From the author: Why do we need to look for meanings? Isn't it better to seek pleasure and entertainment? Why do we need meanings? Why look for them, waste time, energy, suffer and doubt? After all, at this very time we could have fun, have some fun without overloading our brain. But the fact is that searching and finding meaning is the most powerful reward - this in itself is the highest pleasure, bringing such satisfaction and peace of mind that cannot be compared with ordinary available pleasures. More meaning - more satisfaction - Abram, are you happy? - A , what else is left for me!? Anecdote The more meanings you can discover in your own life, the more satisfaction you get. Multiple meanings are akin to multiple orgasms. While others live without regaining consciousness, you live several lives at the same time. Here and now. With pleasure - because it makes sense. Finding meaning can make some people happy. Emily Esfahani Smith, editor-in-chief of the think tank at Stanford University, spent five years studying research from psychologists, philosophers and neuroscientists, and interviewing people to find out what makes them happy. She presented the results of her research in a book published in early 2017, The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters, and during a TEDx talk. Emily Esfahani concluded that the pursuit of happiness makes people unhappy, while the search for meaning leads to greater satisfaction. People who have meaning in their lives are more cheerful, they study better, they have better jobs and they even live longer. (source: Irina Gorbach. Happiness is not in hedonism)Emily Esfahani identifies four main components of a life with meaning: Belonging. It comes from being in a relationship where you are valued for “who you are.” Purpose. Destination is not what you want to receive, but what you give. This is what we live for, what moves us. Transcendence is going beyond one’s borders. When you rise above everyday life, the Ego becomes silent. And you feel connected to the Supreme Reality. You feel like you are in the flow. Storytelling is a story about your life. Creating a story out of your life brings clarity to it. Helps you understand how you became yourself. Telling a story helps you find meaning in your life. Holding on to meaning But any pleasure, as you previously suspected, is a bait. The real challenge is to keep you in this game called Life for as long as possible. I call this kind of action retention with meaning: life continues - as long as there is something to live for. You can compare the effect of meaning with the effect of a carrot hanging in front of a donkey’s nose and forcing him to go to it - forward and forward. Adaptation by meaning But a burst of genius is like delirium, At birth, death looks askance. And we keep asking a tricky answer And we don’t find the right question. V. Vysotsky A very important role of meaning is to adapt, adapt us to this life, reconcile us with this reality. After all, if there is SOMETHING to live FOR, then you can endure any HOW. A great human ability is to find meaning in any situation, even the most absurd. This ability arises from the fact that there is a need for it. Thanks to the meaning found, we adapt to reality, thereby accepting it. And this kind of adaptation is the main function of our psyche. We have to adapt, first of all, to social conditions, to life in complex communities. And many people find meaning in life when they feel connected and useful to someone other than themselves, and when they develop their best qualities. That is, quite often people find the meaning of life in serving the public good and helping other people. It is this kind of meaningful activity that makes them happy. Efficiency and expediencyMeaning also gives a feeling of efficiency and expediency. After all, only meaningful activity can be effective.".