2007-02-23 00:24:36 · 19 answers · asked by Chelsea16 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A very amusing movie put out by the six comedic minds that make up Monty Python's Flying Circus...
2007-02-23 00:32:13 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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.....
2007-02-23 16:45:46 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning of life .. is knowing that each day i wake is one more that i can enjoy and that the little things in life are whats worth enjoying ... Meaning in life is knowing that even though the ones we love sometimes go well before their time it is not without leaving memories and moments that last a lifetime .. and that is what makes life worth while for me .. knowing that every event that unfolds is one more that i can add to my every growing list of memories .. I know this now more then ever after losing my husband of two months to heart failure .. I wouldn't change a thing and I'm better for the moments we shared and the laughter he brought to my life .. so laughter and moments are the meaning of life for me ...
2007-02-23 08:33:11 · answer #3 · answered by pinuppirategirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2007-02-23 20:49:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be freeing ourselves of the prison that fears and our arrogance's keep us in if we don't face the fact that we have control over our thoughts and actions and perceptions. We either live a life of love or fear. Basically, eradicating our self-limitations and putting our efforts towards fulfilling our dreams. Hopefully this means developing a desire to make others's lives better because their is nothing better we can do for ourselves as to enhance another's life. It's about getting our of our own "bubbles".
2007-02-23 08:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by lawolifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that life is something important and should not be given away for stupid purposes. I try to enjoy my everyday life and make most of every moment spent with the ones I love.
I would like to find out what's the meaning of life for you.
2007-02-23 08:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't concern myself with an age old question that cannot be answered. For if it were answerable it would have been answered many many eons ago when first asked.
I concentrate on my purpose in life and living it everyday.
I didn't mean to sound judgmental ... just my way of expressing the facts. OK? still friends?
2007-02-26 20:36:11 · answer #7 · answered by missellie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doing some good before I move on
Rearing a family that will be happy and have happy memories of me.
A good meal and a decent bottle of wine.
My dog.
Keeping clear of objectionable people
Having enough to pay the bills
Good music.
A good laugh
and most of all having had a wonderful wife - someone who loved me for what I am not what I've got.
2007-02-23 08:40:53 · answer #8 · answered by bearbrain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our purpose here in life is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. Here are a couple of verses which tell us of our purpose: The first is 1 Corinthians 10: 31: "Whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." The second is Psalm 73:25-26: "Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon the earth that I desire beside thee. (26) My flesh and heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever." Throughout the Bible there are verses which declare that our chief end in this world is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.
2007-02-26 23:28:57 · answer #9 · answered by inspiredbygrace88 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 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. -
2007-02-23 13:20:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋