2006-08-12 00:02:49 · 23 answers · asked by George C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
"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 die having succeeded in your purpose
* ...to live
* ...to protect one's family
* ...to gain and exercise power
* ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
* ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction or asexual 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 expand one's perception of the 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 turn fear into joy at a constant rate achieving on literal and metaphorical levels: immortality, enlightenment and atonement
* ...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 have fun
* ...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)
* ...to participate in the chain 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)
* ...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever (see nihilism)
* ...(This is actually an extension of the point immediately above) There is no inherent meaning to life, existence, the universe, etc. They exist because they can. However, humans appear to inately give meaning, usually many, often conflicting, to what they are conscious of. So, to each individual, the "meaning of life" is whatever they decide it is. In that sense, every point above is potentially valid.
2006-08-12 14:52:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u ask about this Q that means some thing missing in your life ,
for example , why u study ? u study to prepare for the final exam
then u enter the exam which is reflect what u have done in the semester then u will get the result . this is the life u live for worshiping to (ALLAH) so studying like worshiping then the semi final exam will be in the grave then the final exam in the (Day After), try to learn about ISLAM u will find better than this answer . www.islam-guide.com
2006-08-12 08:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by boooooooooooo b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the meaning of life is too live.
There is no one specific meaning. Each of us has different experiences an goals which makes us different. Maybe it is about choices and the connection we make with others. Of maybe still, life is a test. How we live and what we do determines if we win or not.
But I like to think life is preparation... for what is still too come.
2006-08-12 07:14:59 · answer #3 · answered by Jon H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-12 10:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by amber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the meaning of life ?
The pupose in life is to worship God.
Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
2006-08-12 08:36:35 · answer #5 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-12 07:10:06 · answer #6 · answered by radd_1988 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your life is a story,everyday you are making a part of the story come to live.
your the pages of this story and only you know what will happen at the end of this life story.
will you make it spooky in some places or funny in some or sad in others.it's your life book and you write all the words in it.
hope that helped
2006-08-15 08:32:32 · answer #7 · answered by DENISE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is for you to find out.... you need to live it, love it and when you hit a slow time, that is down time to adjust to the transition you are faced with to move along. the meaning of life never has one meaning, it has many and only you can make those definitions by how you live yours! ;-) XOXOX
2006-08-16 01:21:29 · answer #8 · answered by cariebear197 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas tells us the meaning of life - the meaning of Christmas doesn't lie in having a lot of presents or enjoying fine food. The meaning of Christmas, instead, lies in being generous. In the eyes of faith, the meaning of life lies in being generous with one another because God is generous with us. At Christmas we discover again in Jesus that God is infinite generosity; and in God's generosity to us and our generosity to one another, we discover again the meaning of life.
2006-08-14 11:12:54 · answer #9 · answered by France 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To find salvation in Christ Jesus! Receive his holy spirit and you will live forever! Go read John to the end of the Book! And you will find life and your destiny! Jesus is Alive!
2006-08-12 07:11:37 · answer #10 · answered by bungyow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the meaning of life is meaning itself.
2006-08-12 07:12:52 · answer #11 · answered by Infidel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋