# Drive 7 — Meaning : Purposeful vs Pointless >[!Info] >Inherited from our most recent ancestor, behaviorally modern humans, we have become aware of ourselves for the first time, and have the desire to know what it MEANS. > We are conscious of our consciousness. We are aware we are alive. That "we're really in this bitch." And we know that we weren't always aware, our memories trail off at some point, and that we aren't always going to be here, there are others who were here and now are not. So, not only do we know we are alive, we know we are going to die. > >And so we yearn to know what this all means. Why are we here? Why did this world come to be? What is the meaning of this life? What is my purpose here in this world, beyond surviving and reproducing and belonging and loving and creating and knowing? > >We have a desire to know the big picture, for there to be a moral to the story, to know how everything fits together, not just physically and mechanically, but spiritually. We wish to know be a part of something bigger than ourselves, not just human structures, but in the universe. # Overview | Ancestor Species | [[7 - Modern Humans\|Modern Human]] | | ------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | | **Emerged in Evolution** | ~50 Thousand Years Ago | | **Associated Location** | [[7 · ⚪️ · Crown]] | | **Alternative Names** | Meaning, Significance, Purpose, Why | # Feeling When Satisfied - "Rightness" - Alignment with the All - Wholeness - "This is valuable" - At peace with the way things are - Faithful, trusting - A sense of duty, purpose, meaning - Awe, wonder # Feeling When Deficient - "This is meaningless" - Uninterested, unimpressed - Nihilist - Distracted - Fragmented, disconnected - Aimless, directionless - Disassociated - Fearful, worried