Let's Say I Achieve "Meaning." What Do I Do Next?

[Arkilogue]

Perhaps a better approach would not be subjective personal meaning but high levels of harmonious function with environment.

Now this is a good idea.  Back before the DSM-III threw the term out, psychologists spoke of "neurosis," and most any life problem a patient had could be classified as in some way neurotic.  I've read that neurosis is, at its core, "the failure of the individual to adapt to their environment."  For example, a failure for me on this front would be to attempt to maintain the social and relationship habits of Mormonism, even though the people around me aren't Mormon.  Or, at a deeper level, to maintain the behaviors that worked for my in childhood, but that are no longer adaptive in my current environment.  

So if my goal is to live, not to find meaning, then part of that goal is to become better adapted to my environment.  

I like that 

Happy to be of navigational service! I work on the personal map when I need to, but I also get out there and check my position with a compass and the stars.

Harmonious interaction on multiple levels with your environment is a feedback loop of energy, like the grab of a water wheel....the water is flowing all the time, you just have to dip into it and all it to push you while in place.

This also increases stored/available energy like a hydro-electric generator. It can be as simple as gardening by oneself or working with teams on complex world problems.

There is an inertia of meaning already going on, tap it and surf the waves!