In it, but not of it

Maybe it’s about living against the world, I say. Living against it whilst living in it.

Sounds tiring, Paula says.

Gnosticism, it’s called, I say. Accepting it’s all … meaningless but making meaning out of that meaninglessness.

That’s a very clever conjuring trick, Uma says. Making something from nothing.

Even if you think the world’s inherently meaningless, you still have to live in it, I say. That’s the point. Even if you’re living against it.

How can you live against the world? Uma asks. You’re in it.

In it, but not of it – and that’s the point, I say. That’s meaning.

If you’re so Gnostic, and you’re living so utterly against the world, then you’ll  have to make something from your move to Organisational Management, Uma says. See it as an opportunity.