2006-09-17 17:17:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
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.
Popular beliefs
"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
* ...to work for justice and freedom
Religious and spiritual
* ...to be a filter of creation between heaven and hell
* ...to die and become a martyr
* ...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 worship, serve, or achieve union with God
* ...to disprove the existence of a or all all gods
Other
* ...to achieve self-actualisation
* ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")
* ...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 participate in the inevitable increase in entropy of the universe
* ...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
* ...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.
* ...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)
* ...a combination of any of the above.
No purpose, and therefore...
* ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)
* ...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 purpose or meaning whatsoever (see nihilism)
* ...who cares?
2006-09-18 02:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the meaning of life but I am pretty sure that contemplating Death isn't it. It is not living on Earth that is the problem it is probably the kind of life you are living.
Go find someone else who needs help it will do you a world of good.
2006-09-17 18:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by Esmerelda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that anyone really knows the meaning of life but I do know that knowing Jesus Christ as my personal Savior makes life worth living. Life has purpose when you have hope and know that you're here for a reason. Pick up a Bible and read any of the first four books in the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. You will find your answer there, I guarantee it.
2006-09-17 17:28:56 · answer #3 · answered by Bellemomma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but have you seen this beautiful world we live in. At least the parts that are still natural. Some people love living life away from all the rush rush of the city, and find life very fullfilling an content living out in the country. Maybe it's not so much about meaning, but more about experiencing life. It's a huge world, explore it, and ejoy it while you still can. :)
2006-09-17 17:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by Vix 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know the meaning of life, but I would hope it is to get out of it what you put into it. I'm sorry if you feel like dying would be much better. I can't imagine not living. I know we are going to die one day, but I don't want to be the one who ends it. Life is too precious and hard to accomplish. You should rethink that. Even if you don't believe, you will end up in hell if you kill yourself. Do you think that would be better than living. Think again.
2006-09-18 02:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by cookie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Better I dont know why it would be? Its just the easy way out.
I feel the same way but dont want to be a pussy or let the world win. So i force my self to continue doing the right things. Im getting tougher, stronger & less can phase me, ONE DAY IT WILL ALL PAY OFF.
2006-09-17 17:28:54 · answer #6 · answered by chef_gone_nuts 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No matter what your religious beliefs, your life is a gift that you have been given, and like any gift it cannot be enjoyed unless you try to use it. Try to find something good in each day, and if you don't see anyhting good, make something good happen yourself.
Take care and God bless.
2006-09-17 22:33:51 · answer #7 · answered by kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
=(
I'm sorry your sad.
Make some friends.
Go hang out with them.
Attend a couple concerts.
Go bowling.
Go to a drive in movie.
Go to dinner with some family members.
Go in a plane =)
Go to the ocean.
Just try new things.
Everyone has a different meaning to life.
I personally believe you should live it to the best of your abilities because once you're dead, you're dead.
I don't believe in the afterlife.
Sorry if that offends.
2006-09-17 17:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by blender 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you are in the wrong caterogry but since you asked, the meaning of life is that you will never be the actor or rockstar that you dreamed of when you were young. you will die like the rest of us, sad, alone, angry. enjoy th life given to you while you can, bubba.
2006-09-17 17:21:46 · answer #9 · answered by santosh s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we r trevelling in different worlds,before birth we were in a world called ARAAF afterbirth we r in this world and our soul is wearing the dress of body after this world our soul will trevell 2 another world leaving the dress of body in this world.so life mean 2 prepare ourself for the next journey.what we have 2 do for our next trevell c the HOLY BOOK.
2006-09-17 17:25:34 · answer #10 · answered by hasina 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You need someone to talk to, man. You sound like you might be depressed. Life is what you make of it."If it is to be, its up to me" Good luck and God Bless!!
2006-09-17 17:28:58 · answer #11 · answered by lucygoosy2004 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋