What is the meaning of life?

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

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.....

Answer 3

Life has no meaning if we have to ask others the meaning of life. I think we should ask ourselves the question that what is the meaning of my life and strive to find the answer. If we are successful it can help change the direction of our life perhaps.
Lord Buddha perhaps asked this question to himself and found the answer.

Answer 4

We find the true meaning of life when we experience joy, love, kindness, peace and mercy. All of these are freely given to us by God and experiencing these things wash away any darkness that may be in our heart.

Answer 5

The meaning of life is unconditional love. awaking to your unity with God in unconditional love within your heart is the purpose of life. Your supreme duty in life is to express that unconditional love of God to the best of your ability.

Answer 6

Why don't you warp down to the video store and get a copy of, "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Universe" for the answer?

Answer 7

The meaning of life is whatever you create it to be. Live it to its fullest.

Answer 8

Life means you get to pay taxes and die.

Answer 9

There are two parts to that answer. First part is we are to return to God while we are alive. To re-discover God. Second part is unique to each individual, so must be discovered by you.

Answer 10

Reproduction, survival and preservation of the species