what is the meaning of life?

Answer 1

That you will eventually die.

Answer 2

80% of humanity, the religious folks, don't need to ask the meaning of life, the church tells them....the supernatural explanation. But the rest of us can't swallow religious dogma, because there's no evidence. Nobody can prove that there life after death, that people are tortured or rewarded after life or that there's invisible spirits running around.

I've come to two conclusions recently:

1. Life has no meaning
2. Life has a million meanings.

First, there's a certainty that death and annihilation awaits not only you, but the Earth in general. It's an astonomical certainty that our sun will supernova and leave the earth a burnt crisp, not to mention all the other extinction level events around the corner.

Second, the million things that give us meaning are the pleasable experiences we can conjure up during the short period we are here on the earth, in the form of the relationships we have with our kids and other people, and the 'housekeeping' types of purposes. What i mean by that are the curing disease, ending hunger, improving literacy, reducing crime, preventing war, helping others and other pleasurable 'feel good' pursuits.

Answer 3

Life has only the meaning you give it yourself. You can choose your own goals and values, your own ends and means. Basically, there are three sorts of alternative, and each has both positive and negative 'roads' to take.

One, you can live life selfishly. This, from a moral point of view, is negative - looking out at all times for 'number one'. But it need not be negative - not if you have a special ability or high degree of ability (say, in art) and you concentrate on developing that ability in a way that is 'selfish' in the short term but is likely to make a contribution to human good in the long term.

Two, you can invest yourself in others. This can range from simply concentrating on being a good parent, to being a dedicated contributor to some community or some organization, whether it be a political party, a commercial company, etc. But the negative side of this is that you might, in the latter part of your life, find that the group you have dedicated yourself to has not appreciated your contribution, or has changed negatively from what it was despite your efforts, and you might, when it is too late, regret not indulging yourself a little more than you did.

Thirdly, you can turn away from both self and others and, negatively, abandon any attempt to be a moral person, letting yourself be ruled by your emotions or appetites, to the cost of both yourself and those around you. Or, positively, become one of those intensely 'practical' people who 'get things done' in the purely physical sense (but are good for little else).

Of course, it is possible to combine elements of each of the three basic alternatives - though it probably isn't advisible, for sanity's sake, to combine both negative and positive roads.

Life is about choices. Your life is about your choices.

Answer 4

I don't believe there is a single overall answer to this question. I think that each person has there own meaning, even if it is hard to see. I mean, a druggie who dies at age 36 couldn't have much of a meaning could he? But what about the little girl he helped conceived? All that pain the little girl went through through out her life could make her grow up to become a therapist for people who do these things and end up helping a woman who in the long run decides to become a preacher and help other people.......do you see what I'm trying to say?

Answer 5

I agree with the first response. We live because we can, and because anything is possible. I feel lucky to be a part of the universe. Every experience, even if it's something everyone has done before, is new and unique. Sure we've all eaten a piece of bread, but none of us ever in the same way. Every time we do anything we are creating a new experience. Just think about if you focused on making your experiences greater than how everyone else does them. That's how imagination and invention are born. With those two tools under your belt, you can make everyone's experiences greater.

Answer 6

"Sometimes living can be hard but it's becuz we're alive that we can make each other laugh, cry, be happy, if that's not a reason for being born in this world... i don't know what is!" -Tohru (Fruits Basket)
"There may not be anyone who was born with a reason. I think... that everyone... Everyone might have to find one on their own. A reason for being born... A reason that is okay to be alive... A reason to exist. The reason may be vague, unclear... And uncertain but as long as you're alive you have to keep searching for that reason," Tohru (Fruits Basket)

But the real point in life is to watch anime and read manga!

Answer 7

Definition (cellular biology) and purpose (procreate/die) can be answered objectivly, but meaning all depends on the person trying to answer it.. Meaning is relative.. The meaning of my life is contemplation countered with good food/family and happiness...

Answer 8

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Answer 9

To suss out who you really are. When you do, you find out your purpose and when you fight out your purpose, you'll find your desire to live and achieve your dreams.

For this to happen, man or woman has to go through some knocks, hard times to get that diamond character from within. Character is not built on mountains but in the valleys.

Answer 10

There isn't one, or there is but it's too complicated for a human to even try and understand. Our brains can't handle why we are here, how we got here and though we think we know the answer, we don't. I wouldn't spend your time wondering becuase we will NEVER know.

Answer 11

To Live.