2007-05-08 04:15:06 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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. -
2007-05-08 06:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 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.....
2007-05-10 14:45:00 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gets complicated and you have to use quantum mechanics and super string theory... so hold on here we go!!!
The fabric of reality contains many dimensions... Science is still pondering the exact number, but rest assured there are at least 16... Our thoughts affect the outcomes of scientific experiments on the Planck scale.. The very nature of the fabric of reality appears to be associated with consciousness.
Everything counts.. Everything you do counts. Every thing you say, counts. Every thought that enters your mind,, counts. Consciousness creates. Its product is a multidimensional energy we call the soul. The soul is the sum total of everything you do.
So the meaning of life is found in the care and nurturing of your soul. And this means: seek truth, practice love and relish everything you find beautiful in the world. The mystics call this enlightenment.
So if the fabric of reality is associated with consciousness then what do you make of our universe? It is the consciousness of God. And we live and have our being within the mind of God.
2007-05-10 20:47:15 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is a series of events that hold meaning for you, and you alone. You cannot truly ask another person what the meaning of life is, because, in truth, their meaning is going to differ greatly from yours.
So the better question to ask would be, what is the meaning in your life specifically. If you think about it hard enough, you'll find it, is it your family? Your job? Your collection of soaps that are shaped like the heads of former presidents of the united states that you hand carved yourself? If it holds meaning to you, it may just be the answer to the meaning of life.
2007-05-08 15:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by thequestion78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, I would have to say, my definition and meaning of life is to be happy, unique and try to make others see the worldin a positive way as life has so much to offer. Everyone has different theorys and opinions about it though.
2007-05-08 11:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by -Ally- 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Again this comes up. 2 points is the meaning right now.
2007-05-08 15:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by Duncan Disorderly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the answer is, what does life mean to you?
2007-05-08 11:47:32 · answer #7 · answered by Blackjack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life depened on the origin/geographical locations.
In UK: Life means, work 5 days, enjoy weekend with gf/bf, go outside with gf/bf, keep going to pub, drinking to much etc.
In africa: Give me money, take my body.
In Somaliya: Give me a piece of bread, I'll be your whatever you wnats.
2007-05-08 11:33:11 · answer #8 · answered by gurudev 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of life depened on the origin/geographical locations.
2007-05-08 11:38:12 · answer #9 · answered by Black Beauty™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the meaning is culturally relative. It is completely socially and culturally construed.
for example, here in the USA, life means working and making money.
2007-05-08 11:31:34 · answer #10 · answered by kujiiiro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋