What is the purpose of life?

Answer 1

Whatever you decide it is.

Answer 2

This can be a very complex question and at the same time a very simple question. Simply put, the answer is whatever is important to you at this given moment in time. If you read all the responses for this question, you find a wide variety of answers. And you know what? They are all right. Now some of the answers question if their IS a purpose to life. And here is where the answer becomes more complex. If you follow current world events, you know that there is a greater "collective" purporse to life, and that purpose is to find a way for humanity to survive this new millenium. If you're a Christian, the answer is to follow Christian teaching and believe that Jesus Christ shall indeed return and His Kingdom shall have no end. The same holds true for other religions. The Hindu believes in the tenth avatar and reincarnation of Krishna who will cleanse the universe. Those without religion, such as atheists, believe you can do whatever it is you want to do, and that is your purpose in life.
So you see, ultimately there is more than one answer. First you must decide that there is a purpose to life. Then, if you decide that there is, you can decide for yourself what that purpose is. And then you can realize that everyone's purpose in life collectively leads to a greater purpose of life.
Interesting stuff, huh???

Answer 3

The purpose of life is like the purpose of a seafarer upon the surface of an unknown ocean, with endless skies arching above and fathomless depths gaping below, the sea is rough, and winds are harsh, the waves are high but the boat still intact, still strong and courage in seaman’s bosom still ripe. But the time is passing as the waves are lashing, the winds are weakening the fabrics of the sails, soon it will be dark and until the sunrise darker still, many more days and many more nights till the journeys end, but en it will. The seaman’s journey has a purpose and that is to reach safest shores while he still can across all the storms, thought all night on the other side of a wide open ocean he reads the random spread of stars in the skies and gives them meanings of his purpose to get somewhere safe before it all comes to an end.

Answer 4

There is is no one answer. Each of us is born and nurtured by parents. This endows us with nature eg DNA and nurture eg the family upbringing.

What we do in life is very conditioned by these two factors. Mostly we drift from one purpose/ objective to the next. Some believe it is preordained others say we are responsible for our destiny.

What is indisputable is that mankind has improved its understanding of its environment in the broadest sense. This could be by evolution, if you don't believe in a Supreme Being (God) or by design, if you do believe in a Superior Intelligence.

I think this conundrum will keep our finest minds debating for a very long time.

Sorry there is no simple answer.

Answer 5

if you have a christian background, you may believe in eternal life. if so, my question is "when did life begin, if it's eternal?" that asked, perhaps the purpose is to become self aware; aware of who we really are, instead of who we think, or others think we are.

if you don't have a christian background, then the purpose is to remember that life is/has been/ and always will be. your body may die, just as a leaf falls from the tree. even though the leaf is no longer alive, life goes on. the only difference between the life in a leaf and the life in your body is the conscious ego, the "I" that we let seperate us from all of life. the mind is a wonderful tool, but it's a terrible master.

Answer 6

I'm not entirely sure of the purpose of life, but I know there has to be something more. Why else would we be here. This can't just be it... I mean, where did everything come from. Something had to create it. Then again, where did the thing that made everything come from? That's why I believe there is no forever. Then again, there has to be. I don't believe we posess the words to explain everything.

Answer 7

The purpose of life is to learn to use the force and become a jedi.

Answer 8

I feel the purpose of my life is as an expression of God. I believe the creative power of God is expressed in part through the actions of all people. I am a little piece of the larger expression of all things.

I've got the free will to express that as I see fit, but the totality of my actions express the power of God. It's interesting to see how each one of us choose to express that individually and also how the "whole" of humanity is expressing our Godliness.

Answer 9

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
— George Sand

The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
— W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
— Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
— Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
— The 14th Dalai Lama

There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness
— Spanish Proverb

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
— Charles Kingsley

Enthusiasm moves the world.
— Arthur James Balfour

Every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson. (1803-1882) .

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
— Confucius

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
— Heraclitus, Greek philosopher (500 BCE)

Answer 10

I reckon the purpose of life is to discover the purpose of life.
It's just up to you how you make that journey.

Answer 11

the purpose of life is to worship our lord and saviour jesus christ. this is indeed the very purpose behind our existence.

god bless! =)