what is the meaning of life?

Answer 1

The meaning of life is clear and simple-


Every Human Being wants to know and understand the Philosophy behind the meaning of Life! Why are we here... what is the purpose of our living on Mother Earth... what is the real meaning of Life? The queries are numerous... there has got to be a justification for our living. What is the basis of existence of Life on planet Earth?


Before we indulge into knowing "the meaning of Life" we need to understand Life itself. How do we differentiate between a mortal (living being) and an immobile material (having no Life within)? For this we need to start from the beginning of the Cosmos itself... The time of the big bang!

At the time of the big bang when God, the Almighty Creator which is but the size of half a thumb explodes itself... all Atmans (Souls) get scattered all over the cosmos and in doing this they lose their pristine purity and as a ball coated with honey gathers dust while rolling... these Atmans (Souls) also get impregnated with impurities. This is the fundamental cause of Life... if these Atmans (Souls) had remained pure all the time... the need for Life in whole of the cosmos would not have arisen.


These Atmans (Souls) in their cosmic journey now need a body so that they can purify themselves and come back to their original pristine form. These Atmans (Souls) do not have the power to purify themselves without the aid of any external body. They need a body to work out its Karma and in the process the dross within the Atman soul shall get removed.


Let me explain this further but before that I need to explain the definition of God.


At the time of pralaya as we call it in Hinduism (the time of complete dissolution of the cosmos)... the total cosmos which consists of many universes dissolves back into its original pristine form... this is the form we know as God, the Almighty Creator! The size of the whole cosmos at this moment of time is half the size of a thumb, which is nothing else, but the collection of all purified Atmans (Souls) in the cosmos.

For purifying themselves why do the Atmans (Souls) need a body? This feature can be explained further by the example of mining.


If I need to extract one KG of pure gold (say an individual purified Atman in its pristine pure form) from a lump of hundred KG of gold ore then I need to pass the lump of hundred KG of gold ore through the requisite mining process. It is absolutely clear that this one KG of pure gold can not on its own separate itself out from the hundred KG of gold ore without the help of an external medium... it needs requisite machinery to remove the 99 KG of dross within the ore.

Similarly, the unpurified Atman the soul within cannot on its own remove the dross within... it needs an external medium... a body in order to come back to its original pristine form. And in the process... this so-called impure Atman is required to manifest a body, which consists of a long chain of manifestations... a total of 8.4 Million manifestations and a Life cycle of 96.4 Million earthly years... a long journey indeed! More here- http://www.godrealized.org/what_is_the_meaning_of_life.html

Answer 2

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.

So the bottom line is, we only have a temporary meaning to life, to reduce pain and increase pleasure, other than that everything is lost to oblivion.

Answer 3

If you really think about it, religiously speaking it is somthing that is somehwat condemned but not as much, because it's after marriage, the meaning of life not to sound childishly but it is sex. Without sex there can be no life, no offspring, and without another offspring or life, the entire world is effected, perhaps not in as of major impact, but in the little things in life, such as friendhsip, trust, love, and all these feelings that make us who and how we are. Therefore altering the lives of many others.

Answer 4

to experience the feeling of being alive.. as if you were on a guided journey sometimes good and sometimes bad but always to be really in the moment of your life.. there are three of you on this journey "me" the one others see "myself" the one that chatters back and forth working it all out in your mind and "I" the one that is somewhat all knowing that understands and accepts the wisdom gained along the way.. I would rather have life be gentle and kind but since its not always when we see something so perfectly created such as a flower in the forest that moment ..can be full of such beauty...we should really treasure this experience we have been given so personally..

Answer 5

There is no meaning other than the one we make for ourselves. Remember, we are on a rock spinning around the Sun. We are not trying to break through the fabric of space to go through to the other side and battle aliens. We exist, and some intelligent minds help to give our lives meaning.

Answer 6

To make it to heaven, of course.
But along the way::
Make some awesome friends.
Let your hair down =)
Meet all the people you can.
Go to as many concerts as you can.
Go on adventures;; try new things.
Meet love...and the one day, the love your life <3
Get married and have kids =)
Do all the things you want to do.
And just live your life in love.

Have a lovely life =)

<3

Answer 7

Learn, love, live to fullness
communication with God
when we quit learning we die
all life is one huge lesson

don't do it for reward but because you have learned
the right way to be and to know what is and is not important
overcomers receive the crown of life.

Answer 8

There is no external or absolute meaning to life. The meaning of life is internal to each of us and each of us is unique. Thus, there are millions of answers to the question.

Answer 9

meaning itself originated in human mind nowhere else...Life exist whether meanings existing or not. Single human try to justify life of others and their deeds regarding to its comfort zone. Attempt to justify one's own life leading to philosophy. Being philosopher human still roaming in duality, object and subject...separation from life itself...there is philosopher there is life to analyze about. Well in truth there is no separation between human and life, human and God...it is all One...

Answer 10

life is a process to prepare everything that we need before we go to heaven (the real life).