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2007-02-23 11:10:27 · 17 answers · asked by SF g08 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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2007-02-23 11:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara H 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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 22:13:35 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life is to get a life
2007-02-23 19:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by R*A*C*H*E*L♥ 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you in a society? -- I'm talking about all the questions I see pertaining to the meaning of life. Any one with 1/2 brain can see that there is no one statement for the meaning of life that could possible cover every person in the entire universe. You may find searching for your purpose to be more meaningful. Bless
2007-02-23 20:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by missellie 7 · 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 20:48:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your life has only one meaning, everyone has one meaning in life. Now, do you mean the general meaning of life for everyone. Well, it is too laughing and have fun.
2007-02-23 19:39:09 · answer #6 · answered by amazon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the meaning of life <<<>>> depends on are you asking the question why are we here? or what are we here for?.....
why are we here? -------- well we are all here and all exist as humans or animals in our case humans.... we are put here to show that we can survive ... we show our-selves that we can do it face the world and its pleasures and its spikes... we are here to grow and gain knowledge and to seek what we could no where else... we suffer yes, but its what we are supposed to go through we are supposed to face hardships in life it builds character and makes us stronger and wiser as people... we are here for experience and once we feel we are ready to leave or "time" we die.... sometime though we die during the hardships... its wasnt chosen for us.... we dont die on our own unless its of natural cause when your heart is truly done living its life.... if were killed its the other persons destiny they made the wrong choice it wasn't neccessarly you who did it... life is all about opening the right doors and chosing the right paths... we dont know what through the trees or behind the doors.... we have faith not in "god" or a "spirit" but in our-selves thats were our truth faith and hope lyes not in other but in ourselves....
what are we here for? -------- we are here to live our lives to the fullest and make our dreams a reality........
2007-02-23 19:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by casey b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no set "meaning of life"--simply because there is no one to set it. Once we die and the chemical/electrical reactions in our brains finish, we are simply gone; blank, empty. This points to the evidence that nothing matters, and therefore the best we can do is enjoy ourselves.
2007-02-23 19:15:36 · answer #8 · answered by Jenny 2 · 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. -
2007-02-24 00:15:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the word life means fish:)
have a nice day
2007-02-23 19:28:29 · answer #10 · answered by The dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'meaning' of life is whatever 'meaning' you assign it. . .
2007-02-23 19:19:44 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋