Reality is disappointing. We look for meaning through our children, spouse, and other friends and family; we look for meaning in our work, in social organizations, through entertainment, hobbies, and causes; we look for meaning through cheerfulness, busyness, study, status, and stability; we look for meaning under rocks, in the skies and seas, on mountaintops, in villages, cities, farms, and in the middle of nowhere; we look for meaning in science and technology, through experts and leaders (past and present), and within our self. And sometimes we look for meaning by denying the viability of meaning. But in the end, reality just does not live up to expectations.

We want answers; and in this lifetime answers - definitive answers - are often either illusionary or delusional. There are many noble and meaningful vehicles for meaningfulness. And many of these channels of expression fulfill their promise - from an empirical perspective. But in the end - from a transcendental perspective - these agents of meaning simply fall short.

Some would argue that empirical meaning - loving relationships, noble causes, exoteric goodness - is sufficient. And I would agree; right up to the end. At the end, one can and should take solace in a Life well-lived; one can and should give solace to loved ones in the form of their example. But at the end, it is not sufficient. At the end, uncertainty is inevitable; and unless one opts for illusion or delusion, uncertainty is the only certainty.

I would argue though that one can still find peace at the end, despite the ambiguity. One can find Peace through a Life of example that has included the assimilation of Dark, Light, and shared Consciousness. I would argue that Exoteric Goodness is the agent of meaning that has the strongest potential to transport one from empirical meaning to a transcendental meaning. I would argue that Inner Peace is a result of a Life that has left selfless Goodness in its wake. And I would argue that if a Transcendental Existence awaits - if empirical illusion becomes Transcendental reality (in any way, shape, or form) - then it would be advantageous to equitably practice Exoteric Goodness with tolerance and without prejudice.

So, no matter your perspective or belief, a strong case can be made for Exoteric Goodness. And in some ways (for me) it feels more honest and selfless to practice Exoteric Goodness from a strict empirical perspective.

Transcendental reality is an oxymoron in this empirical world. Those who are certain of a specific transcendental reality (especially those groups that profess absolute certainty) create divisiveness, encourage unyielding ignorance, and impede synergistic affinity. I acknowledge that any one individual or any one group may have it right; but how can any one individual or any one group not acknowledge that they may not have it right, or, that they may have it only partially right.

I believe many do understand, despite associations and assertions, that they may have it - (personal transcendental reality) - only partially right. I go a step further, avoiding definitive assertions, and recognizing the reality that I may be nowhere near the Truth. I am skeptical of each new insight / discovery, and that is why I keep searching.

In some ways this all sounds discouraging; but it is not. To embrace the Dark and the Light, and then to assimilate that knowledge within a shared consciousness, I believe encourages one to seek an ever-expanding circle of humanity to cooperatively apply interdependent Exoteric Goodness equitably, with tolerance, and without prejudice. Regardless, I would rather be aware of a range of varying possibilities than to be certain of one possible impossibility.

Anything is possible and everything is possibly impossible.

Reality is disappointing; and even when this disappointment fulfills its potential to encourage, a veneer of sadness remains.