What is the meaning of life?

Answer 1

Three what is the meaning of life questions on the same page. This must be a record.


I ask this same question once in a meditation. The answer came clear as a bell.

It said I have placed you here to learn the true meaning of Love. What ever it was that was answering then told me something that really set me back. It said that I felt the way I did about certain people because I did not understand the true meaning of love. I protested and said that I did my best to love all of the people who were deserving of love.

It replied "yes that is your misunderstanding. You see love as something that you dole out in tiny little portions here and there to people who you have judged to be worthy of it. This is not love at all, it is only judgment". This stopped me dead in my tracks. I suddenly realized that what it was saying to me was true. This realization brought me to tears. It went
on and told me, "You treat love as though there is some shortage of it. It is not something that you can run out of. The more love that you give, the more love that there is in the world. Its that simple. The only way that there can be a shortage of it is if you hoard it and keep it to yourself."

It went on to explain, that "this is what Jesus was trying to tell you when he asked you to turn the other cheek, to judge not and to love your neighbor. He made no exceptions in these things that he requested of you. Why are you making exceptions, and judging some as worthy of love and others as not? Jesus fully intended for you to apply this love that you are to all, in a universal manner without any judgment of any sort". By this time the tears Were flowing freely. I was crying because for the first time in my life I Understood what the message Jesus left for us in the bible actually meant.

This has become my truth. I can't say what yours is for sure, but I have a feeling that it is probably similar.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 2

Not to be a downer, but there is no "meaning of life". There is life. Countless organisms throughout time have had life. The organisms exist and then expire. In the grand scheme of things, any one life isn't significant in the context of space and time. Even among your descendents, you will likely be forgotten in three to four generations.

If you want to procreate, you can put individuals on the earth that contribute positively to the greater good. But that isn't everyone's "meaning". Each must choose their own path and do what is meaningful to them. And it is probably best not to judge others as they make their choices, since in the end, there is no right answer. In the end, we are all dead and forgotten. So with the short time that we all have, let's do what we truly want, without harming other or ourselves. Do what makes us passionate. And try to pay the bills along the way.

Perhaps you'll find some value in the following mantra:
Take action with meaningful purpose without encroaching upon others while generating a requisite amount of revenue.

Answer 3

I think you have an inflated sense of what people on this site know if you think we can answer that one.
At a guess I would say the meaning of life is just to live it, stay in the moment and savour everything, the good and the bad. If it hurts then you are still alive, as they say

Answer 4

Life is what you make of it. You are alive, aren't you? So live! Don't waste your time on here asking questions that you think will clarify hings, when all you get are answers that ridicule you. No one can answer this question for you, only you can answer it through LIVING.

Answer 5

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 6

Check this out...
Perceiving Reality
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0drT_L4G8w8
A cool look at the nature of existence and our purpose in life.

Answer 7

Life is the most beautiful day we receive everyday...

Answer 8

If all we do is exist ,procreate and die,it`s a pointless activity not
requiring explanation ,it merely is!
However personkind are capable of the most wonderful acts as
well as the most horrid!
I want to be around to see what happens !

Answer 9

Did you know, you are the 1281st person to ask this question in the past few months? You could always do a question search and look at all the thousands of answers given to the other people who asked it.

Answer 10

Life is your experience. Bad and good. Just make the most of it, because if you think about it, once it's over, it doesn't really matter what bad things you've done.