Qref4.What is the ultimate purpose of human life?

Question

We may be different in many ways but we are all traveling on the same path that is from birth to death.
Are we only born to do the four basic activites
1.Eating
2.Sleeping
3.Matting and
4.Defending well
u can also add entertaining?
Whats the point in living a robotic life?
If so whats the difference between us and animals which also perform the same?
If u know that purpose what are the steps that ur are taking towards it.
Kindly answer in a genralized manner not in very narrow manner,So that even a layman can try.

Answer 1

The basic difference between animals and humans , we have discriminination and animals hav none. Discrimination means to tell difference between Good and Bad.
Animals are instinctive, Humans can go beyond instinct. This all features make them called we have 6th sense.

We all want happiness in life. So we all think we need to go behind earthly pleasures. We go behind them the sooner we discover that all these pleasures are temporary and has a start and end. Then we tend to use science and technology to ehance ourselves so that we can enjoy pleasures even for more time. But death reminds us that we are going to die and hence whats the use of enjoying the persishable and perish.
So now we get to the perspective that we want happiness which we last long forever and how to become eternal to be happy forever.
If we are atheist we think there is no life beyond death and hence enjoy life and accept death and try to create a better world to die.
But not all are atheist. There are theist too. We believe in God he will free us from sins, from the cycle of birth and death, from suffering. Then we go about reading various texts.If we are plainly religionist then we simply read and byheart and try to follow them. But there are so many religions and being religionist we do only those things to sustain our religion to prove it best. But we are not happy as many times we have delete the values to do that.
So at somepoint we come to a conclusion being a plain religionist wont do.
Then if we are fortunate we try to find truth so we tend read all books written about God. Some of things which i found in common are
Bible--"To kingdom of heaven inside you"
Gita-" To surrender to the Lotus feet of Lord Shri Krishna"
Buddism--"Buddam Saranam Gachami"
Islam--"To attain Allah"

So it goes on. Chirtainity is the way of Love. Islam way of Universal Brotherhood. Hinduism way of Ego surrender. Buddism way of freeing from desire. Jainism way of non-violence.

We do the things for God to become selfless and petty deisireless as we seek eternal bliss of God.

For atainment of eternal bliss only knowingly or unkowingly we humans live.

Answer 2

Keep running behind the ultimate purpose or goal of life, you would have spent most of your life before you know what it is! We all come into this world not to know the ultimate purpose of life because only the person who created life has to know the purpose of it & not we. The only thing we have got to know is that we are here in this big world amongst all other living beings. Live your life to the fullest, try doing all that you wish to do, which gives you happiness and never forget humanity. As a family person, love all the people in your family, respect them & their views & make them feel that they mean a lot to you. Individually, do everything that's makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt or harm anybody. Sometimes its just good to not think too much & break your head over that!!!

Answer 3

"ahato brahmajignyasa" : develop intense urge to know the supreme

end the cycles of birth and death - end the reaction of time and space on you : realize your true nature - u are ever exisitng and ever blissfull. get free .... dont depend on anything ... nor oxygen .. nor food neither anything else.. get your true form.


If you want a layman terms, and an interesting way to realize.. you will be slow.. but you can try the way of knowledge ... learn any knowledge .. the yoga system : the mystic energy or a simple mathematical ( you have to go very very long way in this case) etc ... and apply this for good deeds and sacrifice this to lord. You will realize your self, but may take a bit longer .. may be some more births and deaths... never the less you will be able to end the cycle in due course of measurable time.



--- i agree with Shafeeqah : though this cannot be done by force , and is truly possible only after the realization process ----
-deito

Answer 4

U as a human being should live life in such a way that ur posterity takes guidance from ur life to lead life with dignity as well as successfully. If u live life with dignity then many hurdles may come in ur life to tempt u to go astray, now u have to generate inner energy for controlling ur circumstances and not swayed by them. U ve to monitor ur thoughts as well as words for a successful life and make this world a better place. Be aware and concerned of the society we r living in and try to eradicate social evils thru ur personal life and not just oratory. History is replete with instances where people have created history like Rani Jhansi, Raja Ram Mohan Roi, Mahatma Gandhi, Baba Ram Dev, they r different from animals. Baba Ram Dev is living example as a patriot as he is concerned about the financial status of people, the illness pervading and is doing his best to promote nationalism amongst people. He is doing proud to the nation. So u ve to act within ur ability to be a candle at least if not the Sun. Do whatever u can. Be true to urself and respect ur words then u will be doing a service to humanity.

Answer 5

Thanks for asking the most intelligent question. It is essential to ask this question in attaining at least the human consciousness. Animals eat, sleep, mate, and defend as do humans, but if we don't ask this question then we are no less than animals. The human form has the intelligence to question their existence and relationship with God and if we don't do that we will at the end of life glide back down to lower species. Why because humans get karma for their actions and animals don't And if we act like an animal and miss-use our human intelligence then God gives us a suitable body for our type of consciousness. The process is to chant the names of God and follow in the footsteps of saintly persons who have already seen the Absolute Truth also known as Krishna who is known by other names like Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, etc. Krishna is Gods original name. for info go to harekrishnatemple.com Read Bhagavad Gita as it is By Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada- tells the whole process of Bhakti which is the highest path to attain ones highest realization.

Answer 6

The most basic question everyone faces in life is Why am I here? What is my purpose? Self-help books suggest that people should look within, at their own desires and dreams, but Rick Warren says the starting place must be with God and his eternal purposes for each life. Real meaning and significance comes from understanding and fulfilling God’s purposes for putting us on earth.

This book has changed my life! I would highly recommend it:

http://www.purposedrivenlife.com/thebook.aspx

Answer 7

Life of man has a purpose. God did not create man like other animals only to eat, sleep and mate. Man is given the faculty to think. He recognizes what is good and what is bad. He has a soul. All the purpose is to know our true God who created and shaped us from a single sperm cell. He is One and Only. He has no partners. He begets not, nor is He begotten. God is absolute eternal. and to prepare ourselfs for an eternal life that is sure to come after death. It is as true as own existance here. For this God sent mankind Guidance from Him with one message. Numerous messengers came to every community and every age to teach mankind. Holy Quran is the ultimate message of God to mankind which will lead you into all truths.

Answer 8

Humanities ultimate purpose is to do God's Will:

Create a Private, Personal, Direct, Divine Relationship with Our Creator and save Your Soul from religion's and atheist's beliefs.

<<<<<<< Love is the answer >>>>>>>

Love and Believe in Our Creator;
Love and Believe in Yourself.

Only with Our Creator's Love and Peace will we be Truly Free!

Without God, there is No Love; Without religion, there are No Wars!

"religion is Spiritual fraud";
"religion is the Worse invention of humanity";
"Universal Truth has eliminated religion from Spirituality",
quotes of Jesus Christ, Buddha and any one else with Spiritual intelligence.

"When a person is freed of religion, they have a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life." S. Freud

Answer 9

The eating and sleeping part of your question I can go along with. That matting part is something else. I keep my hair well groomed and have never had a matting problem.

Answer 10

You are entangled in a cycle of birth and rebirth tha occurs accordin gto yur own Karma .Karma is nothing but action. Just as yu know hat every action has its reaction, evey karma has has its reaction also, since Karma is noithin but action.the ultimate purpose of life according to the Hindus is to free oneself fromthe cycles of birth and death and to merge with the supremeself and eradicate oneself - to become a poojya .( Zero) that was invented by the hindus .

Accoding to the Christians the ultimate object is to gpo to heaven to live there withyur spouse for ever in the comfort of heaven , he house of god .
According to Islam , the purose is to go to heavn to have sex for etenity with dozens of young damsels of equal age with swellig breast ( vide the sura 78 entitled "AL-NABA (The Announcement ) of Quron.
For some peole this is very attractive and so thronged to this religion forgetting thier spouses on earth and not carin gfor what they woud be given whenthey come heaven( theysay hat women ar treated equally in Islam!).
So the pupose according to the three major religions a given . i is left top you to choose the one that is most attrqactie and suitable to you.
But one thing you must remember . ther eis no proof that he people who have died already are enjoying sex with dozens of young girls or any spouse a god's house at his cos .but ther eis scientific proof that tha the dead are distingrated and merged wioth the soila nd the elements of which her vbodies were compsed are taken by herbs , plants garass , worms etc and they are eaten by somne othr beings , which ar eeaten by some other beings .so ther eis proof that the bodily elements undrgolot of transformation in somany beings .simply you are recycled .this is the re-incarnation that the Hindu philosohy speaks about .People buy ther own karma desire ro me ewiththe soil once for alland not to be recyled in to so many beings ., Thus Hindus desire to free themselves from the cycle of birth and death.