{"id":12018,"date":"2026-04-06T15:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/?p=12018"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:06:24","slug":"the-meaning-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/albums\/12018","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12018\" class=\"elementor elementor-12018\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbb4c95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fbb4c95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5485086 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5485086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2093\" height=\"1159\" src=\"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12024\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos.webp 2093w, https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos-150x83.webp 150w, https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos-768x425.webp 768w, https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos-1536x851.webp 1536w, https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos-2048x1134.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2093px) 100vw, 2093px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ed8b5 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37ed8b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1491\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos-sm.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12028\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos-sm.webp 1491w, https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos-sm-150x93.webp 150w, https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cosmos-sm-768x478.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1491px) 100vw, 1491px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94738c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94738c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b817a e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01b817a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7560ce1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7560ce1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b085dc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b085dc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Poem by Sam Aureli<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99dbb71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99dbb71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>when the lights eventually dim in<br \/>the Cosmos and i disappear into the ether,<br \/>will my life here on this terrestrial orb<br \/>have meant anything? i scrape and claw<br \/>my way through life, hoping to catch<br \/>a glimpse of the Divine only to have<br \/>dust return to dust. what happens<br \/>then? do i evaporate like the morning<br \/>fog, or is my spirit carried off into<br \/>the next life, a feather in the wind?<\/p><p>like many, i am drawn to the far<br \/>and beyond, to that which escapes<br \/>my vision. i search for the meaning<br \/>of life, a pursuit that transcends<br \/>the boundaries of speech. i direct<br \/>my questions to the starry skies,<br \/>yet their answers, in this fragment<br \/>of eternity are often in short supply.<br \/>despite my prodding the heavens<br \/>remain cloaked in the veil.<\/p><p>i\u2019m trapped in this ever-eroding<br \/>vessel of flesh and bone that neither<br \/>marks my beginning nor represents<br \/>my end. and yet, for all its fragility, its<br \/>shortcomings, its aches and pains,<br \/>i embrace my humanity for all its worth.<br \/>much like an instrument in the grand<br \/>symphony of life, i play my soul notes<br \/>for the Earth to hear, and i will do so<br \/>until my spirit, once again, takes flight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-846d9ee e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"846d9ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Poem by Sam Aureli when the lights eventually dim inthe Cosmos and i disappear into the ether,will my life here on this terrestrial orbhave meant anything? i scrape and clawmy way through life, hoping to catcha glimpse of the Divine only to havedust return to dust. what happensthen? do i evaporate like the morningfog, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12018"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12092,"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12018\/revisions\/12092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bingens.com\/memories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}