothing.

I don't do much for others. But what a profound quote "if you live for yourself you live for nothing" i will think about that but I do not think that helping more people will make me not feel empty because the empty feeling will come back.

 

[ChristineM]

I don't do much for others. But what a profound quote "if you live for yourself you live for nothing" i will think about that but I do not think that helping more people will make me not feel empty because the empty feeling will come back.

Trust me on this, helping others where help is needed can help with your emptiness.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I keep seeking a meaning that is satisfactory for my life but I just can't find anything. Perhaps life really is meaningless I don't know. Sometimes nothing happens but then on Another day there is so much human activity going on I surely don't get it.

That's because you need a hobby. A personal focus.

It will help take your mind off the meaningless stuff which really shouldn't be a factor anyways because there's so much meaningful things that one can do and engage in.

 

[Massimo2002]

That's because you need a hobby. A personal focus.

It will help take your mind off the meaningless stuff which really shouldn't be a factor anyways because there's so much meaningful things that one can do and engage in.

That sounds difficult for me finding a hobby a personal focus sounds easy but that gets boring and then I lose focus. The mundane is just so overwhelming.

 

[Audie]

I don't do much for others. But what a profound quote "if you live for yourself you live for nothing" i will think about that but I do not think that helping more people will make me not feel empty because the empty feeling will come back.

Its a good saying. Its among the understandings
we are taught from childhood.

It is profound, theres far too much to it to be
so easily negatrd by pessimism.

A facet is that everyone needs to be needed.
Are you?

 

[Vinayaka]

That sounds difficult for me finding a hobby a personal focus sounds easy but that gets boring and then I lose focus. The mundane is just so overwhelming.

I just looked at your profile. We live in the same city. Welcome to these forums.

 

[ChristineM]

That sounds difficult for me finding a hobby a personal focus sounds easy but that gets boring and then I lose focus. The mundane is just so overwhelming.

Start my making RF a hobby, take a look through the recent threads, there may me something you can get involved in there.

Start a thread asking for advice on taking up a hobby, maybe something will turn up that sparks your interest.

Good old Google must be full of information on starting a hobby.

If nothing else those three activities will occupy your mind for a while

 

[Massimo2002]

Its a good saying. Its among the understandings
we are taught from childhood.

It is profound, theres far too much to it to be
so easily negatrd by pessimism.

A facet is that everyone needs to be needed.
Are you?

Am I needed is that what you are asking ?

 

[Massimo2002]

I just looked at your profile. We live in the same city. Welcome to these forums.

Thanks it's quite rare to see someone on the internet for Edmonton.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I keep seeking a meaning that is satisfactory for my life but I just can't find anything.

What kind of meaning would give you satisfaction?

 

[Kenny]

I keep seeking a meaning that is satisfactory for my life but I just can't find anything. Perhaps life really is meaningless I don't know. Sometimes nothing happens but then on Another day there is so much human activity going on I surely don't get it.

Although this may vary from religion to religion, Christians find that to be the God factor that Jesus fills.

Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

John 4: 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: n14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

For me, when I gave my life, not only did it fill my void, but gave me purpose for life.

 

[metis]

Trust me on this, helping others where help is needed can help with your emptiness.

And the research shows that this is correct, as helping others can give us a sense of purpose.

BTW, "Beyond Religion" by the Dalai Lama points to scientific research on this that confirms what you are saying.

 

[Twilight Hue]

That sounds difficult for me finding a hobby a personal focus sounds easy but that gets boring and then I lose focus. The mundane is just so overwhelming.

Maybe you don't really need a meaning anyways.

I mean everything's hopefully turning all right for the greater part, why search for meaning when meaningless has its own purpose and function as much as meaningful is?

It's like meaningless represents the meaningless hardware of a computer, that in turn creates meaningful software.

There's always a relationship, intertwining, a bit like yin and yang.

 

[Massimo2002]

Maybe you don't really need a meaning anyways.

I mean everything's hopefully turning all right for the greater part, why search for meaning when meaningless has its own purpose and function as much as meaningful is?

It's like meaningless represents the meaningless hardware of a computer, that in turn creates meaningful software.

There's always a relationship, intertwining, a bit like yin and yang.

Trying to give meaning to meaningless is futile.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Trying to give meaning to meaningless is futile.

Naw. I just find it practical in terms you can't really have or find meaning without the proper contrast first that can bring meaningfulness out.

 

[Massimo2002]

Naw. I just find it practical in terms you can't really have or find meaning without the proper contrast first that can bring meaningfulness out.

I disagree Meaninglessness just should not exist at all in the first place.

 

[Vinayaka]

Thanks it's quite rare to see someone on the internet for Edmonton.

Yes, it's hard to get internet connectivity to our igloos.

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

I keep seeking a meaning that is satisfactory for my life but I just can't find anything. Perhaps life really is meaningless

There's not enough history here to get a sense of whether you are referring to the anhedonia of depression - an empty feeling with an associated difficulty being happy - or perhaps your problem is something completely unrelated such as having unreasonable expectations or feeling that you life is empty because it doesn't seem as glamorous as we imagine others' lives to be. The former would be intermittent or self-limited and might be associated with eating or sleeping problems, the latter more a permanent state with none of those associated symptoms.

We make meaning in life ourselves. We define our purpose ourselves. Navigating the mundane activities of daily life can be that. Good luck to you in your search:

"I don't think we're here for anything, we're just products of evolution. You can say 'Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don't think there's a purpose' but I'm anticipating a good lunch." - James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA.