What does it mean "life"?

Answer 1

Able to grow and/or reproduce and/or metabolize and/or adapt.

Answer 2

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.....

Answer 3

Many western scientists tried to locate the seat of
Prana (life, vitality) in the body. Some proposed the
heart to be the seat of Life. Just because the heart
stopped beating, you can not say that the person is
dead. There are many cases in medical history that
people revived to life after some hours of stopping of
the heart. Some medical experts theorised that a body
will not revive after it's brain ceases to emit the
electrical signals. Even this theory could not stand
the test of truth. Modern medicine knows that the first
organ to decompose in a dead body is the private organ.
There is not single case in the medical history that a
person revived after the private organ started
decomposing. Chandogya Upanisad says (VI.5.4):

" Water when drunk becomes three fold; it's coarsest
portion becomes the urine; it's middle portion the
blood, and it's subtlest portion Prana."

The definition of Prana is 'that which continues or
sustains life'. It is the same organ which 'creates'
life. Many philosophical texts say 'water is life'!
The major content of our body is water.

Maharshis of the yore have put a cryptic meaning in the
word Prana - it was derived from the Sanskrit word
'Neeram' (water) by reading it in the reverse
direction. (Consonants P and M are equivalent because
they are labials). We know that the reproductive organ
is the controller of water processing.


A few Upanishads speak of another word Mukya Prana. It
is located at the pineal gland in the brain. It is also
called Jeeva (liveliness), or Ojas (vital essence). The
word Aayus (longevity), used in astrology, was derived
from the word Ojas. Western medicine also knows that if
the pineal gland is removed through surgery, the person
will not survive.

Answer 4

i dont know if there is a meaning to life and i dont know if we were ment to know it. Life is basically though a series of lessons that we either learn or ignore. Though if i had to take a guess at the meaning of life i would probably say something like to learn who you want to be, and to find something so worth your wild that you want to keep 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 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

the existence of an individual. Thats a literal meaning but i like to see it as spirit. life is about having spirit. being alive, being lively.

Answer 7

In humans, life is defined as neural activity (in the brain). No neural activity is dead tissue.
A life worth living, now that's the question.

Answer 8

Life, eternal life, is a supernatural union (fellowship) with your Creator. "John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." To come to know the One who created you; what else can compare with that?

Answer 9

life mean when we work ourselves in to existence...when we aim or try to aim for what we want. life means to enjoy ourselves yet work on things in the time we have...

Answer 10

Taxes.