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The whole crux of modern existentialia is that "Meaning" isn't intrinsic in the universe.
I am a theist (belive in a God). I believe the god has a plan. But I believe in radical freedom (non-determinism).
My essence DOES NOT precede my existence. So I choose my essence- I also choose, then, my meaning.
Meaning doesn't mean purpose or goal or any such thing.
The MEANING of life is WHY life. So purpose is a PART of it, sure. But not all of it.
The only true escape from pain and anguish is suicide, then. Otherwise one must embrace it and reject it at once ( Think Camus) or they can live in "bad faith" (Sartre's rejection of a "subconscious" leads to a state where a conscious might lie to itself- in Camus terms, it is being metaphysically dead).
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