Given the painfulness of the event it might be perceived more as rape than love-making, but in any case the result must be that I become pregnant with meaning, and when ready I must give birth. Spiritual meaning is conceived within us, grows beyond us, and along the way it expands the boundaries of who we are. But spiritual meaning is the pinnacle of human consciousness. If we study the workings of mind we find that the very essence of consciousness is spontaneous meaning-creation. Meaning creation is constant and inevitable so long as we are alive and conscious.
Brain cells are in a constant dance of connectivity as impulses flow from cell to cell.
The mind is in a constant dance of connectivity as attention flows from concept to concept. Disconnection is the other half, and it is equally important. Ultimately it is the pattern of connection and disconnection that constitutes the essence of meaning, and the basic building blocks of mind. Searching for meaning is such an intrinsic part of who we are that we rarely recognize it for what it is. I said earlier that so long as we are conscious, we are pregnant with meaning.