is very likely nothing. It's probably like the anthropic principal says: we see things the way they are because we exist. It might just have no meaning to it, like many a Bollywood script. But that is something very hard for us to accept, isn't it? Humans always try to make a lot of life and of our role in the universe. We think every moment in our life is a big drama and neatly avoid the fact that we'll dwindle off into nothingness and a few millenia from now, there won't be any sign of our having existed at all. This is good because if we did think of all that, we would go mad like those who entered the Total Perspective Vortex in H2G2!
Infact, we try so hard to fight the futility of our lives that we are always trying to stamp the proof of our existence in some way or the other: through a legacy, a family name, a creation or an exceptional achievement that will be recorded in history. Like them dark lords, we all seek immortality in our own ways. And one of the recent tools that is being extensively used by all of us to constantly reinforce the fact of our existence to the universe is Facebook :D I sometimes feel like we are trying to hold our place in the world by reminding our friends about us constantly. And if you don't do that for a while, you feel like you're somehow slipping out of existence. It is something like the whole Bitcoin system where a transaction is valid only if atleast 50% of the miners agree on a solution to the code. Every aspect of your life seems validated only if a sufficient number of friends like your update on it. And if your wedding update is not liked by atleast 50% of your friends, then you're always going to remain a little dissatisfied with your marriage no matter how good your spouse is :D
Anyway, I think this attachment to our own significance is a major cause of the dissatisfaction that my generation especially faces. If we could just stop thinking about ourselves so much: about whether we're successful enough or well-liked by enough people or in short, whether we have a Facebook-worthy life (when I say Facebook, I mean all social media!). It's very peaceful to not think about yourself and just do your best and leave the rest. I think our parents lived this way more or less. They just went about things without the sense of entitlement we have. We, on the other hand, expect so much perfection from ourselves. It's great to strive for perfection but not in everything! Sometimes, it's ok to be mediocre and not a celebrity-like person. It's far better to accept and live in peace with yourself than try to be a super-human with the perfect job and perfect life. Isn't that what individuality is? I feel that though we are trying to move towards a culture celebrating individuality, we are actually losing our own individuality.
I think what I'm saying is I've finally understood a bit of what the Gita teaches: letting go of the ego. When we let go of the 'I' and 'me', we can be far more peaceful about ourselves and other things around us. And like the Gita interpreters say, it doesn't mean you don't do anything and just go along passively. You do try to make your life meaningful and good...but you do it without worrying if that is what the world is going to think about your life and whether you will leave a little of yourself behind and somehow continue existing.
