2006-12-06 09:01:50 · 36 answers · asked by natjill 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Life – it has a meaning and loving purpose - you just have to find your purpose and live it.
I believe every person is here for a definite purpose. Each person is special and valuable; that refers to me, you, your family, friends, in fact everybody! There is a loving plan for each of our lives here on earth and there is no such thing as coincidence. I don't believe that anything in life happens by chance and that every aspect of our lives points to something deeper.
You need to decide now to live for God rather than for yourself. You spend your life on Earth preparing yourself (as best you can) for death. I don't see death as a scary, negative experience, but birth into a bliss filled eternal life with God. I believe that this is something you have to consciously choose or not during your life on earth.
The meaning of life is for us to discover that we are true children of an infinitely loving and merciful God, to find out what our responsibilities are to our Creator, and to fulfill those responsibilities. Each of us is called to affirm, accept and develop the talents God has given us. -
2006-12-09 16:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahhh...the age old query. What indeed is the meaning of life? Depending on who you ask, you will garner many responses, all of which are no less wrong than any other.
Personally, I believe the wisest of people will remark that the purpose of life is to enjoy your own life while enhancing the lives of the people around you.
However, in the soul of equality and fairness, here is a short list of other possibilities:
1. To serve God
2. To reproduce
3. *Mumble......mumble* 42!
4. To try not to get fat, read a good book, smell the flowers, and live in peace with all nations and peoples of the world
5. To exit dramatically!
2006-12-06 09:18:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A big question. There are many books on the subject. The first and therefore most important commandment in the Bible, is to love the Lord your God, with all your heart, and all your strength, and to put no other gods before Him. Therefore this must be our first purpose in life.
2006-12-06 09:23:05 · answer #3 · answered by Hi T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
42
2006-12-06 09:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by bumble 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This one question "meaning of Life" is the most asked question on the Internet. Why?
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 on meaning of life here- http://www.godrealized.org/what_is_the_meaning_of_life.html
2006-12-06 20:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOD is the meaning of life the bible is
B= bacic
i= instructions
b=before
l= leaving
e=earth
life is what GOD saw fit for me,you and everyone and everything here on this earth
2006-12-06 09:07:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is to live it now, without worrying about the future.
2006-12-06 09:07:00 · answer #7 · answered by H-Y-P-E-R 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
This is far too powerful for me to post on this website.
I may share this if you email me and convince me that you are emotionally secure enough to handle the answer.
2006-12-06 09:10:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Forget about it, whatever you think it means to you, you only get one. Enjoy it while you can! Help others enjoy their only. Go, help, do something useful and feel it. Then you'll know what I mean.
2006-12-06 18:34:21 · answer #9 · answered by bravo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Didn't they eventually decide it was 42 (hitch hikers guide to the galaxy)
2006-12-06 10:27:43 · answer #10 · answered by john k 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋