What is it!?
2007-01-07 09:25:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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.
To be or not to be? "To be" is temporary and "not to be" is inevitable.....
2007-01-07 11:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is to live as long as you can!
2007-01-07 17:40:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody can really say. I think everyone has a different meaning. But does life really need a meaning?
2007-01-07 17:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by meghanhappy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to experience many lives as a human being in different places and different circumstances before you finally discover the grand meaning of life.
2007-01-07 18:18:56 · answer #4 · answered by GERMANY EURO CHAMPS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone must discover that for themselves. The only way you will know is to rely less on the outside world, be patient, don't move, don't think, don't say anything, relax, be still, watch your thoughts, and meditate. Your intuition will eventually lead you to your meaning. This question you can only ask and see for yourself.
Intuitive knowing will lead you there. Anything outside your own mind such as drugs, prescriptions, mantras, psychologists, preists, psychiatrists, hypnotists, school counselors, parents, teachers, TV, sleeping, food and/or sex ------- will all lead you to the dark side of hell and satan. Good luck on your journey
2007-01-07 17:38:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning of life is to find your personality, to get over all challenges, and in the end to give good picture of you to people. You are gonna be immortel if your productions lives in minds of other.
2007-01-07 17:41:00 · answer #6 · answered by Dusan P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no meaning of life, only god knows
2007-01-07 17:38:04 · answer #7 · answered by sub-zero 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life.,,taking chances, making mistakes, getting hurt, being loved.,
its all a test..whether or not you pass it it's up to you.
2007-01-07 17:31:03 · answer #8 · answered by Britster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
living it to the fullest...but of course it's up to the person to decide what is the "fullest" for them.
2007-01-07 17:29:50 · answer #9 · answered by A_23_P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People should wear more hats!
2007-01-07 17:28:12 · answer #10 · answered by stringer_G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋