What is the point and meaning of life??

Question

Give me your best answer!

Answer 1

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. -

Answer 2

The question that we need to answer is, "What are we really here for?" If we can answer this one simple question, we will hold the key to the meaning of life, of existence. We will find God and everything else that we desire. At this juncture this may seem like a tall claim to some. But understand that the first part of this search is the jump that we have to take. It is only when the seed gets into the ground that there is a possibility of growth. That is what we are talking about here - getting into the ground.

We are all seeds. There is a seed of divinity within us all, only it hasn't sprouted yet. So we ask it to sprout, we give it a chance to sprout, by asking ourselves this question first and foremost - "Why are we here?" This entire existence is only to understand that. An entire existence is very vast. Many many lifetimes, many of which we are not even aware of today, all for just one purpose - to understand what we are doing here.

There are other questions, which go along with this - "Where have we come from? Where are we going to after this? How long have we been doing this? And, how long are we going to continue doing this?" These are all related questions. This is the kindergarten level when you start your spiritual quest. But this is where we all start out from because you can't skip kindergarten. You have to rise step-by-step. You have to open your understanding to progress.

Another few questions that we must all ask ourselves are, "Why do we need God?" "Why are we not fulfilled just as we are?" "?No matter where we will be, no matter what we may be doing, no matter how old or how fit, no matter how happy or unhappy we may be at this moment, why can't we just let the struggle go and be totally happy?" "Why do we need to find some meaning?" After all, animals don't need to find a meaning. Trees don't need to find a meaning. The oceans, the rivers and the mountains don't have a need to find meaning.

Then why do we? Why do we need God in the first place? Nobody has seen him, nobody has met him, he doesn't have a fixed address and still we are searching for him everywhere. Isn't that the irony of life? Something which people say is nowhere to be found, and we search for it everywhere. Yet, why can't we give up this search? Why do we feel unfulfilled without it? hy can't we be complete, just as we are today, in this moment? You have all realised, that even after having a family, even after attaining maturity, even after having fun and games, even after having enjoyed pleasurable moments, even after having pains and disappointments, even after having wealth or poverty, you are still incomplete. This is the truth we all carry within ourselves. We may try and fool ourselves saying that we are complete in the moment, but we know we really cannot say that forever.

We can only say it in a certain period of time. When circumstances change, environment's change, people around us change, even this speck of truth changes for us. It is not an ultimate Truth. It is not changeless, it is not eternal. That is why all the time we seek something which is permanent, which does not change, which we can keep with ourselves always regardless of where we may be, what we may be doing. And this whole search is the search for one's own inner self.

Answer 3

You can't deny that we individuals find meaning for ourselves in different things - so, the idea of everybody creating their own meaning has a certain truth to it.

However, the inevitable risk to that line of thought is that we, as individuals, become completely inwardly focused, at least to the extent that we devalue other opinions and persons.

But other people, relationships, seem to be the most valuable - and the most profoundly wonderful - thing out there. I would guess the meaning of life involves other people. Since other people exist outside of myself, already the notion is to find the meaning of life rather than create it.

In addition to relationships, I would add that performing a certain function - whether doing a certain job or simply being a member of a community - seems to be a sufficiently deep place to find meaning.

Christianity, by the way, values relationship (of the type between persons) more than any other system of thought I know of. If relationships interest you, look there; if they don't, look elsewhere.

Answer 4

To search for some mystical and important meaning to life is a mistake . One must simply come to grips with the fact that happenstance and luck brought mankind into prominence and we are only a speck on the lifetime of this planet . So my advise would be to live each day to it's fullest be a good person and try to leave something left of this planet to our children and grandchildren . My hope is that evolution is only partially through and that someday we will evolve into a civilized society

Answer 5

The meaning of living predominantly depends on your perspective of what you view as the priorities in your life. I shall try to present my mind's ether to you.

The main meaning of life is to revealing to your soul , your conscience, the path to The Almighty through the two vehicles of your consciousness - the mind and the soul. To illustrate it better, it is to unveil yourself from this illusion of a world. Every thing that you see is an illusion. A faint recognition of the real ether on which we now see, feel and hear.

There are many ways of achieving the path to the Almighty. Through your body, you can do the divine arts - Yoga or what ever is taught in your locality. Through your mind you can meditate, think only of The One Above - God.If you are an atheist, then add an "o" to God. It will turn into Good.

Many ways exist yet not known to mind kind. Part of my quest is to seek some of them. You should too.

The journey will be difficult - full of hardships and pains, there will seem to be no happiness at all, but if you remember a saying - "As you sow, so you reap.". Only if you struggle shall you achieve what you deeply desire. Life is a two-way street - one consisting of easy methods pf achieving only transient pleasure and the other full of hardships and pain but the end result is permanent pleasure, content, peace and happiness.

It is not easy to force your self on to the difficult path. You must have a strong desire to go and achieve your goal. If not the eternal truth will never be realized by your soul thus you will be caught in the cycle of birth and death. To at least escape this must you realize the Good or God.

Thus it can be said that you live to die and die to live. Unless you achieve the worldly goal of realizing the Good or achieving God

Hope I have cleared your doubt.

Answer 6

To live. To enjoy it. To make the best of it & give it meaning.

Answer 7

None really. Most people die searching for it. But you can give your life a meaning.