What is the meaning of life?

Question

Been asking myself THAT question for years.....................

Answer 1

Nobody has been able to know the common answer to this question yet. The life is yours, so the meaning of life would also be yours. Nobody can provide you with the answer of this question. you'll have to search for yourself.

Answer 2

Your question can not be answered in one sentence, but your question can be answered. Some of the other answers are right and some of the answers are wrong; however, I am going to give you the right answer. How can I be sure that my answer is right? How can I say with absolute confidence beyond the shadow of a doubt that my answer is right? It is becase I have faith. But before I go into that, I want the reader to stop and take a moment and think about what is going on outside of their home right now at this very moment. Some may see that the sun is rising, some may see that the sun is falling, and some may look out into the rich dark night sprinkled with numerous stars in the sky. No matter where you are and what you see if one is to look out there long enough and watch what is happening outside and just think of all the things that are going on outside one has to start asking some questions. For example how do all of the insects know when to chirp, walk, or even feed themselves? How does the sun come up on a regular basis, how does the earth tilt exactly at the right tilt that keeps humans and animals not too cold and not too hot? Why is it that everyday that you wake up you are not floating in the air? Did all this happen by chance? Did one big accident cause all of this order? NO. Someone had to create it. Just like the Bible says in Romans 1:21 "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" Someone beyond human intelligence had to create the universe and his name is God.

Now you ask the question what is the meaning of life, but I think that you are asking a more specific question "what is the meaning of your life?" I have been through what you are going through right now. I asked myself the same question. What is the meaning of my life. What is my significance of being on this earth? What is my purpose? God has given each and every person on this earth one purpose and that is to glorify and worship him.

If you do want to actually know more send me an email at [e-mail]. Everyone asks this same question in their life, and I hope that I can help you find your plan that God has already laid out for your life.

Answer 3

The meaning or purpose of life is to give pleasure to the Supreme life, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the reason we exist. We are His eternal, spiritual energy, and our constitutional position is to serve His desires. At the present time we find ourselves covered by material bodies and minds and therefore bewildered by the illusory energy. In this state we think we are these temporary bodies and minds. With this misidentification as the basis for our consciousness, how can we know what is the meaning of our life? If a madman thinks himself to be someone he is not, how can he understand what he should or should not do? First we have to understand who we are before we can know what the purpose of our life is.

There are basically two paths. One path is to think we are the body and when the body dies we are finished also. In that view, what possible purpose could anyone's life have? If we all return to dust in the end, any endeavor to make sense of life is just a madman's game. Instead of having a true purpose in life, the rationale becomes simply to 'enjoy' life, which is nothing more than animal life.

On the other hand, if we are actually eternal and the body is just the vehicle we have for a few years, then our purpose becomes very clear. Our purpose is to understand our eternal nature and what our relationship is to the Supreme. This is the process of self-realization-- purification of consciousness. The advantage of human life is that we are able to inquire about the Absolute Truth and the purpose of life. The animals and other lower life forms cannot do this. But if in the human life a person doesn't make this inquiry, he is no better than an animal.

This is a very good question and I wish you all good fortune on your journey to spiritual realization.

Answer 4

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 pleasurable 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 other kinds of things.

Answer 5

What is life? The world's greatest thinkers, including the Greek philosophers Plato, Aristotle and Socrates, have struggled with this question. Scientists and theologians have dedicated lifetimes to trying to find the keys that unlock the mystery of human existence.

But only the One who created life in the first place can supply the answers we so desperately need. We must look at the very beginning of life to understand it.

Religion, philosophy and science acknowledge that physical life had a beginning. Some believe that life evolved over millennia. But the Bible reveals a God who boldly claims that He is the Creator of all life and that He created human life for a tremendous purpose. Through His Word, God gives us His answers to life's most important questions.

God is the Creator and sustainer of life. He created human life on a level different from that of plants and animals to fulfill a far greater purpose. Our lives consist of relationships, goals, and experiences that at times are enjoyable, at times difficult. But the ultimate purpose of our lives greatly exceeds merely meeting the needs and fulfilling the pleasures of our daily circumstances.

Answer 6

Golly gee willicers batman !!

Try not to stress about this to much.

Keep it simple love pumpkin!
Have fun!
Try not to think to much.
Live each day as if it were your last.
Love many and as much as you can. Be grateful we can
sing in the sunshine and laugh everyday.
Be a little naugthy and if you can't be good don't get caught!
Keep the faith. Be quick to agree with others when they are right. Listen to your intuition, accsess a higher power, pray for others and look for ways to bless them without interfering in thieir lives. Love yourself . Most of all beilive in yourself and ask for help especially when you don't want to.

Answer 7

This is the same as asking 'what is the meaning of love'? Both these questions are related: one answers the other.

Answer 8

The question "what is the meaning of life?" means different things to different people. The vagueness of the query is inherent in the word "meaning", which opens the question to many interpretations, such as: "What is the origin of life?", "What is the nature of life (and of the universe in which we live)?", "What is the significance of life?", "What is valuable in life?", and "What is the purpose of, or in, (one's) life?". These questions have resulted in a wide range of competing answers and arguments, from scientific theories, to philosophical, theological, and spiritual explanations.

Answer 9

Based on my Buddhism religion, this question has been popped up since we still put things like me, mine, us, ours. How could you define you? You are the composition of your organs like brain and body? How could you recall what is yours? But the secret of Buddhism is - there is no I, no you. We are all composed of tiny pieces of everything. You are me and everyone.

Life is nothing and everything. It's nothing because the meaning is for human being rationally trying to reason what we precept. It's everything because life itself make us us.

Answer 10

The meaning of life is however the individual sees it and wants to interpret it. We all have our different and varied explanations to the meaning of life; actually, there is no meaning, and if there is it is the vaguest thing in the world. Everyone has their own opinions. I believe the meaning of life is a variable, and humans are the ones conducting the experiment.