What is the meaning of life?

Answer 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

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

The meaning of life, or the question therein is a very easy one to answer. As a grand gesture it is to propagate the species, make sure we stay alive for the next generation.....because it's what biology is, survival of the fittest. It's why capitalism works best, because it is the financial form of 'survival of the fittest.' As an individual question the meaning of life doesn't have an answer, it is in itself the answer.....life, the meaning is itself the answer. Shakespeare said "Life is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury...... signifying nothing." Which, suffice to say, is pretty much true.....we're the ones whom make it difficult or easy, we're the ones that either lie and live in denial (like most in america are doing right now) or we are the ones whom lie back and let life wash over us, taking it in as if it were a wave tickling our toes and filling our ears with laughter from a forgotten christmas.....The meaning, is to be happy, because it will supply the "grand gesture of propagation" the bodies it needs......So, be honest, protect all living things and be happy. Be well, Jack

Answer 4

You think you're going to find out the meaning of life on Yahoo! Answers...!?! Wrong crowd. If we had more exciting lives, we wouldn't even be on here. If you're asking what the meaning of life is per individual, then... *shrugs* I don't know. I don't really care WHY I'm living; I just am. How about... I'm living to further my happiness and achieve my personal goals? Generic answer, but that's as good as I can do for now.

Answer 5

this is a question without an answer. that is why people ponder it so much. everyone wants to find the answer, but in reality, there is no answer. life does not hold just one meaning. it is full of many on varying levels depending upon the person. however, people most people do not understand what they actually feel is their meaning of life. it is hidden within a mound of feelings, actions and life itself.

Answer 6

Yes I believe that existence for repeat offenders is well.I imply motive a lot of these murders might had been avoided if the killers might have stayed in prison. I can relate to the sufferers households. My buddy was once killed in 1997 and they have got no leads.An I recognise repeatedly the jury allows them to off however come on if the fellow or lady killed greater than as soon as you realize hes going to do it once more.

Answer 7

Life means L=Learn, I=Instantly, F=For, E=Ethic.... some can say L=Lower I= Income F=Fast E=Expenses......everyone feels that, income is low and expenses are execess....anyway we have to keep it. What i consider the life is a train....everybody has to go at some particular destination....when one's station comes one has to get down in every condition and say good by to Life....

Answer 8

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Answer 9

To be happy and endure all the pain that other withering people will give to you. Eventually you will go to heaven if you are a good person which is most people's goal. Yeah my "wisdom sucks..."

Answer 10

The meaning is whatever you attribute to it. There is no 'right' or 'one' meaning.