2006-08-31 23:18:34 · 21 answers · asked by hema k 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
"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.
2006-09-01 02:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness is a state of the mind. The myth in which most people believe is that if they have whatever they "want" then they would be happy. In a happy life, one should learn to control expectation. Live live as it comes. Give to others of yourself. Treat others the way you want them to treat you. If you have what you "need" to live, your life will be happy. Contentment with what you have is most important. Make yourself feel special by doing your best at your work. Appreciate others around you for their strengths, and help them to strengthen their weaknesses. Happiness will automatically come to you!
2006-08-31 23:25:07 · answer #2 · answered by someone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A happy life is one free from all responsibilities. But whether we like it or not, we still hve to eat, sleep, cover our nakedness...and for all these, we hve to work for our food, clothes, shelter...This in turn leads us to corporate warmongers who giv us nothing but work and pay us a sum of money known as Salary which i presume, wud b wasted even b4 we can buy anything . The govt. asks for ur vote jus so dey can say u were given som attention while the politicians grow fat on our taxes...You want a happy life? Here's how u can get started - lapazoola@yahoo.co.in
2006-08-31 23:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness lies in a simple secret ..that is SATISFACTION
look at the positive side of whatever happens to u,,
b thankful to whatever u have and blessed with
than to repent or think about the things that u dont have
happy life seems like a mirage in this fast track world,
but we can lead it
life is to live happily
2006-09-01 04:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If u keep u r family member and friends happy then u r life will be also happy
2006-08-31 23:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by irsh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all live the life the way YOU want. Try always to do you're best so when time passes by you won't regret about the things you've done. And of course you have a great life if you have REAL friends who support you and someone to love.
2006-08-31 23:23:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy Life's meaning I don't know but it can be experienced by being content with what you have, accepting yourself just the way you are and loving & be loved...
2006-09-01 00:11:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the meaning of happy life is
always giving
we should always ready to help other aspecially who are realy needy people, when we put our all the eforts to the thatwho are parentsless, childrenless and those who are in the hospitals, then we can under stand the meaning of happiness
2006-08-31 23:44:39 · answer #8 · answered by Harjinder C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It Is sailing over a period of time with all sort of experiences some may be good some may be bad,but the ultimate is to learn many things.
I I would rather say that it is great experience gaining process and at the end of it the person is seasoned
2006-08-31 23:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by prasanna k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wen u r with GOD hs a God's child, wen u go on the path wat God our saviour leads u. then that is called happy life. first of all u have to pray. u spend most of ur time in chatting, working, sleeping, eating etc. but r u spening at least 1 min to our GOD who hs created us. NO NOT AT ALL. so once u catch the GOD our saviour. then all the happiness vil *** to ur life. THEN THIS IS CALLED THE HAPPY LIFE. AND u vil be the happiest person in the world..
2006-08-31 23:47:33 · answer #10 · answered by vinsha_goldie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let the deadliest prob occur in ur life still at nite if u r having dinner togather as a family tats happy life
2006-08-31 23:33:02 · answer #11 · answered by francis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋