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1. People desire unity
Unity with what? Other people? Some kind of universal soul? Debatable either way. What does it mean to be unified?
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3. All meaning is metaphorical.
Again, not sure what this means (yeah, I know ). How is it different to #4, all knowledge is a construct? Which, while I agree with it, gets into the issue of whether there is any absolute truth.
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Unity: a sense of being that has some sense of agreement. Living in a world where nothing makes any sense at all is hard for people. I can't think of anyone I've ever met - sane or insane - that did not have some desire for comprehending their existence in a way that was sensical.
How unity is achieved, if it is achieved doesn't really matter. The journey for unity ranges the gamut of beliefs. From someone like the Dhali Llama to the most callous sociopath, everyone has some sense of values that they follow to lead them to understanding their existence enough to exist. Commiting suicide is an indicator that someone either thinks they will find unity in their death, or that they cannot find unity in their life. At the least, living without unity and a glimmer of finding it leads to depression.
As for meaning being metaphorical -
This is the nature of language. For instance, when I talk about a bathtub I am not actually dealing with a bathtub; I am dealing with my mental representation of a bathtub. All language is representative, which is the definition of what a metaphor is.
From this, it is easy to see how knowledge is a construction. Using language we create information, ideas, theories, etc. Whether the information is right or not doesn't even necessarily matter, it is a construct due to the way it is presented via metaphors using language.
Whereas I don't particularly believe in an "Absolute Truth", calling knowledge a construct doesn't disagree with those who believe in it. For example, seeing the Bible as literal truth is in concordance because the Bible is a construct presented via metaphors representing absolute reality created by God (if you think the Bible is literal truth).