Life on the surface appeared to be flowing as it should be but she could not shake the feeling of there being something more to it all - something deeper to herself and to life. The feeling pulled and pressed upon her until one evening it burst into a sheer passion to just know. Having no plan and no care in the world she got up and opened Google and began searching. She would search for a week. It didn't matter if she didn't sleep. It didn't matter if she didn't eat. Nothing mattered except her need to know.

She inspired me to explore the power of that driving force behind people that causes them to want to connect to a deeper level and to have an inner knowing of life. Until some solid answers are found this search can form into an endless momentum - fuel to burn for a heart pulled in the direction of knowledge. The time after meeting this person comprised noticing others who were also infatuated in a similar light. Perhaps not all of those people would drop it all and just begin the search for answers but for certain all of them did feel that pull.

The motivations I had at the time were not to discover what it was that was sought in that knowledge but to discover the force that pulls us to want to know. In particular the pull towards higher knowledge and wisdom. In all metaphysical pursuits both the most intuitive and the most logical place to begin seems to be at the beginning. However as self-evident such a statement might be we still often wish to jump to the end first rather than beginning at step one. Therefore Truth is always being sought but never being found like a dog chasing it's tail.

The cure for the negative feelings of the search - the emptiness and the confusion - are noneother than the medicine of the mind: the clear state of knowing, and the medicine of the heart: the richness of understanding. The essence of the seed remains in the fruit, thus the answer to the meaning of the fruit can be found in the essence of the seed. That essence needs not be contrived through logical or progressive thought - rather through a meditation on the inner state of affairs.

The inner state of affairs is such that where a given question is posed an answer should also be contained within that same question. If it is not, then some error of logic has occured. The problem contains the solution - the question, the answer. The problem and solution or a question and answer are both dual-expressions of a singular essence.

Getting to 'The Point'

"The point" is the place of irritation and apathetical intolerance we often experience when people give non-satisfying responses to the question of "what is the meaning of being here?" or "what is the meaning of life?"

The question is seldom deconstructed using a proper method and results in less than desirable responses. The point is to extract the essence of this question (as discussed earlier). The method to find an essence of a question is to go to the causation of the question.

In this particular question one might find several causes. Some common ones are:

• Feeling that life itself as an existence does not make sense at all
• Feeling that some things in life are just not making sense, the 'worth' or doing them becomes questionable
• Feeling that if death is at the end of the road there is no reason to walk the road itself

It might be evident now that looking for the cause means looking for the reason a person asks the question and not the question itself. The reason is in fact the essence and the question is just one formulation of that essence. The question is not as clear or real as the reason.

Someone asks a question in an attempt to fill a gap in meaning - and for no other reason. There is not so much as an anticipation for an actual perfect and correct answer to the question that has both scientific merit and the accurate use of language. The pattern of an answer should match that of the question being asked. This places an interpersonal emphasis on question-asking rather than a scientific one.

The problem of inaccurate formulation often occurs in language. In English language "purpose" infers logical reason where as on a deeper level purpose can be seen as something to the likes of fitting in or being content with oneself or being loved. Take note of the difference between the first meaning focusing on the question itself and the second meaning focusing on the person asking the question and what their motivations for asking it might be. This is a method of going behind the question.

Discontent is often a cause of feeling without purpose. This rules out that there is no purpose but rather supports that the purpose is lacking. Hence the need to use an interpersonal outlook on this issue becomes evident again. In consequence it is not the purpose itself that is being sought out. It is that which is lacking within that is labeled as purpose that is being sought out. Until the essence of that lacking is identified this question (or any other question) cannot be answered.