Have you ever thought about it? What do you think is the reason for living, breathing and just being? What is your purpose in life?
2006-06-08 02:35:26 · 17 answers · asked by B!tch 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:
Survival and temporal success
* ...to accumulate wealth and increase social status
* ...to compete or co-operate with others
* ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
* ...to protect one's family, no matter the cost
* ...to gain and exercise power
* ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
* ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction
* ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially
* ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate
* ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)
Wisdom and knowledge
* ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions
* ...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers
* ...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes
* ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom
* ...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life
* ...to experience anything if not something in this world
Ethical
* ...to express compassion
* ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)
* ...to give and receive love
* ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life
* ...to serve others, or do good deeds
* ...to work for justice and democracy
Religious, spiritual and esoteric
* ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context
* ...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace
* ...to become God, or God-like
* ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)
* ...to follow the "Golden Rule"
* ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)
* ...to reach Heaven in the afterlife
* ...to understand and follow the "Word of God"
* ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God
Other
* ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race
* ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human
* ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")
* ...to die, or become a martyr
* ...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general
* ...to live, and enjoy the passage of time
* ...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment
* ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny
* ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others
* ...to seek and find beauty
* ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)
* ...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever
2006-06-11 03:59:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
LIFE EXPLAINED.....
On the first day, God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years, and I'll give you back the other ten." So, God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span." The monkey said, "How boring...I have to do monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?" So, God agreed.
On the third day, God created the cow. God said, "You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years." The cow said, "That is really a tough life you want me to live for sixty years!
Let me have twenty, and I'll give you back the other forty." So, God agreed again.
On the forth day, God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll give you twenty years.
Man said, "What?! Only twenty years?! I tell you what...
I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back. Now that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God, "You've got a deal."
So......
That is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves.
Then, for the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren.
And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
2006-06-08 05:06:31 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we all have a reason why we are here, it was determined long before any of us ever existed, always remember that whether the things you are going through are good, bad or otherwise, there is a purpose for your existence and just enjoy that moment to the fullest
2006-06-08 02:44:49 · answer #3 · answered by toncanone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose in ones life is to gain as much sexual experience and to get weisted by drinking a ton of beer...
i love beer...
ther is no after life so why wast it by praying to some made up divinity..go play------>outside
2006-06-08 02:39:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good luck, but I think living and dieing well are what is meant when people ask what the meaning of life is, what has meaning to you? Each person is different.
2006-06-08 02:57:34 · answer #5 · answered by L C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to me, god has created all the animals in the world to balance the life cycle, except us humans, god has created and given life to us so that v can conserve the beautiful masterpiece(Earth) which he has created. And I find that the only reason v enjoy such supremacy as compared to other animals, coz the one above has made us to guard mother earth.
2006-06-08 03:08:33 · answer #6 · answered by Beckham_fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is day to day activity.
ofcourse i think about life and tha'ts why i live.
Life is like a test to humanbeings and other creature what they can do good or not and to how far they can do it.
To live according to God wish coz am a christian,to enjoy the world and help people to my best.
2006-06-08 04:05:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its obvious
the purpose of life is to find out the purpose of life.
2006-06-08 02:40:45 · answer #8 · answered by shogunly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the meaning of life is found in the bible. if you like email me back and i can show you some scriptures to explain it. many people dont understand what the bible means, so thats why they dont know meaning of life. cant wait to hear from u
2006-06-08 02:58:42 · answer #9 · answered by live forever 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never been able to answer that question as it applies to me, but as it applies to you, it would appear that your existence is justified by your ability and willingness to ask this tired old question once again.
As the trial lawyers say, "Objection. Asked and answered."
2006-06-08 02:41:19 · answer #10 · answered by Jack430 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋