What is the purpose of life? Are we concious about the purpose? What it takes to live the life to the fullest?
2006-10-19 06:01:39 · 12 answers · asked by Chaitu Reddy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"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)
* ...to complete your list of life goals
* ...to find something to believe
Wisdom and knowledge
* ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions
* ...to find out the meaning of life
* ...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 find true love
* ...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)
* ...to determine a set of goals based on an individuals belief in the meaning of life and work towards the attainment of those objectives.
* ...a combination of any of the above.
* ...42
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?
* ...because nobody will ever love you.
* ...life may actually not exist, this is all a surreal dream.
But most importantly
* ...not to die.
2006-10-20 03:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply to be (that is; become a human being NOT a human doing).
Yes our Self is fully aware of the purpose, and through direct and indirect guidance constantly offers opportunities to achieve that purpose.
All it takes to live life to the fullest is to be who you are. You already have ALL that you require to do this. Wake up to this fact and then you know and experience this for yourself.
2006-10-19 06:33:24 · answer #2 · answered by equericon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that we are alive to help one another overcome this world's evil. By questioning our existence we usually come to a spiritual awareness (does not mean you have to join a religion), just a knowledge that there is something greater than ourselves that governs all things, and we are not or may not be capable of understanding the purpose behind it but are willing to walk the this earth for the good of humankind.
Many great minds have pondered what you are asking and have created much controversy over their opinions of it. Make your life full by trying to help those in need, always keeping in mind that there is a greater purpose and that you choose to do good rather than evil. May God help you to come to your conclusion and belief and enlighten your search for the truth.
2006-10-19 06:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by Neptune2bsure 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of "life" is to provide americans with a noutrishish, but enjoyable breakfast. unless you are talking about the game "life" that's just a good way to waste some time with your family.
2006-10-19 07:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of life is to live it. Not just go through the monotonous existance in which most of the world traps themselves for safety. Live with passion. in short Carpe Diem
2006-10-19 06:05:57 · answer #5 · answered by sirelyas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life has no specific meaning. Life is useless and anything You might do will not make it anymore meaningful. Not to mean life couldnt be fun, happy even. We human beings are not picky, and considering the length of our earthly tour, thats exactly the way it should be...
2006-10-19 06:50:10 · answer #6 · answered by Goswin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You ignored 2: LIFE, AND WHY? God made you given that He loves you. You have one of these factor referred to as 'rationale', that's why you're particular, one among a form. That makes you 'specified', specified to not me, who cares approximately me, however specified to the one that created you--God. So, having coming to this end it might do you such a lot well, to seek His will to your existence, and are living it to the excellent of your capacity. Good success.
2016-08-31 23:28:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chaitu Reddy,
life is the span of time between birth and death. purpose is our action to fulfil deeds to satisfy the needs. needs to the full life time.
2006-10-19 06:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by prince47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is what you make out of it
2006-10-19 06:09:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life is what you make it. Reality is subjective. With the right attitude and disposition, anything is possible.
2006-10-19 06:06:09 · answer #10 · answered by Cary Grant 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an adventure before death
2006-10-19 10:28:27 · answer #11 · answered by ~*$*~Chinita~*$*~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋