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Question

What is the meaning of life? or to be more specific would be why are we here? We are here because we are the research subject? or we are just here, no "Because" at all or someone is watching us to see how far we can go before we go existen? (Nuclear or Pollution or hit by stars) pls tell us what you think (rational opinions would be appreciated) or if you have new source pls share!!! Already know source for example, Wikipedia source, back to the ultimate, Anunnaki, Mutiverse, Spiritual Path or Consciousness (kinda related subjects eg. Black Hole, Big Bang, Quark) ^_^
I know this is a really tough question therefore not expecting that many people to share their opinions; the underline meaning of this question is just to let people think then it already serve its purpose ^_^

I already read the Wikipedia source couple years ago that is why I have it in my already know source ^_^ eg. Number 42 etc... I know this is an old ancient philosophy question and I asked myself this question a few years ago which mean I had spend sometimes to read sources that related to this question, therefore I am just asking your opinions ^_^

Answer 1

"What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives, most in the context "What is the purpose of life?" Here are some of the many potential answers to this perplexing question:

Survival and temporal success

...to accumulate wealth and increase social status
...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 compete or co-operate with others
...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
...to die having succeeded in your purpose
...to gain and exercise power
...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
...to live
...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction
...to protect one's family
...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny
...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 expand one's perception of the world
...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 understand creation
Ethical

...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context
...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace
...to achieve rebirth in the Pure Land
...to become like God, or God-like
...to be rewarded for your deeds
...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)
...to express compassion
...to follow the "Golden Rule"
...to give and receive love
...to live in a way that you don't harm yourself and don't harm your environment
Religious, spiritual and esoteric

...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)
...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)
...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment
...to reach Heaven in the afterlife
...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life
...to serve others, or do good deeds
...to turn fear into joy at a constant rate achieving on literal and metaphorical levels: immortality, enlightenment and atonement
...to understand and follow the "Word of God"
...to work for justice and democracy
...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God
Other

...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 have fun
...to make the conformists' lives miserable (see non-conformism)
...to participate in the chain of events which has led from the creation of the universe until its possible end (either freely chosen or determined, this is a subject widely debated amongst philosophers)
...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others
...to resolve all problems that one faces, or to ignore them and attempt to fully continue life without them, or to detach oneself from all problems faced (see Buddhism)
...to seek and find beauty
...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)
...a combination of any of the above.
...as there is no intrinsic meaning to life, to each individual, the "meaning of life" is whatever he/she decides it is. In that sense, every point above is potentially valid.
...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever (see nihilism)
...an answer to the question "What is the meaning of life?" is that it is just simply being able to ask the question, "What is the meaning of life?" (see Sri Sri Ravi Shankar below)
No purpose, and therefore...

...just a series of events
...just nature taking its course
...the wheel of time keeps on turning
...the cycle of life
...whatever you see you see, as in "projection makes perception"
...there is no meaning
its 42 (The number 42 is The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, according to Douglas Adams' series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Numerous others have parodied this supposed mysticism of 42. )
or its just a film by Monty Python
See in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meaning_of_Life

Answer 2

This questions has been asked since people were wondering what is was all about.

The best you can get are opinions.

I used to stew about it. Why is a mountain more important than I am? Why can't I live forever? What happenes at the end.

Then, I ralized that there was no way I could completely fathom what was going on, so I abandoned the quest.

It served no purpose in my life and needlessly worried me.

I just recall a tombstone I once saw

"First I weren't
Then I was
Now I ain't again"

That about sums it up.

Answer 3

Hermes,
I have been pondering this question for about 36 years. I have explored just about every system of belief known to man, and a few that are rather obscure. I won't go into all the details, but most of it was dead ends. I think I have finally come to an explanation that seems to fit the nature of reality, as we experience it. At least it works for me, which is good, 'cause I'm a little weary of searching. For those of you who don't believe in a Higher Being, you can stop reading now. I believe that we are here for a very specific purpose, which is manifold in nature. First, we are here, because we have to be someplace, or we cannot experience existence. These bodies we occupy, are crafted to function in the atmosphere and gravity of this world only. I believe we are the creations of the Being commonly known as God to most people. I believe He created us to have free will. I feel that the main purpose of this life, is for us to make a choice. We can choose to live according to our own will, limited as it is, and to satisfy our ego-centric needs, regardless of the effects on the lives of others. This choice is a dead end, literally. The other choice (there are only two), is to open ourselves to relationship with our Creator. When we do this, He sends a portion of His Being (Spirit) to bond within us. We then become a new creature, part mortal, and part Immortal. The old values of materialism and fear begin to fall away. We then start to live according to His Will. Love and Wisdom, become the foundations of all our choices. All of this, is in preparation for existence on other worlds, and in other dimensions. Without the bonding between ourselves, and the Creator, we cannot leave the Earth. Although I cannot prove it, I suspect that certain individuals, whose destinies are known, are given more than one life, to develop the depth of character needed for the bonding. For those who would never have chosen to humble themselves under any circumstances, there is no need for personality survival beyond this life. This is the context in which I live my life. I am satisfied, that it accurately explains the great questions of life, as they say. By the evidence of the profound changes that have occured in me, since entering into the bonding, I am convinced of it's verity beyond any doubt.

Answer 4

42

Answer 5

well, life means different things to different people depending on their beliefs. As a christian I think life is just like a passing scene and there is something else after this which may be good or bad depending on how you live the present. Just like if you get an education today you can have a decent job tomorrow and be able to afford a decent life and otherwise if you decide not to obtain an education.

Answer 6

42

Answer 7

Why should we shy away from Caste Census, when reservations are made on the basis of Castes. It is a fact that Caste divisions will stay for ever. No law on earth can abolish this division. Who wants Caste to be eradicated, not even the elite Media. Then, on what basis the Governments divide the people as forward and backward classes. Even Mandol Commission report was based on Caste census of 1931 (British India).

Answer 8

Life as we know it is As Humans Flesh and Blood, But life as it is Is Spiritual and this Human life is for learning, and knowing the Tribulations of this life. How could we Appreciate a new eternal body, with out first experiencing this life. This may be to deep for you.
My Source is the" Holy Spirit"

Answer 9

The more you have to accomplish the less time you have to puzzle over philosphical questions. You know how your computer freezes up sometimes and you have to sit and wait for it to go again? Philosphical questions are the same thing to your brain. We all go there sometimes; but soon dinner's ready, or you have to go to work, or someone calls and it's over and you're back in life again.

Why worry about it? No one has really answered it. Life just IS, and it doesn't worry about why.

Answer 10

I feel that we are here to learn what it is like to live a life in a physical body with all of the physical needs wants and desires. Off set by all the emotions that we have, and the knowledge of right and wrong, moral and immoral.

It's one big learning experience.

Answer 11

Why are we here?

Starting from the existence of energy/matter and laws of nature, it is a pretty long story but the chapter headings are cosmological evolution, chemical evolution, biological evolution, and memetic evolution (the mutation and selection of ideas (memes) competing for resources that allow them to exist).

So to answer why are we here you have to establish "what" we are. You can argue this from many angles: we are parts of a system, with an infinite number of social systems to choose from. We are individual bodies representing individual souls. Or for me, I prefer to see each one of us as vehicles for genes and/or memes. Each one of us shares a tremendous number of genes- exact replicas, so I see us as tools for the genes and/or memes to perpetuate themselves. The genes just experimented and over time discovered that they perpetuate better when they cooperate by the millions- passing on a complete set from generation to generation, hence- humans (as well as all the other living organisms).

So what about before the existence of energy/matter and laws of nature? Well, maybe it always existed (in the same way people think of God as always having existed). Maybe time didn't exist. Maybe a lot of things. I'm comfortable not knowing- especially when I hear all the guesses out there. But it is pretty comforting knowing that everything that exists now could result from such simple starting requirements- like infinitely dense matter/energy, and the observable laws of physics and evolution.

But my argument is no stronger than someone who says God created and controlled the universe and it's laws.

And that brings me to your other question, what is the meaning of life?

Meaning is subjective. You need to have an overal meaning for life in order to satisfy your genes'/memes' needs for a vehicle that is motivated by a purpose, efficacy (self-control and control over environment), value justification (so you can decide right from wrong), and self-worth. These are evolutionary adaptations that make you more likely to survive and them more likely to reproduce. There is no objective meaning of life, only a way for you to make sense of life in order to meet these needs (or be likely to meet them), and it can change over time and certainly changes across individuals and cultures.