Life has no meaning. There’s no goal. Just zoom out and look at this planet from outer space. Its a floating rock flying through space. Rotating on its axis and revolving around the sun. So much is happening and nothing is happening at the same time. We humans inhabit this planet along with all the other life forms. For what? Where is this all headed? What are we doing here?
Looking at things from this perspective life looks so meaningless. But understand that it looks meaningless because there is a search for meaning. If we drop looking for meaning then meaninglessness also drops. If there is no hot, cold cannot exist. If there is no up, down cannot exist. Things are just happening. There is nowhere to go and nothing to achieve and nowhere to reach.
This very moment, your experience of life is the meaning of your life. It is not a means to an end. Living life on a moment to moment basis is the end. The joy that you feel when you meet a loved one is the purpose of your life in that moment. The deep sadness you feel when you experience cruelty is the meaning of your life in that moment.
The moment you set a goal, you have gone against nature and existence. No other being has a goal except human beings. That’s why consciousness is a double edged sword. Trees, plants, animals are in bliss but they are not conscious of it. They have no goals in life, no thinking, no psychological fears. They are just in the now. But they are not aware of it. They are happy but unaware.
We humans are aware and conscious of happiness and unhappiness both. We start choosing, controlling. We want to get rid of unhappiness and keep the happiness.