mm: The simple answer is that life has no real meaning.
Q: Huh?!
mm: Words and symbols have meanings. Anything that is real has no "real" meaning. If your life is real, and I will grant you that IF, it has no real meaning. Hey, this is the liberation---the good news, if you dig it.
What is the meaning of Beethoven Symphony #5? If you were to ask Beethoven the man himself this question, he would have probably said---listen! That's what it means.