As usual, there are many ways to look at this.
EVERYTHING HAS CAUSES
Everything has causes so everything happens for a reason. That’s the literal and wonderfully boring answer.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LOCAL EXPRESSIONS OF THE LARGER WHOLE
Everything has innumerable causes stretching back to the beginning of time (if there is any) and the widest extent of existence (if there is any). What happens here is the local expression of movements within the larger whole, within all of existence. Seeing it that way can, in itself, be meaningful.
It’s meaningful because of the reminder that everything is existence as a whole locally expressing, exploring, and experiencing itself.
MAKING IT MEANINGFUL FOR US
The other side is how we relate to what is happening. We can make what happens meaningful to us. We can relate to it more intentionally and use it to support something important to us.
We can use it as an opportunity to deepen our connection with ourselves and others. Finding receptivity. Authenticity. Deepen in healing and maturing. Exploring living from noticing what we are. And so on.
ASSUMING MEANING INHERENT IN WHAT IS HAPPENING
There is also another way to look at this. We may have ideas of a meaning that’s somehow inherent in reality or given from divinity, or something similar.
For me, this is a reminder to take a closer look at what’s happening.
When I look at this, I find a projection. I find my own ideas about a meaning, and I find a thought saying this meaning is inherent in reality or life or given from the divine. The reality is that it’s an imagination.
Ultimately, trying to find some meaning inherent in what’s happening is a futile exercise. At most, it’s a guess. And more honestly, it’s a projection.
And I also know that imagining a meaning inherent in what’s happening can be helpful in some phases of our process. Any assumption is a kind of crutch, and these crutches are necessary until they aren’t.