In you're own personal opinion...What is the meaning of life?
2006-12-13 12:18:20 · 12 answers · asked by Just Jak 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Life is for living.
Life is for love.
Life is for happiness, sadness, and everything in between.
Life is for expression.
That's the meaning.
What you get.
You know, there are so many cliche's.
Life's tough, get a helmet.
Life is the opposite of death.
Peace.
2006-12-13 13:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by elibw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-12-13 12:52:50 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is like a box of chocolates.....you never know what you're gonna get~ JK
My opinion is this: We are here to eventually answer this question. When I say eventually, I mean when we are ready. Our evolution thus far, I believe was neccessary to weed out all the imperfections in our being. I think that Humans will be great someday and when we are, perhaps this place will be a lot more meaningful. Until then, I think we are but "players on a stage" and must continue advancing our species so that one day, a generation not much different than our own can answer your question of meaning.
2006-12-13 12:48:58 · answer #3 · answered by Jamie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Meaning of Life is a question that has been as many times over the years, and I do not think that anyone can truely answer it satisfactorily, One of the reasons is that you cannot predict how each day will turn out ,because man was given the ability to choose their own path. This also requires the strength to stand up for what you truely believe, and the strength to face the consequences that result from your choices,
2006-12-13 12:54:34 · answer #4 · answered by mama_luna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lifting In Free Eternity
2006-12-13 12:21:10 · answer #5 · answered by lionel_k_ferrao 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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. -
2006-12-13 17:20:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for me life is a chance to get enlightened or in other words the chance to discover the Buddha within.
No meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddhahood of each of us has already been obtained. We need only recognize it.
these lines were said by a Zen master to his disciple.
2006-12-13 12:49:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to find the meaning
2006-12-13 13:43:39 · answer #8 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOD has a purpose 4 every one of us.
2006-12-13 12:21:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To occupy time until sleep
2006-12-13 12:51:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋