2006-12-02 07:07:24 · 15 answers · asked by esat 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
a long miserable journey
2006-12-02 07:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is about the preservation of your soul, the battle between good and evil and defining in your own life a balance between good and evil you can live with. Would you kill? would you Rape a woman? would you abuse a child? if you can say no to all three like all normal human beings then you are moving in the right direction. Now, would you help an old lady across the road? would you take your neighbors letter and post it since you are going that way, if your neighbor knocked one night and asked for shelter would you open your heart and oblige? are you trying to live a good life without wanting anything in return. if you say yes to all of these you are finding out the meaning of life and that my Friend is clear ''Love thy neighbor as thy self and you will inherit a soul that will be happy for eternity.
ATB Red
2006-12-02 16:07:00 · answer #2 · answered by Redmonk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live so that we may return to God as a spiritual being that is a wiser, kinder, more loving and in all other ways a closer representation of God who made us in his/her image. The meaning of life is to experience days that are filled with love, joy, peace, kindness, creative inspiration, healing and mercy. These are the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is also our true nature. It is the creative vibration that creates the energy for all life. It is the force that vibrates the "string" in string theory. Each of us should progress each day on the path that has been illuminated for us by the Holy Spirit. We should stay in harmony with this creative vibration. If this is accomplished when you come to the end of this path you will welcomed home by the Holy Mother who will share with you eternal love, peace and kindness.
2006-12-02 19:07:57 · answer #3 · answered by b_steeley 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
life >noun (pl. lives) 1 the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth and functional activity. 2 the existence of an individual human being or animal. 3 a particular type or aspect of people's existence: school life. 4 living things and their activity. 5 a biography. 6 vitality, vigor, or energy. 7 informal a sentence of imprisonment for life. 8 (in various games) each of a specified number of chances each player has before being put out. 9 [before a noun] (in art) based on a living rather than an imagined form: a life drawing.
-PHRASES for the life of me informal however hard I try. as large as (or larger than) life informal conspicuously present. not on your life informal emphatically not. take one's life in one's hands risk being killed.
2006-12-02 15:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by Questionaire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
life is what you make of it. Its to live, love, respect, and try and choose the right road to have a good life. Its temporary as we all know, so we need to enjoy our lifes each and everyday, because it can be gone in a flash.....
2006-12-02 15:12:29 · answer #5 · answered by kathy p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is a long journey marked by fun and adventure along the way.
2006-12-02 15:14:55 · answer #6 · answered by ╦╩╔╩╦ O.J. ╔╩╦╠═ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is a long and harsh struggle but once you make it through you enjoy all you have learned and enjoy a great feeling of contentment and satisfaction.
2006-12-02 15:10:59 · answer #7 · answered by winter's tears 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is an unknown.
2006-12-02 17:50:00 · answer #8 · answered by The Chief 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is best understood when we define what is the meaning of life!
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!
In Hinduism... the total Life cycle in the Life of an Atman the soul within which consists of 8.4 Million manifestations and a total journey of 96.4 Million years is well-defined in the glory of the Bhagavad Gita... the one and only sacred Bhagavad Gita... the doctrine preached by Lord Krishna (an Avatar). Lord Krishna descended on Mother Earth above 3500 years ago... about 1500 years before the advent of Jesus Christ on Mother Earth.
Bhagavad Gita... the Song Supreme... is music to the ears! It spells out in total clarity about the meaning of Life... the core of Life itself in its entirety. It defines the relationship between various forms of Life... the relationship of a Human Being with single cell formation, multi-cell formation, insect Life, plant Life and finally the form of an animal before evolving into the form of a Human Being... the highest stage of manifest Life in the system of God, the Almighty Creator. More on life here- http://www.godrealized.org/what_is_the_meaning_of_life.html
2006-12-03 05:24:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An organisation of self-replicating molecules.
2006-12-02 15:15:49 · answer #10 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's this same question again and again day after pointless, meaningless day. And occassionally you get laid too, or a child smiles at you and you think it's all magical again.
2006-12-02 15:29:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋