Answers can be according to ones mental make up. Preferably spiritual which will have a clearer approach. The idea is to ponder and realise a number of meanings. Best of your thought can be quoted for others benefit.
2007-02-24 03:31:15 · 13 answers · asked by buntyblack 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The real purpose of Human Life ,as I firmly believe, is to enrich and complete the world to make it more beautiful for the future generations.
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2007-02-24 05:53:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real purpose of life is Happiness. Souls are made of peace and they come from the soul world where there is only peace. It is in the physical world that there can be peace and happiness together, but not at all times. In the beginning we are pure and the masters of the self and of the world so we enjoy that, but gradually we lose this mastership over the self and the world and we become traped here without knowing who we are, why and where do we come from, etc. Because it belongs to the physical world hapiness is dual and includes sorrow too. Happiness and sorrow follow one another so there is at first happiness and then there is sorrow, and then happiness again and then sorrow again ..... Initially we choose to come here to experience happiness. Bliss belongs to the incorporeal world so there is no duality to it. It is possible to experience bliss here, but not possible to experience happiness in the soul wolrd. And because we choose to experience hapiness we come here.
To know more about when and for how long there is happiness and when and for how long there is sorrow and other details you may check the Raja Yoga Course.
2007-02-24 23:52:04 · answer #2 · answered by Forever Blessed & BlissFull 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The purpose of life is not MATERIAL HAPPINESS which is transitory, flickering and temporary. In opposition to that is the eternal SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS obtained with love of Godhead.
In the material world everything is temporary and comes to and end or dies for that which has birth has death also. But,the reason behind birth and death is to learn the lesson that the material world is temporary and miserable as told by Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita(8.15) thus, "After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection".
Just like one goes to school not to stay there permanently or one goes to the hospital not to stay there for over. From the school we learn and go out and from the hospital we get cured and go out. Similarly in this temporary miserable world of repeated birth and death (Mrityu samsara) we learn the lesson and go back to our original home, back to God's abode in the spiritual world
The same question was asked by Mike Robinson of London Broadcasting Company in 1976 while interviewing Prabhupada(Founder of ISKCON). Some excerpts from that :
Mike Robinson: Can you tell me what you believe to be the meaning of life? Why do we exist in the first place?
Srila Prabhupada: The meaning of life is to enjoy. But now you are on a false platform of life, and therefore you are suffering instead of enjoying. Everywhere we see the struggle for existence. Everyone is struggling, but what is their enjoyment in the end? They are simply suffering and dying. Therefore, although life means enjoyment, at the present moment your life is not enjoyment. But if you come to the real, spiritual platform of life, then you'll enjoy.
Mike Robinson: Can you explain to me, finally, some of the stages you go through in spiritual life? What are the spiritual stages a new devotee of Krishna goes through?
Srila Prabhupada: The first stage is that you are inquisitive. "So," you say, "what is this Krishna consciousness movement? Let me study it." This is called sraddha, or faith. This is the beginning. Then, if you are serious, you mix with those who are cultivating this knowledge. You try to understand how they are feeling. Then you'll feel, "Why not become one of them?" And when you become one of them, then all your misgivings soon go away. You become more faithful, and then you get a real taste for Krishna consciousness. Why aren't these boys going to see the cinema? Why don't they eat meat or go to the nightclub? Because their taste has changed. They hate all these things now. In this way, you make progress. First faith, then association with devotees, then removal of all misgivings, then firm faith, then taste, then God realization, and then love of God, the perfection. That is first-class religion. Not some ritualistic ceremony of "I believe, you believe." That is not religion. That is cheating. Real religion means to develop your love for God. That is the perfection of religion.
Mike Robinson: Thank you very much for talking with me. It's been a pleasure talking to you.
Srila Prabhupada: Hare Krishna.
2007-02-27 05:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by Gaura 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our purpose in life is to worship God. Eccl. 12:13: "The conclusion of the matter, everything having been heard, is: Fear the true God and keep his commandments. For this is the whole obligation of man." This will bring us the most happiness.
The psalmist David also wrote about the incoming new world and how long it would endure. He foretold: “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” (Psalm 37:29) That is why Jesus promised: “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.”—Matthew 5:5.
What a grand prospect that is, living forever on a paradise earth free from all wickedness, crime, sickness, sorrow, and pain! In the final book of the Bible, God’s prophetic Word summarizes this grand purpose by declaring: “God will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” It adds: “And the One seated on the throne said: ‘Look! I am making all things new.’ Also, he says: ‘Write, because these words are faithful and true.’”—Revelation 21:4, 5.
Yes, God has a grand purpose in mind. It will be a new world of righteousness, an eternal paradise, foretold by the One who can and will do what he promises, for his “words are faithful and true.”
Perfect Health, Everlasting Life.
“No resident will say: ‘I am sick.’”—Isaiah 33:24.
“The gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.”—Romans 6:23.
“Everyone exercising faith in him [will] . . . have everlasting life.”—John 3:16.
“You will be with me in Paradise.”—Luke 23:43.
What a marvelous outlook for the future! What real purpose lives can now have when anchored to the solid hope that in God’s new world all of today’s problems will forever be things of the past! “The former things will not be called to mind, neither will they come up into the heart.” (Isaiah 65:17) And how comforting to know that life then will be eternal: “God will actually swallow up death forever.”—Isaiah 25:8.
Do you want to live forever in that Paradise new world now so near? ‘What would I need to do to get God’s favor at this world’s end and live on into his new world?’ you may ask. You need to do what Jesus indicated in a prayer to God: “This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3.
Therefore, obtain a Bible, and confirm what you have read here. Search out others who study and teach these Bible truths. Break free from hypocritical religions that teach and do things contrary to the Bible. Learn how you, along with millions of others who are already doing God’s will, can share in God’s purpose that humans live forever on a paradise earth. And take to heart what God’s inspired Word declares about the near future: “The world is passing away and so is its desire, but he that does the will of God remains forever.”—1 John 2:17.
If you would like further information or a free home Bible study, please contact Jehovah's Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit http://www.watchtower.org
2007-02-24 14:49:31 · answer #4 · answered by Jeremy Callahan 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of life in general, including human life, is to make more life, on the most fundamental biological level.
Beyond that, each of us, within the bounds of our culture and heritage, is on our own to determine our individual purpose.
2007-02-24 11:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many cats have contemplated this issue over the years. To date, the purpose of human life is a mystery to us.
The purpose of feline life is quite obvious, however.
2007-02-24 11:36:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
End was decided. Means you decide. Pure in action and thought carried to next generations for their guidance and remembered in the annals history. Malice also recorded,but with dis-grace.
2007-02-24 11:43:32 · answer #7 · answered by puvvula s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rememba n Genesis God created humans in a beautiful paradise, he supplied Adam and Eve with an abundance of food, as well as animals. God commanded Adam and Eve to fruitful and fill the earth and subdue it, so they were to make perfect children and inhabit the world, GOD STILLS HAVE THIS PURPOSE FOR US, HE PROMISES WHATEVER HE WILL'S, WILL COME TO FULLFILLMENT, ONE'S WHO OBEY GOD AND KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND HIS SON and what the bible teacher will experience the blessings for d future at Ps37:9,10,29
2007-02-24 11:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by just me 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
~~~bb,,,, To us Reincarnationists, we have multiple Human Experiences on Earth School to accommodate Growth of The Soul,,,, This is the foundation of Thought in the teachings of Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, etc, etc, thus to become an "Enlightened Being" and graduate to another "Place" ?,,,,,
2007-02-24 12:41:48 · answer #9 · answered by Sensei TeAloha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To test humans, while HE (GOD), is hidden!
Each person is tested in a different style! Some with riches n power,, some in poverty and helplessness!
To see if they yet praise the "Creator"!
2007-02-24 12:09:17 · answer #10 · answered by Maliha S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋