Instrumental Existence
Our perception of the world and of the self are instrumental only. All what we think to know has no meaning in and of itself. Every "thing" is part of a larger process the working of which is beyond any possible understanding.
In effect, it means that the honor of the dead (caring for a corpse which we knew alive) or survival instinct for instance, are not meaningful outside of this larger process in which we are instantiated. These human functions are not more meaningful than the "walking" function.
The Universe has no need for us to survive, by this i mean survival is not an end in itself, it is a function within the Universe, which merely contributes to its workings. The idea of end or purpose itself is yet another such human function which carves our path.
It may seem that the above considerations make the world purposeless and dead, but in fact it only brings light on the freedom and beauty of its existence.
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