Definition of Life?

Question

life is the collection of ideas thoughts and facts if you didn't collect any of these did you really live?

Answer 1

YES.

Answer 2

First, I would say life exists as a living organism. Could the organism exist without ideas and thoughts? Yes, but I think the life would be quite void of feelings and only be a physical existence without any quality.

Answer 3

Did you really live and What is the definition of life are two distinct questions. Which one are you asking? Someone can be in a vegatative state -- kill them and you will go to jail for murder. Did they live? Maybe. Does ther "life" currently suck? Again, maybe. To me, it would suck and not be worth living but it is a life.

Answer 4

Sure I did, life is the existence, the experience, the living. I fergot abuncha stuff but I retained the knowledge that I felt mattered. Like Peace, Love, Help the one that needs it. I am living large.

Answer 5

A few years ago my best friend told me "The meaning of life, is a life of meaning". Your life is as great as you choose to make it. I do not believe god has a mission for us, but rather we must give ourselves a mission. At the time, these words meant very little to me, but now i have realized their truth.

Answer 6

if that's all life is to you then you, my friend live a very sad life and i don't think that that fits my definition of life.
it 's what you make of it, more than just thoughts,ideas and facts.
it's experiences, friends,relationships and interaction as well.
live well and prosper!!
God bless,
gabe

Answer 7

I agree with Marvin the Martian up there. Life is the experience.

Answer 8

life
–noun
1.the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
2.the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, esp. metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment.
3.the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual: to risk one's life; a short life and a merry one.
4.a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul: eternal life.
5.the general or universal condition of human existence: Too bad, but life is like that.
6.any specified period of animate existence: a man in middle life.
7.the period of existence, activity, or effectiveness of something inanimate, as a machine, lease, or play: The life of the car may be ten years.
8.a living being: Several lives were lost.
9.living things collectively: the hope of discovering life on other planets; insect life.
10.a particular aspect of existence: He enjoys an active physical life.
11.the course of existence or sum of experiences and actions that constitute a person's existence: His business has been his entire life.
12.a biography: a newly published life of Willa Cather.
13.animation; liveliness; spirit: a speech full of life.
14.resilience; elasticity.
15.the force that makes or keeps something alive; the vivifying or quickening principle: The life of the treaty has been an increase of mutual understanding and respect.
16.a mode or manner of existence, as in the world of affairs or society: So far her business life has not overlapped her social life.
17.the period or extent of authority, popularity, approval, etc.: the life of the committee; the life of a bestseller.
18.a prison sentence covering the remaining portion of the offender's animate existence: The judge gave him life.
19.anything or anyone considered to be as precious as life: She was his life.
20.a person or thing that enlivens: the life of the party.
21.effervescence or sparkle, as of wines.
22.pungency or strong, sharp flavor, as of substances when fresh or in good condition.
23.nature or any of the forms of nature as the model or subject of a work of art: drawn from life.
24.Baseball. another opportunity given to a batter to bat because of a misplay by a fielder.
25.(in English pool) one of a limited number of shots allowed a player: Each pool player has three lives at the beginning of the game.
–adjective
26.for or lasting a lifetime; lifelong: a life membership in a club; life imprisonment.
27.of or pertaining to animate existence: the life force; life functions.
28.working from nature or using a living model: a life drawing; a life class.
—Idioms
29.as large as life, actually; indeed: There he stood, as large as life. Also, as big as life.
30.come to life,
a.to recover consciousness.
b.to become animated and vigorous: The evening passed, but somehow the party never came to life.
c.to appear lifelike: The characters of the novel came to life on the screen.
31.for dear life, with desperate effort, energy, or speed: We ran for dear life, with the dogs at our heels. Also, for one's life.
32.for the life of one, as hard as one tries; even with the utmost effort: He can't understand it for the life of him.
33.get a life, to improve the quality of one's social and professional life: often used in the imperative to express impatience with someone's behavior.
34.not on your life, Informal. absolutely not; under no circumstances; by no means: Will I stand for such a thing? Not on your life!
35.take one's life in one's hands, to risk death knowingly: We were warned that we were taking our lives in our hands by going through that swampy area.
36.to the life, in perfect imitation; exactly: The portrait characterized him to the life.

Answer 9

Life is loving others human beings, without attachments to them. Pls. patiently read on.THX
What in the world is the difference between loving a person and being attached to them ?
Love is the sincere wish for others to be happy, and to be free from suffering.
Having realistically recognized others' kindness as well as their faults, love is always focused on the other persons welfare. We have No ulterior motives to fulfill our self-interest, or to fulfill our desires; to love others simply because they exist.
Attachment, on the other hand, exaggerates others' good qualities and makes us crave to be with them. When we're with them, we're happy, but when we're separated from them, we are often miserable. Attachment is linked with expectations of what others should be or do.
Is love as it is usually understood in our society
really love ? or attachment ?
Let us examine this a bit more. Generally we are attracted to people either because they have qualities we value or because they help us in some way. If we observe our own thought processes mindfully, and carefully - we'll notice that we look for specific qualities in others.
Some of these qualities we find attractive, others are those our parents, or society value.
We examine someone's looks, body, education,
financial situation, social status. This is how most of us decide on whether or not the person holds any true value to us.
In addition, we judge people as worthwhile according to how they relate to us. If they help us, praise us, make us feel secure, listen to what we have to say, care for us when we are sick or depressed, we consider them good people, and it is this type of people we are most likely to be more attracted to.

But this is very biased, for we judge them only in terms of how they relate to "us", as if we are the most important person in the world.
After we've judged certain people to be good for us, whenever we see them it appears to us as if goodness is coming from them, but if we are more aware, we recognize that we have projected this goodness onto them.

Desiring to be with the people a lot who make us feel good, we become emotional yo-yo's -
when we're with these people, we're Up, when we're not with these people, we're Down.

Furthermore, we form fixed concepts of what our relationships with those people will be and thus have expectations of them. When they do not live up to our expectations of them, we're very disappointed, or may become angry !
We want them to change so that they will they will match what we think they are. But our projections and expectations come from our own minds, not from the other people.
Our problems arise not because others aren't
who we thought they we're, but because we mistakenly thought they were something they
aren't.
Checklist: "I Love You if __________ "
What we call love is most often attachment.
It is actually a disturbing attitude that overestimates the qualities of another person.
We then cling to tightly to that person, thinking our happiness depends on that person.
"Love, on the other hand, is an open and very calm, relaxed attitude. We want someone to be happy, and free from suffering simply because they exist. While attachment is uncontrolled and much too sentimental, Love is direct and powerful. Attachment obscures our judgment and we become impatient, angry, and impartial, helping only our dear one's and harming those who we don't like. Love builds up others, and clarifies our minds, and we
access a situation by thinking of the greatest good for everyone. Attachment is based on
selfishness, while Love is founded upon cherishing others, even those who do not look very appealing to the eyes. Love looks beyond
all the superficial appearances, and dwells on the fact that they are just like us: they want inner peace, happiness, and want to avoid suffering. If we see unattractive, dirty, ignorant people, we feel repulsed because our selfish minds want to know attractive, intellectual, clean, and talented people. Love, on the other hand, never evaluates others by these superficial standards and looks much deeper into the person. Love recognizes that regardless of the others' appearances, their experience is the same as ours: they seek inner peace, to be happy, to be free from sufferings, and to do their best to avoid problems.
When we're attached, we're not mentally and emotionally free. We overly depend on and cling to another person to fulfill our mental and especially our emotional needs. We fear losing the person, feeling we'd be incomplete without him.
This does not mean that we should suppress our emotional needs or become aloof, alone and totally independent, for that too does not solve the problem. We must simply realize our unrealistic needs, and slowly seek to eliminate them. Some emotional needs may be so strong that they can't be dissolved immediately.
If we try to suppress them or pretend they do not exist, we become anxious, insecure, falling into a depression. In this case, we can do our best to fulfill our needs while simultaneously working gradually to subdue them.
"The core problem is we seek to be loved, rather than to love. We yearn to be understood by others rather than to understand them. In all honesty, our sense of emotional insecurities comes from the selfishness obscuring our own
minds. 'We can develop self-confidence by recognizing our inner potential to become a selfless human being with many, many magnificent qualities, then we'll develop a true and accurate feeling of self-confidence. And
then we'll seek to increase true love, without attachments, to increase compassion, to cultivate patience and understanding, as well as generosity, concentration and wisdom.'

'Under the influence of attachment we're bound by our emotional reactions to others. When they are nice to us, we're happy. When they ignore us, or speak sharply to us, we take it personally and are unhappy. But pacifying attachment doesn't mean we become hard-hearted. Rather, without attachment there will be space in our hearts and minds for genuine Affection and Impartial Love for them.
We'll be actively involved with them.
If we learn to subdue our attachments, we can most definitely have successful friendships and personal relationships with others !! These relationships will be richer because of the freedom and respect - the relationships will be based on. We'll care about the happiness and the misery of all human beings equally, simply because everyone is the same in wanting and needing inner peace, happiness, and not wanting to suffer. However, our lifestyles and interests may be more compatible with those of some people more so than with others, and that is alright. In any case, our relationships will be based on mutual Love, mutual interests, and the wish to help each other in life.