What does “what would be the meaning of life and of death without some lingering effect” mean?
Life is a game. A grand game. As a game, it can be examined and better understood. Then, it can be played better. The purpose of the game is to grow through experience. The end result of infinite growth is to realize our oneness with the underlying source of all reality – that of Infinite Being. Therefore, the meaning of life is growth in consciousness. Your primary purpose in life is to experience life from one individual, unique point of view. You are an expression of Infinite Being as it experiences itself from all possible viewpoints. We are all – each and every one of us – aspects of the One as it views itself from an infinite number of viewpoints.