When the system of thought sets us futile or meaningless tasks (as it does do) and compels us to engage (and believe) in them, there is - in a superficial sense – an actual point to what it is doing....
We look for security in the world. That's just what we do. This however creates no end of difficulties for us. It creates an impossible situation - it's not just that the sense of security we seek doesn't exist, neither...